A suspect belonging to Giza Popular Resistance, a little-known group which had claimed responsibility for the assassination of Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat on Monday was arrested on Tuesday, Egypt’s state-run agency MENA reported, quoting sources from the Giza Security Directorate.

Dozens of states worldwide and international organizations have strongly denounced the Monday assassination of Egyptian Attorney-General Hisham Barakat in a car bomb attack. Turkey condemned the attack in a one-sentence statement.

Justice Minister Ahmed El-Zend has decided to cancel the annual judicial leave this year in order for judges to close ongoing cases in all courts, the Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Two weeks after Sadat Metro station was reopened after almost two years of closure, the Egyptian authorities closed the station Tuesday for “security reasons” on the second anniversary of the June 30 anti-Muslim Brotherhood protests; security forces are on high alert nationwide after the Attorney-General was assassinated Monday.

The US embassy in Cairo issued a short statement condemning the assassination of Egypt's prosecutor-general Hisham Barakat earlier on Monday, describing it as "heinous terrorist attack".

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab issued the executive regulations of the new mineral resources law to start its application, improving the exploitation of mineral resources, Youm7 reported Sunday.

Ambassador Mervat Tallawy, Director General of the Arab Women's Organization, signed a memorandum of understanding at the headquarters of the organization on Tuesday with Mohamed al-Nassery, representative of the United Nations body for women in Egypt, in an effort to create a safe society free from all forms of violence against Arab women.

The "eradication" of slums in Egypt, which make up 40 percent of its urban areas, will cost around LE250 billion according to Sherif El-Gohary, a technical support manager at the Ministry of Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements.

The Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence released a report saying that security violations during the past 12 months has reached 272 deaths and 289 torture cases inside Egyptian prisons.

Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab designated Tuesday a public holiday for the second anniversary of 30 June, which marks the beginning of mass protests against former president Mohamed Morsi that instigated his ouster in 2013.

A Cairo court on Sunday dismissed an appeal against a LE50,000 fine for 86 people who were convicted of participating in unauthorised protests in Tahrir Square in January this year, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.

Policemen at Cairo’s metro will “attentively inspect bags” of passengers, per instructions by Assistant Interior Minister for the transportation department El-Sayed Gad el-Haq directed, who visited the central station of Sadat Sunday, Youm7 reported.

The new board of Egypt’s landline monopoly operator Telecom Egypt (TE) decided in a late Thursday meeting to exclude a senior official rejecting calls for cutting internet prices, Youm7 reported.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Badr Abdel Aaty said that the new Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Dore Gold, paid a visit to Cairo on Sunday to consult on boosting the peace process with Assistant Foreign Minister for Neighboring Countries Osama al-Magdoub.

Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb inaugurated a production line for solar panels on Sunday, as Egypt continues to shift towards using renewable energy.

Egypt signed Thursday a deal with Norwegian seismic surveyor PGS company to implement the largest seismic exploration project in its western territorial waters in the Mediterranean Sea, state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) announced.

The Health Ministry is concluding negotiations with an international firm over receiving a new drug, registered outside Egypt under the name of Viekira, that treats hepatitis C virus patients at 32 national medical centers.

Journalists are facing "unprecedented threats" in Egypt, a media watchdog said Thursday, with a record number behind bars mostly over links with the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.

Manpower Minister Nahed Ashry said the total amount of emergency aid disbursed to companies at risk of bankrupcy reached LE35,336,000, helping 32,245 workers.

Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar met with the US and UK ambassadors on Tuesday afternoon to discuss security in Egypt and across the region.

Egypt has jumped nine places to rank 137th out of 162 countries surveyed for the Institute for Economics and Peace’s Global Peace Index (GPI)2015, which ranks the countries of the world according to their level of peacefulness.