The United States has approved the sale of an undisclosed number of Hellfire missiles to Egypt as part of a US$357.8 million foreign defense sale that also includes Iraq, Tunisia, Indonesia and Pakistan, according to Defence Web.

“If you try forcing change from outside in a country that has been under complete pressure for 60 to 70 years, it won’t work. You cannot move into democracy overnight, democracy is not instant coffee,” Former Vice President of Egypt Mohamed ElBaradei said in a speech to Illinois State University students on Wednesday.

Emad Gad, spokesperson for the “For the Love of Egypt” electoral list, said in an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm that the government does not endorse or support the list.

Egypt aims to generate around LE98.5 billion (US$12.58 billion) of additional revenue this financial year by launching economic legislation and financial reforms, Finance Minister Hany Qadry Dimian said on Tuesday.

Egypt’s antiquities minister says King Tut’s tomb may contain hidden chambers, lending support to a British Egyptologist’s theory that a queen may be buried in the walls of the 3,300 year-old pharaonic mausoleum.

A poll conducted by an Egyptian research centre showed that Egyptians perceive Saudi Arabia to be the most friendly country, while Israel was found to be the most hostile.

Egypt’s Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) ranking improved compared to last year to come in at 116 of the 140 countries included in the index’s 2015-2016 report.

The head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt, Ambassador James Moran, has revealed that 60 percent of the Egyptian immigrants who are illegally traveling to Italy are minors.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called for the building of a new "democratic Syria" in his speech at the UN general assembly meeting on Monday.

Candidates for the first stage of the House of Representatives elections began their electoral campaigns Tuesday, which will continue until October 15, as per the dates set by the High Elections Commission (HEC).

Egypt's presidential spokesman said on Monday that the translation of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's interview with the Associated Press that is being circulated in the Arab media is "inaccurate."

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met Monday with French president Francois Hollande in New York to discuss the improving bilateral relations between the two countries.

A Canadian passenger aboard a flight from Addis Ababa to Ireland fell ill, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Cairo Tuesday, airport sources told Youm7.

Egyptians are scheduled to go to the polls between October and December to elect the first parliament since the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

A Nobel laureate known for his efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons is set to speak at Illinois State University.

Cairo Court for Urgent Matters ruled Monday lack of jurisdiction in a case demanding the designation of Qatar and Turkey as “terrorist states.”

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be addressing world leaders in the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly meeting on Monday evening.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met on Sunday with a number of world leaders, including United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Senegalese President Macky Sall and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

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.