Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said in an interview that the Mideast region needs to cooperate to defeat a worsening terrorist threat that has led to a "ferocious war" in Egypt and created the danger of some countries "sliding into failure."

Egypt will start establishing its first nuclear power plant in Dabaa within days, the head of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA) said.

The World Bank (WB) supports Egypt’s efforts aimed to reform its economy, WB’s head Jim Yong Kim told President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in a meeting in New York on Saturday, according to a presidential statement.

Images of the emaciated body of prisoner Emad Hassan, who died while in the custody of Egypt's prison authorities on Friday, has electrified social media activists, sparking conflicting accounts on whether the cancer patient was given essential medical treatment.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is holding talks on Sunday, the third day of his visit to the US, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and a number of world leaders.

Egypt's envoy to the UN Amr Ramadan has categorically rejected claims of four European countries during the 30th session of the UN Human Rights council, saying they are simply a repeat of statements that had been made during previous sessions.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will head to New York Thursday following Eid prayers to attend the 70th UN General Assembly.

A dead mouse was found on cables feeding the presidency hall at Cairo International Airport, causing several power cuts before President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s departure to New York City Thursday, Youm7 reported.

Egyptians celebrated on Thursday the beginning of Eid al-Adha holidays, marking the end of the pilgrimage season for Muslims.

Young female activists Sanaa Seif and Yara Sallam were among the young political detainees that were released Wednesday evening from prison, based on a customary presidential pardon granted for 100 prisoners on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi announced on Wednesday the pardoning of 100 prisoners, including Al Jazeera's television journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed and some prominent youth activists who were charged with violating the protest law.

France has agreed to sell two Mistral helicopter carriers to Egypt after their sale to Russia was cancelled in August and will not incur a financial loss in the transaction, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said.

An Egyptian official says the Antiquities Ministry has given initial approval for the use of non-invasive radar to verify a theory that Queen Nefertiti’s crypt may be hidden behind King Tutankhamun’s 3,300-year-old tomb in the famous Valley of the Kings.

Egypt warned against ignoring UN Security Council resolutions related to the Middle East, or being being selective in their application, according to an official statement.

The Egyptian Administrative Court has issued decisions on parliamentary candidates on Monday, amid the legal procedures set by the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) for the upcoming elections. For nearly a week, the court has looked into parliament-related lawsuits, after which the SEC is supposed to declare the candidates.

Egypt has complied with international human rights law and has consulted with local residents while combating terrorism in Sinai, Egypt's new cabinet said in a press statement on Tuesday.

Departure halls and lounges at Cairo Airport have been crammed with passengers since Tuesday morning because of the introduction of a new system of processing and stamping passports, Youm7 reported.

Egypt was the top recipient of official development assistance (ODA) in 2013 at $5.5 billion, said United Nations report on Friday.

The Tadamon coalition of labour syndicates and associations that reject the application of the disputed Civil Service Law, said Monday it would escalate protest against the law after Eid Al-Adha.

The New Cairo court has extended the custody detention of former agriculture minister Salah Helal by 15 days over charges of corruption and bribery, which forced him out of office two weeks ago.

Egypt is concerned about the delay in finalising a political agreement between the competing factions in Libya, the foreign ministry's spokesman, Ahmed Abu-Zeid, said Monday in a statement.