President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday backed a recommendation from the foreign ministry for Russians not to visit Turkey after the downing of a Russian fighter jet by Ankara.

Russia’s defense ministry has instructed the country’s military cooperation body to quickly answer an Egyptian request to purchase a wide range of advanced Russian armaments, Russian Tass news agency reported Wednesday.

Russia has asked Egypt to sign a protocol by which Russian warships may cross the Suez Canal and pass through Egyptian territorial waters, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.

British Airways said on Tuesday that all flights to and from Sharm El-Sheikh are cancelled until Jan. 14, while the budget airliner EasyJet is cancelling flights to and from the Egyptian resort until Jan. 6.

Pesident Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has strongly condemned the explosion on a bus carrying Tunisian presidential guards, stressing Egypt’s solidarity with Tunisia.

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said at a Tuesday meeting in Cairo with Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi that Russia appreciates Egypt’s role in achieving security and stability in the region, according to a statement released by the Egyptian presidency.

Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali has ordered the closure of a girls orphanage in Mansoura, Daqahlia, following an investigative report of child abuse inside the facility.

Cairo University announced it will organize a rally wearing orange shirts Thursday to denounce violence against women, Al Ahram reported.

State-owned bank the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) collected EGP 35 billion (around $ 4.46 billion) through the newly-issued "platinum month certificate," a fifth of which has come from outside the banked economy, an NBE official said Monday.

For the Love of Egypt electoral list, which is run by Sameh Seif El-Yazal, appears to have won all 60 seats elected on the closed-list system during the second phase of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results.

Parliamentary election candidate Tahani al-Gebaly has accused the candidates from the “For the Love of Egypt” list of treason for receiving funds from the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait on Thursday.

Egypt has secured a first tranche of financing for an 8-billion-euro (US$8.5 billion) plan for power plants to be built by Siemens, the company and electricity ministry said.

Exploration work will start Thursday to test a theory that Egyptian Queen Nefertiti is buried behind a wall in the tomb of King Tutankhamun in Luxor's Valley of the Kings, according to Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities.

Four judges have been replaced Monday after they refrained from opening their designated polling station after refusing to allow security forces to search their cars, Youm7 reported.

Since the 25 January Revolution in 2011, most Egyptian woman did not miss the chance to vote in most elections, according to media outlets, which Described women as the racehorses in either parliamentary or presidential elections.

Egypt witnessed an uneventful first day of its second stage of parliamentary elections in 13 governorates Sunday, where President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi voted for the first time.

A leading international advertising company “whitewashed” Egypt’s widely-criticized human rights record ahead of the March 2015 economic summit where Egypt pinned it hopes on being able to lure in foreign investors.

An assistant professor at Fayoum University was suspended Sunday until investigations into his alleged sexual harassment of students are concluded, Youm7 reported.

Egypt's tourism minister said Saturday he expects the number of tourists to drop by 13 percent in 2015/2016, compared to the year before, reaching 9 million tourists.

The Abdeen and Qasr Al-Nil Prosecution Units have appealed the decision to release on bail 13 protestors arrested during the commemoration of the Mohamed Mahmoud clashes.

The Islamic State jihadist suspected of masterminding the Paris attacks was killed during a major police raid, prosecutors confirmed Thursday, as French lawmakers voted to extend a state of emergency imposed after the carnage.