Egypt’s tourism receipts were down 15 percent in 2015 compared with the previous year as a falling Russian rouble and escalating terrorist attacks took their toll on the sector, the country's tourism ministry announced on Tuesday.

Meteorologists expect slightly cold weather in the morning on Wednesday and very cold weather at night. Temperatures could reach frost in central Sinai and north Upper Egypt especially on farmland. Low and medium level clouds will cover the north accompanied by rain along the north coast.

A number of Egyptian MPs who are members of parliament's Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee stressed Monday that the controversial protest law (law no.107/2013) will not be up on the agenda of parliamentary debates anytime soon.

During their visit to Cairo on Sunday, a delegation of members of the British House of Commons and the House of Lords affirmed they would recommend the resumption of British air flights to Sharm el-Sheikh upon their return to the United Kingdom, the Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman said.

Egyptians will be able to see five planets Jan. 20-Feb. 20 in a phenomenon that occurs every 10 years, head of the Department of Astrology Ashraf Tadros told Youm7 Monday.

The state-affiliated National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) said that interior ministry revealed the fate of 118 out of 191 cases of alleged "enforced disappearances," after their families had complained to the council.

The review procedures of passing laws in the House of Representatives applied Sunday by Parliamentary Speaker Ali Abdel Aal have raised concerns on the constitutionality of the laws passed.

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail requested a U.K. parliamentarian delegation on visit to Cairo to expedite the resumption of British flights to Egypt, according to a Monday Cabinet statement.

During their visit to Cairo on Sunday, a delegation of members of the British House of Commons and the House of Lords affirmed they would recommend the resumption of British air flights to Sharm el-Sheikh upon their return to the U.K., the Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman said.

The State Council’s Administrative Court turned down a lawsuit that demanded activist Wael Ghoneim be stripped of his Egyptian citizenship on Sunday.

Egypt will hold an international conference in February to present the latest and future development opportunities in the Suez Canal, Youm7 reported Sunday.

Egypt's new parliament approved two controversial laws on Sunday as it started reviewing legislation passed by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi since June 2014, including the so-called "terrorist entities" law.

Cairo Criminal Court is set to resume Thursday the trial of former agriculture Minister Salah al-Din Helal along with three others who stand accused of bribery and corruption.

MP Suzy Nashed revealed that 89 female MPs filed a complaint to parliamentary speaker Ali Abdelaal over the statement of MP Elhamy Agina, which called on female MPs to wear modest clothing inside the parliament.

In Egypt, three journalists and one press freedom activist have been sentenced to prison on charges of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood and "publishing false news."

Egypt's irrigation minister Hossam Moghazi said on Wednesday that although Egypt is “worried” about Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, it does not view it as a “threat.”

Egyptian National Defense Council, chaired by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, agreed Thursday to extend the participation of Egyptian armed forces in foreign fighting missions in Gulf States for an additional year, Presidential Spokesperson Alaa Youssef announced.

Two people have been arrested for running 47 Facebook pages that “incite violence against state institutions,” according to a Wednesday police statement.

Egypt’s foreign minister offered on Wednesday his country’s condolences to the German government and people for the German citizens who died in a bombing on Tuesday in Istanbul, Turkey.

Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential decree on Tuesday extending the state of emergency in Sinai for three months as of Wednesday, Jan. 27.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave final approval on Wednesday for the allocation of 103.22 feddans (43.4610 square meters) of state-owned land for the construction of a new central prison.