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.

Two men that National Security Apparatus has alleged were involved in Thursday’s Haram Street explosion were killed Monday morning in a shootout with police forces in Giza’s 6 of October City. In addition to another suspect killed Sunday night, security forces have now killed three suspects allegedly involved in the blast.

Politicians and media figures on Monday made their comments on Twitter to mark the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the January 25 uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak’s government.

Egyptian authorities’ initial investigations revealed that the American citizen who was arrested Sunday in Giza did not incite protests, a security official told al-Bawaba news, and he was ordered deported after his passport was checked.

Egypt's failing economic conditions in the past few years are often linked to the 2011 Uprising but it seems that the events that followed the uprising were not necessarily inevitable.

During the Egyptian-Saudi Arabia Coordination Council’s fourth meeting, a final version of most of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and agreements between Egyptian and Saudi Arabia were completed, according to Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi praised the 25 January revolution during a speech marking the fifth anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Former president Hosni Mubarak’s chief of staff has offered to pay LE1.8 million in settlements for illicit gain charges.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed in Cairo on Thursday a number of cooperation deals aimed to foster over 60 years of ties between the two countries, Egypt's state TV reported.

The Court of Cassation postponed on Thursday the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak, his Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six other security officials to April 7 over charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising.

Egypt’s Meteorological Authority (EMA) warned of a predicted cold wave, with the temperature expected to drop by nine degrees below its normal rate, starting from Saturday, reported Youm7 Thursday.

The Egyptian stock exchange continued its decline in response to falling oil prices, with the main index EGX30 dropping by 1 per cent and closing off at 5,713 points at the end of Thursday’s session.

The World Bank will finance the development of the infrastructure for the industrial zones in Upper Egypt governorates of Qena and Sohag, Industry and Foreign trade Minister Tarek Kabil said in a statement on Thursday.

British Minister Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon arrived in Cairo on Tuesday along with a Russian delegation to discuss "progress on aviation security in Sharm El Sheikh" with Egyptian officials, a statement by the British embassy read.

Top prosecutor Nabil Sadeq issued a publishing ban decision on Wednesday over the investigations conducted in a report issued by the Central Auditing Organization stating that the size of corruption in Egypt in 2015 amounted to LE600 billion.

An attempt to smuggle 14 artifacts at Damietta port was foiled Wednesday, Youm7 reported. The Criminal Investigation agency at Ports Security Authority announced it had stopped an attempt by an import-export firm to hide a number of suspected archeological artifacts inside a consignment of furniture and wood to be exported abroad.

The Egyptian stock exchange has returned to the sharp declines that it began the week off with as its main index EGX30 fell by about 4.7 per cent on Wednesday.