The Emirates NBD Egypt Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 51.2 in August, up from 49.2 the previous month. A reading above 50 indicates expansion and below 50, contraction.

Dozens of high school students protested Thursday outside the Ministry of Education in solidarity with student Mariam Zaki who got zeros in all subjects.

Anew electoral coalition, named the “Leftist Alliance”, was formed, including the Al-Tagammu, the Socialist Popular Alliance, the Communist, and the Socialist Parties.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will visit Egypt by the middle of September, Chris Jarvis, the mission chief for Egypt told the state-owned news agency MENA on Thursday.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met in Beijing on Wednesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss furthering economic and political cooperation between the two countries, Egypt's news agency MENA reported.

The discovery of vast deposits of natural gas off Egypt has muddied the waters for Israel's own gas industry, though Israel's head start in developing fields means markets' negative reaction may be overdone.

The fate of the detained photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, whose detention has exceeded the maximum pre-trial limit of two years, is expected to be decided on by a Cairo appeal court next week, his lawyer Karim Abdel Rady told The Cairo Post Wednesday.

Lawyer Mokhtar Mounir challenged the court order renewing the detention of detainee Mahmoud Hussein, also known as the “anti-torture T-shirt prisoner”, who has completed 585 days behind bars without trial.

Egyptian investment minister Ashraf Salman signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese company to develop the new administrative capital, reported the state news agency MENA.

Egypt’s parliamentary elections hopefuls, who previously passed medical check-ups in February before the postponement of the elections, do not need to take new tests to qualify for the polls that start mid-October, the High Elections Committee (HEC) said on Tuesday.

Italy's Eni is open to selling a stake in its "supergiant" Zohr gas field discovery off of Egypt, its chief executive said, as the state-controlled energy company looks for funds to bankroll development without sacrificing dividends.

The Sayeda Zeinab prosecution decided Monday morning to release journalists arrested at the Zeinhom morgue on a bail of EGP 10,000 each, according to the independent observatory Journalists Against Torture.

The Egyptian stock exchange's benchmark index EGX 30 dropped by 11.5 percent in the month of August, a bourse report said on Tuesday.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is scheduled to arrive Tuesday in Beijing for a three-day visit to meet a range of high-level officials.

Eni's massive natural gas discovery in Egypt will provide enough much-needed power to achieve real industrial development, prominent energy expert Mohamed El-Ansary told Ahram Online.

An Egyptian-American mission in Luxor has discovered a tomb from the 26th dynasty, the Ministry of Antiquities announced Monday.

Dozens of Egyptians have been forcibly disappeared after being secretly detained by security forces, an Egyptian NGO has said.

Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) reported a 51% backlog growth to $7.2bn, and its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) amounted to $64m in quarter two (Q2) of 2015.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed counter terrorism with Singaporean counterpart Tony Tan Keng Yam on Monday, the state news agency MENA reported.

Three desalination plants will be constructed by Egypt and Singapore, per a memorandum of understanding signed Sunday and witnessed by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Youm7 reported.

The High Elections Commission will hold a press conference at 7 pm Sunday evening, at the Egypt State Information Service headquarters, to announce the start of the nomination period for the upcoming parliamentary elections.