Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has invited his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to attend the inauguration of the new Suez Canal project, scheduled to take place in August.

Egypt's inflation rate dropped to 11 percent in April year on year, compared to 11.8 percent in March, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics announced on Sunday.

An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in the retrial of a corruption case, although the trio is unlikely to go to jail again.

An Egyptian senior diplomatic official has said the meeting Cairo is holding in the last 10 days of May to discuss a political solution for the situation in Libya would be attended by 150 Libyan tribe leaders from different parts of the country.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Thursday personally received the first batch of Ethiopian ‎workers to return from Libya through Egypt at Cairo International Airport. ‎

The Court of Cassation adjourned on Thursday the verdict regarding an appeal filed by the prosecution against the acquittal of former President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, and former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, as well as six formeer security officers, to 4 June.

Access Power MEA intends to invest $600 million in the renewable energy sector in Egypt over the next three years, to build solar and wind plants to produce 300 megawatt (MW), al-Borsa news reported.

The Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that 1,109 private medical facilities in 21 different governorates have been closed down in the first quarter of 2015 due to violations and irregularities.

A new US$500 million project will improve access to homeownership and rental units for low-income households in Egypt. The Egypt Inclusive Housing Finance Program, approved by the World Bank’s Board of Directors today, will reach 4.2 million people, including an estimated 1.6 million beneficiaries living below the poverty line and generate an estimated 1.5 million temporary construction jobs over a 5-year period, the life of the program.

Egypt's foreign reserves climbed to $20.53 billion in April, up 34 percent from the previous month, following the reception of new deposits of up to $6 billion from the Gulf.

Egypt’s Defence Minister Sedki Sobhi and his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Morenes, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in military cooperation Tuesday, the first agreement between both countries since 1953.

Egypt will host the International Conference for the Protection of Human Heritage under the slogan "Threatened Cultural Heritage" Wednesday, May 13.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met the Tunisian presidential office deputy Reda Belhaj, announced Egyptian presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef Wednesday.

Egypt's Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said on Wednesday that Egypt will not witness a "power cut crisis" similar to the one it had witnessed last summer.

Egypt is to host a meeting of Libyan tribal leaders in late May in an attempt to "support and unify the Libyan people during their crisis," the Egyptian foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.

A police captain previously sentenced to life in absentia received a suspended one-year prison term after appearing at the Sohag Criminal Court for insulting prosecutors and raiding their office.

A 4-year-old child drowned in a sewer Tuesday morning, during the periodical purification process for the sewers in Ma’sarah, Youm7 reported.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed with the German foreign minister the importance of using German capacity to support Egypt's efforts to fight poverty and illiteracy, during the latter's visit to Cairo on Monday.

Former CIA director Michael Morell disclosed in his book, "The Great War of Our Time" (to be published soon), new details about the January 25 2011 revolution and the agency's failure to anticipate the Arab Spring.

Former CIA director Michael Morell disclosed in his book, "The Great War of Our Time" (to be published soon), new details about the January 25 2011 revolution and the agency's failure to anticipate the Arab Spring.

A man identified as Karim killed another man, identified as Mahmoud, after the victim allegedly asked for sex, Youm7 reported.