Film fans bid an emotional farewell Sunday to Egyptian actress Faten Hamama, a star of Arabic cinema and ex-wife of Omar Sharif, who was buried at her family cemetery in Cairo.

Workers from the Holding Company for Spinning and Weaving in Mahalla returned to work Saturday after a four-day strike, after receiving promises by the administration to pay late profit shares, and to look into other demands, Mohamed Assad, a worker in the company said.

The National Council for Woman (NCW) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the ministries of Justice, Interior and Foreign Affairs geared up efforts to draw up an action plan targeted specifically at eliminating the widespread phenomenon of violence against women

The manager of the Rabeh orphanage in Wadi el-Natroun has been sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of exploiting children and making them work as beggars, Youm7 reported.

The Foreign Ministry condemned a European Parliament decision slamming Egypt’s human rights record, saying such “approach that does not serve the support of the bilateral relations between Egypt and the European Union.”

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri travelled to Rabat on Thursday amid recently strained relations between the two countries, diplomatic sources said.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will meet with British Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Tobias Ellwood on Thursday, Egypt's presidential office said in a statement. The British MP is on a three-day visit to Egypt, leading the largest British trade mission

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is in Egypt on a two day trip to meet political and religious leaders, including President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi continued meeting with a second group of political party leaders Tuesday to discuss their role in the upcoming phase ahead of parliamentary elections in March.

Muslim clerics in the Middle East who have denounced last week's attack on Charlie Hebdo criticised the French satirical weekly on Wednesday for publishing new cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Mohammad in its first issue after the killings.

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb will meet on Wednesday with the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Abune Matthias at the headquarters of Al-Azhar.

Egypt's President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi will visit the United Arab Emirates on the 18 and 19 of January, where he is scheduled to take part in the World Future Energy Summit, the presidency announced on Wednesday.

The Egyptian Dar al-Ifta stated Tuesday the plan by Charlie Hebdo to print a depiction of the Islamic prophet Muhammad on the cover of its next issue is “provocative and unjustified.”

State Council’s legislative department approved amending provisions of the penal code to increase the penalty of kidnappying to life in prison, which could be stricter if linked to rape or sexual assault of the victims, which would reach the death sentence.

Egyptian authorities have exhausted all legal grounds to keep deposed President Hosni Mubarak in detention after an appeals court on Tuesday ordered his retrial in a corruption case, officials said.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi could still pardon three jailed Al Jazeera journalists who are now facing a retrial if he deems it appropriate, the country's foreign minister said on Tuesday.

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has revealed the longlist of 16 novels for 2015 prize. They were selected from among 180 entries from 15 countries, all published within the last 12 months. Three Egyptian writers are on the list: Ashraf El-Khamaisi, Hisham El-Khashin and Muna El-Sheemi.

Libyan authorities released on Monday 33 Egyptian fishermen who had been held for a month, said Marsa Matrouh Security Director Anani Hamouda.

The successful roll-out so far of a new "smart card" system to distribute subsidised bread has been a major achievement for Egypt's government, saving money while earning praise from families who no longer have to wake early to fight for loaves.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met Sunday with Tony Blair, the Quartet Representative for the peace process in Middle East, and urged him to revive Palestinian-Israel peace talks, stated presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef Monday.

Egypt has postponed the opening of the Rafah border crossing after an Egyptian officer was abducted in North Sinai Sunday, the director of Gaza crossings Maher Abu Sabha wrote on Facebook Monday.