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.

Egyptian cartoonist Islam Gawish was arrested Sunday at his office in a Cairo information technology company but the reason of his arrest remains unclear.

A judge dismissed the corruption-related charges for 73 ministry of interior officials on Thursday in the case known as the "one billion Egyptian pounds.” The officials were accused of illicit gains under Mubarak-era interior minister Habib El-Adly.

Egypt’s prosecution filed an appeal against a decision to release ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s sons, Alaa and Gamal, and demanded that they serve their full sentence.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will visit Addis Ababa Friday to attend the 26th African Union Summit; governance, elections and adherence to constitutional principles will be the main topics of the summit, according to a Thursday presidential statement.

Egypt secured on Thursday a three-year membership at the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union.

Governor of South Sinai Major General Khaled Fouda said the tourism sector in Sharm El-Sheikh recorded losses of EGP 6bn over the past three months.

An Egyptian minister has said a new version of a civil service law recently rejected by the country's parliament will be put forward to the chamber in a week's time.

The dollar surged against the Egyptian pound on the black market on Wednesday, a day after the central bank raised a cap on foreign currency deposits, prompting currency-starved importers to source dollars from the parallel market.

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail inaugurated Wednesday 47th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) amid tight security.

A set of 30 ancient Egyptian artifacts were discovered while laying a foundation of a residential building in Egypt’s Delta governorate of Dakahlia, Youm7 reported Wednesday.

Cairo’s Downtown metro station, Sadat, is to remain closed until Thursday upon request from security agencies.

In a statement to reporters Tuesday, Minister of ‎Parliamentary Affairs Magdi El-Agati stressed that the ‎House of Representatives – Egypt's lower house ‎parliament – will be issuing a report to ‎President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi indicating why MPs ‎voted down the Civil Service Law on 20 January. ‎‎

Central Auditing Organization chief Hesham Geneina will be interrogated on January 31 by a judge assigned by the Cairo Appeals Court over charges of insulting the judicial body.

Russian Deputy Transport Minister Valery Okulov announced Monday a report on security measures at Egypt’s airports will be submitted to the ministry within a week, the Tass news agency reported.

Several Egyptian military units headed to Saudi Arabia on Monday to take part in “Thunder of the North,” a joint military exercise involving "a number of Arab and Muslim states," according to Egypt's armed forces.

In the wake of the anniversary of the 25 January Revolution, detained political activists have sent letters from their prisons to revive the memory of the Egyptian spirit, in which they expressed their opinions over the events in the five years since.

Police dispersed a number of small anti-government marches that have taken place in parts of Egypt on Monday, the fifth anniversary of the 25 January revolution.

Personnel from the Egyptian Armed Forces left Monday for Saudi Arabia to participate in the Thunder of the North joint training, according to a statement by military spokesperson Mohamed Samir.

Their days are heavy, their lives have been put on hold, and their dreams, like their loved ones, are locked up. Detainees’ wives spend their days waiting for their loved ones’ freedom.