President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi rebuked Wednesday the Minister of Interior and the Prime Minister over the “high cost” of security measures for the new headquarters of the Interior Ministry with 1,000 police conscripts.

Egypt's central bank sold US$118.7 million at its regular rate of 8.78 to the dollar at Tuesday's sale. Egypt's pound strengthened on the black market, traders quoting rates of 10.40/10.50 to the dollar, after it had sharply weakened in the past couple of weeks, hitting around 11.50 Egyptian pounds to the dollar.

Border guards thwarted an attempt by 54 persons who were attempting to cross the border from Egypt into Libya, Youm7 reported Wednesday.

At least 30 percent of Egyptians believe that the two islands of Tiran and Sanafir are Egyptian, while 23 percent consider them Saudi, according to a poll conducted by the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research, “Baseera”.

Rights defender and Chairman of the board of local NGO Egyptian Commission of Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) was arrested early Monday and detained for four days on Tuesday on charges that include advocating terrorism using the internet, his lawyer said.

Egypt's central bank sold $118.7 million at its regular rate of 8.78 to the dollar at Tuesday's sale.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received on Tuesday Bahraini King Hamad bin Eissa al-Khalifa at the Presidential Palace of Ettihadiya, to tackle international and Arab matters facing the two countries, including the conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Palestine.

The Sadat Metro station, located beneath the iconic Tahrir Square, re-opened Tuesday after a 24-hour closure during protests against the handover to Saudi Arabia of disputed two islands in the Red Sea.

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said on Tuesday that the UK government has urged Egypt to consider “every possible scenario” regarding the case of murdered PhD candidate Giulio Regeni, including the possible scenario that Egyptian security agencies are behind his murder.

Seven journalists remain in detention on Tuesday after being arrested the previous day while covering anti-government protests, according to the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate.

An exhibition entitled “Sinai...Birthplace of the Alphabet” was launched at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square on Monday.

Egypt's army announced it is celebrating the 34th anniversary of Sinai's Liberation from Israeli occupation with air and water shows as well music concerts throughout the country on Monday.

Seventeen human rights groups have denounced the mass arrests conducted by Egyptian security forces over the past few days ahead of planned anti-government protests on Monday, which is Sinai Liberation Day, saying that the NGOs would shoulder the burder of responsibility for the safety of protesters.

Monarch of the State of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa will pay Egypt a two-day visit Tuesday to discuss issues of the mutual concerns with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Youm7 reported.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is heading towards raising the interest on the pound on Thursday, following an increase declared on 17 March, so as to accommodate for the inflation caused by the high exchange rate of the dollar against the pound.

Egypt netted just $500 million in tourism revenue in the first quarter of 2016, down from $1.5 billion a year earlier, a tourism ministry adviser told Reuters, highlighting the country’s struggle to kickstart a key dollar-earning industry.

Egypt's military said on Sunday that it is deploying forces to secure major public buildings on Monday, which has been set by activists as a date for protests over the recent Saudi island deal.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, commander-in-chief of Egypt's armed forces, placed flowers at the memorial for military martyrs in Nasr City on Sunday, one day ahead of Sinai Liberation Day, on which opposition activists have threatened to hold mass anti-government protests.

East Cairo prosecution on Sunday ordered the four-day detention of 11 persons pending investigations over calls to organize “unlicensed” protests on Monday to oppose the government’s decision to acknowledge Saudi Arabian sovereignty over the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir, Youm7 reported.

Some 1,755 tourists of various nationalities are scheduled to arrive at the Sharm al Sheikh Airport Sunday aboard 14 international flights, the head of South Sinai’s task force Essam Khedr told Youm7.

Thirteen Egyptians were deported from Saudi Arabia Sunday for violating labor laws; three were arrested at Cairo Airport for after discovering they were at-large convicts, Youm7 reported.