Egypt's former chief auditor Hesham Geneina has declared his faith in President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's ability to fight corruption, but he warned that powerful elements are seeking to undermine regulatory agencies and their staff.

A Russian delegation of experts is set to visit the Egyptian airports of Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada on 28 August to assess strengthened security measures, Russian news agency TASS reported a member of the Red Sea Tourism Investors Association as saying to local Egyptian media.

The governor of Daqahliya has said that the families of those killed in a 3-vehicle crash in the Nile Delta governorate on Monday will receive EGP 5,000 (approx. $536) each in compensation, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.

After 26 months in power, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's satisfaction rating with the Egyptian public has dropped to 82 percent, compared to 91 percent at the end his second year in office in June, according to the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera).

Egyptian naval forces held a joint military drill with NATO’s navy while on a multiple day visit to Egypt, the army said in a statement.

Egypt's State Lawsuits Authority – the body that represents the government in legal cases – appealed before the High Constitutional Court a June administrative court verdict that voided a decision by the government to place two islands in the Red Sea under Saudi Arabia's sovereignty.

The $12 billion loan facility that the International Monetary Fund has preliminarily agreed to provide for Egypt will be divided into three tranches, each worth $4 billion, the fund’s mission chief said.

Egypt's prosecutor-general has ordered an investigation into a police report that accuses politicians Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh and Hamdeen Sabahi of spying for Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran's Revolutionary Guards, according to a prosecution statement on Monday.

An Egyptian police captain was killed on Monday when a landmine detonated during a shootout with "terrorist elements" in North Sinai's Al-Arish, an interior ministry official announced.

Ousted former president Mohamed Morsi has appealed the Court of Cassation's verdict to uphold a June sentence of life in prison and an additional 15 years in what is known as the Qatar espionage case.

British Airways has affirmed its support for Egypt's travel and tourism industry, stressing the need for joint action to support the sector through the expansion of partnerships with local companies.

The court verdict on whether to uphold a judicial decision of freezing of the assets of three prominent human rights activists has been set for 17 September, their lawyer Mohamed Abdel-Aziz told Ahram Online.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany on Sunday to review various developments in the antiquities field, including renovation work, international co-operation efforts and the battle against the smuggling of artifacts.

Egypt's spending on petroleum subsidies fell by 23 percent in 2015/16 to 55 billion Egyptian pounds ($6.27 billion), Tarek al-Hadidi, head of state oil company EGPC, told Reuters on Monday.

The Transportation Ministry has released details of a study showing that ticket prices for the Cairo metro system are very heavily subsidized, hinting at a need to increase the price of tickets from the current flat rate of LE 1.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will participate in China’s Hangzhou-held G20 Summit that due to be held in September, Youm7 reported.

The Egyptian Agriculture Export Council called for reconsideration the decision of banning to export rice, saying the lifting the ban would yield $400 million, said the council chairperson Abdel Hamid el Demerdash.

Hundreds of people have left their home after sewage water flooded in the streets of “Shaba” village of Kafr el Sheikh governorate, Youm7 reported Sunday.

The General Authority for Roads, Bridges & Land Transport (GARBLT) is preparing for the opening of the Cairo-Suez Highway in celebration of victory of the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, on October 6, Youm7 reported official in the GARBLT Sunday.

Egypt's unemployment rate inched downwards to 12.5 percent in the second quarter of 2016 from 12.7 percent in the quarter before, official statistics agency CAPMAS announced on Monday in an e-mailed statement.

A senior official at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said he expects the body's Executive Council to make a final decision in the next two weeks regarding Egypt's pending US$12 billion loan.