Egypt's civil aviation minister Sherif Fathy said "all scenarios are possible" regarding the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean early this morning but told reporters during a press conference on Thursday that the “possibility of a terrorist act is higher than that of a technical error”

The Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali on Thursday met with residents and shop owners affected by the fires that broke out in Cairo earlier this month, Youm7 reported.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met on Wednesday with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Cairo to discuss the latest developments in regional crises and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a statement by the Egyptian presidency read.

The mainstream Palestinian Fatah movement has hailed a recent call by Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Palestinians and Israelis to reach a peaceful settlement to the decades-long conflict.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has decreed to form an Egyptian-Japanese joint committee tasked with expanding Japanese-style education methods in Egyptian schools.

Egypt's public prosecutor referred on Wednesday nine policemen accused of assaulting doctors at the Matariya teaching hospital in January to court.

Former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi and leaders of the Civil Democratic Current staged an open-ended sit-in at the party headquarters, protesting the detention of protesters against the Red Sea islands deal with Saudi Arabia, partisan member Mohamed Baioumi said Tuesday evening.

Egypt will import only 18 million cartons of artificial baby milk at a cost of $50 million, three million cartons less than last year, a source at the Health Ministry told Youm7 Tuesday.

During a speech inaugurating eight power stations on Tuesday, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi also addressed Israeli’s leaders and Egypt’s Palestinian neighbours, stressing that peace, prosperity and cooperation will only take place if both parties are able to reach a two-state solution.

The National Population Council has launched a new awareness campaign entitled, “My Right”, to end violence against women in collaboration with the Egyptian Female Lawyers Initiative.

Egypt’s cabinet approved “in principle” a long-awaited value added tax (VAT) bill and will refer it to the Council of State, an advisory body to the government, before sending it to parliament for discussion, it said in a statement on Monday.

Some 924 tourists of various nationalities are scheduled to arrive at Sharm al-Sheikh Airport Tuesday aboard seven international flights, the head of South Sinai’s task force Essam Khedr told Youm7.

Business tycoon Naguib Sawiris said Tuesday that the sale of satellite TV channel ONTV resulted from failed attempts to turn the channel into a lucrative investment, adding that he still intends to invest heavily in TV advertisement through his company Promomedia.

Egypt decided to raise the price of medicines under EGP30 by 20 percent in an effort to tackle a shortage in supply driven by rising costs, Health Minister Ahmed Emad Eddin said during a press conference at the cabinet on Monday.

The Cabinet has approved the draft law governing the press and media affairs, said Planning Minister Ashraf al-Araby Monday.

Egypt has reclaimed 44 archaeological artifacts from France dating back to different periods of ancient Egyptian civilizations, the Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany announced.

Egypt's government has purchased three million tonnes of domestic wheat, three quarters of the targeted amount of four million tonnes, since the harvest season’s beginning in mid-April, the agriculture ministry said in an e-mailed statement on Monday.

National Bank of Egypt, the country’s largest state bank, sold 1.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($169 million) worth of special certificates that were launched in March to attract foreign currency into the banking system, its deputy chairman said.

A total of 41 passengers were injured after a bus flipped over along the Eastern Desert Road in Upper Egypt’s Minya Sundya, Youm7 reported.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received Sunday an invitation to attend the 2016 Arab Summit that is scheduled to convene in Mauritania, the Egyptian Presidential Spokesperson Alaa Youssef announced in a statement.

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.