Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy says high-profile lawyer Amal Clooney is defending him because she believes he is innocent, with the lawyer to lobby Egypt's president for a pardon if her client is again convicted of terrorism-related charges.

23-year-woman, who bled to death after being gang-raped by five men in Giza, has triggered an outcry by women’s rights groups, Youm7 reported Sunday.

Egypt’s first locally-manufactured air-conditioned train will operate August 6 to mark the inauguration of the New Suez Canal; Transportation Minister Hany Dahi was quoted by Youm7 Sunday.

Investment Minister Ashraf Salman said that the ministry has received a number of letters of intent for investment in the Suez Canal axis development projects from investors from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, China and Italy.

The opening ceremony of the New Suez Canal, which will take place in less than 72 hours, will be secured by more than 10,000 police personnel assigned by the interior ministry, reported state news agency MENA on Monday.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry affirmed Sunday that his country aims to support Egypt to “double its economic growth.”

A total of 89people, including two Sudanese, have been arrested at the Egypt-Libya Sallum border crossing over illegal travel to Libya, Matrouh security directorate said in a statement Sunday.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued amended laws on Saturday by presidential decree regarding exercising political rights and the House of Representatives, acording to Transitional Justice Minister Ibrahim al-Heneidi.

The Manpower and Immigration Ministry announced on Sunday that the number of Egyptian migrants dating back from 1993 to the first quarter of this year amounted to approximately 12,985 Egyptians.

A Cairo court has adjourned for the tenth time the lengthy retrial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists and five others after the judge missed the second hearing in days.

Challenges in the Arab region can only be overcome with Egypt and Saudi Arabia cooperating hand-in-hand, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said Thursday.

The United States will deliver eight F-16 Block 52 aircraft to Egypt within the next two days, the US embassy in Cairo said in a statement on Thursday, part of a military package that had been unfrozen earlier this year.

A total of 232,468 tourists had visited museums across Egypt during the period from July 2014 to July 2015, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Amin said in a statement Wednesday.

The prosecution at the Sayeda Zeinab Misdemeanour Court decided on Wednesday to postpone the case against Fatima Naoot, who is charged with contempt of religion.

Diplomatic efforts are being made between Egypt and Sudan in order to release 101 Egyptian fisherman detained in Sudan for territorial breaches, Egypt's ambassador to Sudan, Osama Shaltout, confirmed to state news agency MENA on Thursday.

Work on Egypt's New Suez Canal is complete, Suez Canal Authority Chairman Mohab Mameesh said in a news conference on Wednesday.

Egypt’s tourism revenue rose by 3.1 percent in the first half of 2015 reaching $3.3 billion up from $3.2 billion during the same period last year, Tourism Minister Khaled Ramy said Tuesday.

Communications and Information Technology Minister Khaled Nagm promised the implementation of 4G mobile internet in Egypt by the first quarter of 2016.

Egypt’s central bank is expected to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday with inflation still in double digits, despite lower global commodity prices.

Governor of Cairo Galal Mostafa al-Saeed issued a statement Wednesday on the decision to ban tuk-tuks in downtown Cairo, as well as neighborhoods of west Cairo, including Azbakeya, Abdein, Mosky, Wayly, Bab al-She'reya and Bulaq Aboul Ela.

Egypt has condemned Tuesday’s bomb attack that killed two Bahraini policemen in the mainly Shia village of Sitra, south of the capital Manama.