Qatar recalled late Wednesday its ambassador in Cairo for "consultations" over a statement by Egypt's envoy to the Arab League, its Foreign Ministry said.
Until Thursday morning, up to 1,770 Egyptians had returned home from Lybia, the head of the security directorate in Egypt's western governorate of Marsa Matrouh, near the Libyan border, has told Egyptian state news agency MENA.
Minster of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim dismissed the security director of the Port Said governorate following surprise inspection to the check security measures of checkpoints and the new Suez Canal, Youm7 reported Thursday.
Egypt's stock exchange said on Wednesday it had approved a request by Commercial International Bank (CIB) to raise its capital by 2.294 billion Egyptian pounds ($300 million).
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has discussed with a number of fellow diplomats in New York the possibility of lifting an ongoing arms embargo on the Libyan government.
Egypt's general prosecutor Hisham Barakat referred 80 Egyptians arrested near Tahrir Square on the fourth anniversary of the 25 January revolution to the court of misdemeanours.
The United States Department of State stressed late Tuesday that it respects countries' desire to defend themselves, commenting on airstrikes carried out by the Egyptian air force targeting militants in Libya.
Six were arrested for allegedly being complicit in torching the Emirates National Bank of Dubai and American fast-food restaurant Kentucky Fried Chicken in Haram, Giza Feb. 2 and Jan. 27, respectively, according to a Tuesday police statement.
The Islamic State extremist group will likely attempt to assassinate President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as a counter-retaliation to the airstrikes his forces made on the group’s camps in Libya, said prominent journalist Robert Fisk.
A number of opposition movements, and some Libyan official entities, rejected Egypt’s air strikes on Libyan territories, considering it a “violation against Libyan sovereigntyâ€.
A Libyan commercial plane bound for Istanbul was forced to return to Tripoli on Tuesday after Egypt banned overflying its airspace, airport and airline sources said.
Half the projects Egypt will propose at a March investment summit will be in the energy sector, the minister of international cooperation said on Tuesday.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry called on the international community to prevent the practices of the terrorist organizations in Libya and lift the arms embargo on Libya's legitimate government, which enjoys international recognition for its efforts to eradicate terrorism.
The Egyptian army announced in a statement on Monday morning it has conducted air strikes against Islamic State militants' targets in Libya, including training camps and arms depots.
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drianarrives arrivted at Egypt's Ittihadeya presidential palace to sign a military deal with his Egyptian counterpart Sedky Sobhi, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.
Egypt will demand the international community aid the government financially and politically in its “war on terror,†spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdel Atty told reporters Monday.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi called Monday Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi who offered his condolences for the killing of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by a branch of the Islamic State group in Libya, announced the Egyptian presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef.
Egypt's Aviation Ministry is waiting for an assessment from the Foreign Ministry of the number of Egyptians residing in Libya to begin evacuating them, the Aviation Minister said on Monday.
A total of 125 students have been permanently expelled from Cairo University in two academic years for their alleged implication in sabotage and riots inside the facility, head of the university Gaber Nassar told reporters Sunday.
In an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm, Essam Heggy of NASA, the former scientific affairs adviser to President Adly Mansour, spoke of Egyptian affairs and how the world looks at Egypt.
More than 50 Syrian and Palestinian refugees detained in an Alexandria jail have announced a hunger strike to protest “inhumane treatmentâ€.
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