An Egyptian court sentenced 152 protesters on Saturday to between two and five years in prison each after they demonstrated against a decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, judicial sources and state media said.

Egypt's press syndicate has called for a meeting of syndicate members on Wednesday to follow up on the latest developments in the syndicate's ongoing dispute with the interior ministry, a statement by the syndicate said.

Egyptian prosecutors have renewed for 15 days the detention of two journalists arrested from inside the Journalists Syndicate headquarters earlier in May, pending investigation into charges of inciting anti-government protests.

The owner of Egypt's independent El-Masry El-Youm daily criticised his own paper's take on the recent crisis between journalists and the interior ministry that was triggered by a police raid on their union earlier this month.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called on Housing Minister Moustafa Madbouli to concluded within the next two years current projects to improve unsafe and dangerous slum areas like Duwaiqa and Tal al-Aqareb.

The number of tourists visiting Egypt in March 2016 decreased by 47.2 percent compared to the same month last year, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS,) Egypt’s official statistical agency.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said during a press conference that US ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power’s comments about jailed journalists were not directed at Egypt.

Egyptian health officials said on Thursday that the three bottled mineral water comapnies Nestle, Aquafina and Baraka had produced bottled water that was unfit for human consumption.

The German Ministry of Transport issued a decision to lift the ban imposed since November 2015 on the transportation of check-in luggage with passengers on board German flights heading to Sharm el-Sheikh.

Italy appointed Giampaolo Cantini as its new ambassador to Egypt, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Tuesday, official Italian news agency ANSA reported, a month after recalling the former ambassador over the torture and death of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met with Kuwaiti Justice Minister Yacoub Al Sanea to discuss counter-terrorism efforts that will be on the agenda of the Justice Arab Ministers meeting facilitated by the Arab League Wednesday, the Presidential office said in a statement.

At least 1,464 people have exceeded their pre-trial detention limit inside prisons in Egypt, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Right said in an official report on Tuesday.

The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Atti has discussed the challenges that face the Nile River during the Coalition of Deltas meetings in Netherlands, the Ministry announced in a statement Wednesday.

An investigation has been opened into the disappearance of 160 kilos of bad meat from inside Giza’s Beaulac’s district headquarters amid exchanged accusations by officials from the Health Ministry, the veterinary department and the district, Youm7 reported Tuesday.

Egypt will open the Rafah border crossing with Gaza in both directions on Wednesday and Thursday, Palestine's embassy in Cairo said.

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail met Tuesday with the Canadian ambassador in Cairo and representatives of Bombardier Inc. to discuss the establishment of a monorail (a single rail skytrain) to link Giza and 6th of October City.

Egyptian security officials say police have arrested three members of a satirical street group that mocked President Abdel-Fatah el-Sisi and his supporters in video clips posted online.

Sixteen people, 12 Sudanese, three Egyptians and one Somali were arrested in an illegal immigration attempt in Beheira Tuesday, Youm7 reported.

Egypt’s public prosecutor referred 67 defendants to criminal court on Sunday in the case of late public prosecutor Hisham Barakat’s assassination.

A huge fire broke out in the early hours of Monday at a popular market of street vendors in downtown Cairo, Egypt state TV reported.

Egypt’s public prosecutor referred 67 defendants to criminal court on Sunday in the case of late public prosecutor Hisham Barakat’s assassination.