Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Sahr Nasr and Minister of Housing Mostfafa Madbouly has met Wednesday evening with director of Cairo Bureau of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Philip Tirrot to discuss financing a project of waste water treatment in Abu Rawash city, 8 km to the North of Giza, according to a statement from the Ministry of International Cooperation Thursday.

Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged that the UK would work towards propping up Egypt's ailing economy and increase British investment in the country, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported.

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo joins Egyptians, Americans, and friends around the world in mourning the passing of Ahmed Zewail, a leading contributor to the world of science, said the embassy in a statement.

Egyptian Ministry of Emigration Nabila Makram stated that her country may go to the international jurisdiction over the case of the Egyptian national Mohamed Al Naggar, who died in German prison late June.

Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has decided to downsize the number of Egyptian mission in South Sudan due to the political and security instability, Youm7 reported Ahmed Bahaa al-Din, head of the Nile Water Section at the Ministry Thursday.

A dowry of gold is the first step in marriage procedures for Egyptians, and Sagha is the destination. The area is the hub for dozens of shops selling gold jewelry and used to witness people rejoicing oncoming of weddings.

The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) announced in a press release on Wednesday it manufactured 100 percent Egyptian third-class railcar using modern methods.

Preliminary investigations suggest that a young Egyptian man who died in a German prison had committed suicide and was not subjected to torture as claimed by his relatives, an Egyptian Foreign Ministry official said on Monday.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed the current suspension of UK flights to Sharm el-Sheikh with British prime minister Theresa May in a phone call on Wednesday.

A video purportedly by Egypt's Islamic State affiliate has delivered a rare direct threat to Israel, saying the Jewish state will soon "pay a high price."

The handover of security screening in the Sharm El-Sheikh airport to National Falcon Company for Airport Security, supposed to take place on Monday, has been postponed to the second half of August, Al-Borsa newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The Egyptian Cabinet approved Wednesday a draft law allowing individuals to launch one-person companies without the need for more employees, Tareq Qabil, the Minister of Trade and Industry, said in a press conference.

Egypt says it has sent a draft law regulating the residency of foreigners upon which investors can obtain temporary residence permits for legal review, in preparation for referring the amended legislation to parliament for final approval.

Chemist and Nobel Prize laureate Ahmed Zewail, who died in the United States on Tuesday, was killed by a "sudden virus", according to Sherif Foad, spokesman for the scientist.

Egypt's government has officially concluded a reconciliation deal with fugitive Egyptian business tycoon Hussein Salem, a justice ministry official said on Wednesday.

A military funeral will be held for Egyptian chemist and Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail who died in the United States on Tuesday at the age of 70, Zewail City for Science and Technology’s media advisor and spokesperson Sherif Fouad said Wednesday.

A Cairo court ordered the release of the Doctors Syndicate freedoms committee member Taher Mokhtar and his roommates Hossam El-Din Hamed and Ahmed Hassan on Wednesday on EGP 5,000 bail, the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression said on Facebook.

Egypt said it is working to facilitate the repatriation of Egyptian expatriate workers who have been detained -- among many of other nationalities -- by Saudi authorities for violating the country’s labour law.

The planetary scientist and former presidential advisor Essam Heggy has announced a new initiative to identify and back an alternative candidate for Egypt's 2018 presidential elections.

The Egyptian government signed a deal with the World Bank on Tuesday for US$500 million in funding for an economic development program in Upper Egypt.