The new parliament will either be a chance for a better future or an obstruction," said President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a televised speech on Sunday.

Caretaker Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has denied accusations that he is connected to a millionaire who is central to a corruption scandal that forced the resignation and arrest of Egypt’s former agriculture minister.

Two militants involved in a string of attacks targeting security personnel were killed Sunday, said interior ministry.

Around 900 people applied Saturday to run in Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections, bringing the total number of prospective candidates so far to 5,936, state news agency MENA reported.

A low-ranking police officer succumbed to his wounds on Sunday after being stabbed by anonymous assailants three days ago while heading to work in Abu Kebir, Sharqiya Governorate.

A crane fell on a bridge in northwest Cairo while placing a boat on the river dock, leaving no casualties, according to Youm7.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Friday 11/09/2015 phoned Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Nine anti-government defendants were sentenced to death in Egypt on Monday, bringing the number of those handed the death penalty to 680 since 3 July 2013, the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) said in a report on Tuesday.

Israel and Egypt announced on Wednesday that Israel will reopen its embassy in Cairo, Egypt, four years after the last embassy was closed on September 9, 2011.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Cairo and Riyadh are preparing for a visit by Saudi Arabia's king Salman bin Abdulaziz, amid reports that the two Arab allies are at odds.

At least four people were killed when a ramshackle building collapsed early Thursday in the governorate of Assiut, south of Cairo,

Egyptian steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz applied for running in the upcoming parliamentary elections on Thursday. "Ezz's registration was accepted and his papers will be reviewed to decide up

Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry arrived in London on Tuesday night from France as he continues his brief trip to Europe.

Eni expects a total investment of between $6-10 billion for the development of the Zohr gas field in Egypt, the chief executive of the Italian oil and gas group told a senate hearing in Rome.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will meet with a delegation from the Italian Senate’s Foreign Policy Commission Wednesday in Cairo for talks on bilateral ties and a number of regional and international issues, Youm7 reported.

The United Nations Organization for Arts (UNARTS) office in the Middle East has nominated Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize “for his efforts in spreading peace, saving Egyptians from imminent danger in June 30.”

The High Administrative Court ruled on Tuesday against an appeal submitted by business tycoon Ahmed Ezz, following the Supreme Electoral Commission’s (SEC) decision to reject his candidacy application for parliamentary elections.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls will be visiting Egypt by the beginning of October, the country's ambassador to Egypt Andre Baran told Aswat Masriya on Tuesday.

Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb arrived in Tunisia on Tuesday.

Investment Minister Ashraf Salman announced that the ministerial economic group is seriously considering the devaluation of the Egyptian pound in the coming period as part of precautionary measures by the government to protect the Egyptian economy from the looming global economic crisis following the Chinese currency's decline, Al-Mal newspaper reported on Tuesday.

A businessman from the Maldives has offered his family’s island to Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, who declared last week he would buy an island to shelter refugees going on perilous illegal migrations to Europe via the Mediterranean.