Preliminary observations revealed that there were torture marks on the different places of Giulio Regeni's deceased body, Judge Ahmed Nagy, the chief prosecutor for accidents in south Giza, told Aswat Masriya on Thursday.

Violations against the press and media personnel in Egypt has doubled over the second-half of 2015 compared to the first half, according to the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE).

Two suspected militants were killed and two policemen were injured Wednesday in a gun battle between the security forces and alleged terrorists, in southern suburb of Maadi, Youm7 reported.

Italy is working with the Egyptian government to find an Italian student from Britain's Cambridge University who went missing last week in Cairo, where he was carrying out doctoral research, an Italian diplomat and friends of the student said Tuesday.

A crisis erupted last week after police officers assaulted on-duty doctors will only be solved if the officers are held accountable, Undersecretary of the Doctors’ Syndicate Mona Mina stated Tuesday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov Monday following the 10th session of the Russian-Egyptian intergovernmental commission on trade, economic and scientific cooperation.

Amr Moussa, Egypt's former high-profile foreign minister, told parliamentary reporters Monday that he does not believe that there is a pressing need to amend the country's constitution. "To those MPs who are requesting an amendment of the new constitution, I say, I agree with you that Egypt's national charter shouldn't be considered a holy Qu’ran," said Moussa, adding that "at the same time we should agree that this charter and all laws related to it have to be put into full implementation first before we open a debate about amending it."

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi commented Monday on the arrest of cartoonist Islam Gawish by saying that he is not upset with him.

A protocol on the establishment of a Russian industrial zone at Egypt’s Suez Canal Axis will be signed by the industry ministries of the two states Tuesday, Youm7 reported.

The Free Egyptians Party (FEP) approved MP Emad Gad’s resignation from the party Monday after Gad submitted his letter of resignation to the head of the FEP in January.

Early in the mornings, Egyptian fishermen leave their homes heading to the waters, hoping to come back at the end of the day with an approximate EGP 50 (around $6). Yet in the winter, income is not so easily available for fishermen whose craft is highly dependent on the weather conditions.

Cairo prosecutors ordered on Monday the release of Egyptian cartoonist Islam Gawish without filing charges against him a day after he was arrested.

The Housing Ministry signed four financing contracts worth LE3 billion to boost liquidity for financing the construction of a million housing units, one of the country’s major national projects.

The remains of a large wooden boat have been discovered in the South Abusir area of Cairo by a Czech archeology team from Prague’s Charles University, Ministry of Antiquities Mamdouh Damati announced on the ministry’s Facebook page Monday.

Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court rejected Monday a lawsuit demanding the abolition of the protest law, which has stirred controversy since its issuance in 2013.

An Egyptian court delayed for the third time on Sunday the trial of top auditor Hisham Geneina, the head of the Central Auditing Organisation (CAO), who is accused by the former head of the Judges Club of contempt of the judiciary and slandering a senior judge-turned-minister.

An activist lawyer reported that a missing victim of enforced disappearance allegedly taken by security authorities has been found dead.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has issued a decree raising customs tariffs imposed on a large number of imports, state news agency MENA reported Sunday.

The State Litigation Authority's (SLA) spokesperson, Sameh Sayed, has denied allegations made by the Qatari-based Media network Al-Jazeera about suing the Egyptian government for damages.

A diesel spill spotted in the Nile has been controlled by an environment committee; boats nearby are being checked to identify the source of the leakage, Youm7 reported Sunday.

President Abdel Fatah al Sisi met Saturday with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on the sidelines of the 26th African Union summit currently held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, state news agency MENA reported.