Egypt's health ministry announced on Wednesday evening that the death toll in the capsizing of a boat carrying migrants off Egypt's Mediterranean port city of Rosetta has reached 42.

A political solution must be reached between all parties, excluding terrorist groups, to end the Syrian crisis, Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said at the United Nations Security Council's crisis meeting on Wednesday in New York.

Technical studies on the potential impact of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam on Egypt and Sudan are set to begin soon and will take 11 months to complete, Egypt's irrigation ministry spokesman said one day after a contract was signed with the two firms tasked with conducting the studies.

A Russian delegation of transport and aviation experts arrived late Tuesday in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada to inspect recently implemented security measures at the city's airport in preparation for resuming direct flights between Russia and Egypt, according to a statement by the civil aviation ministry.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi responded for the first time to US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims entering the US in a CNN interview one day after El-Sisi's meeting with Trump, the first the candidate has had with a Muslim world leader.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that the Arab-Israeli conflict is at the heart of instability in the Middle East and countries must come together to solve the crisis.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met on Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, said Egyptian Presidential Spokesperson Alaa Youssef in a statement Tuesday.

The Ministry of Health has taken a number of proactive preventive measures to combat bird flu H5N1 virus in governorates, especially ahead of winter season where the virus is active.

Minister of Transport Galal el-Saeed announced that the ministry is carrying out a group of projects in Upper Egypt governorates part of the national road network worth 7 billion EGP.

Head of Maspero (the headquarters of the Egyptian Radio and T.V.) Safaa Hegazy sacked chairperson of News Sector Mostafa Shehata after the channel broadcast an old interview of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi with a U.S. media network, Youm7 reported Tuesday.

Mobile phone bill rates are set to increase by between 5 and 7 percent due to the application of Value Added Tax (VAT), in line with a new law on the tax passed recently, according to the Finance Ministry.

Representatives of several European nations have slammed Egypt's track record on human rights, delivering harshly critical speeches at the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) at Geneva on Monday.

Egypt will receive the second tranche of a loan from the African Development Bank (ADB) by the end of the year, stated Layla el-Mokaddem, representative of the ADB in Egypt.

A Cairo misdemeanour court sentenced on Tuesday nine lower-ranking policemen to three years in prison over assaulting two doctors at Matariya Teaching Hospital in January.

Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, said on Tuesday that the Church’s support of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's efforts to improve Egypt's image abroad is an act of patriotism, not politics.

British Prime Minister Theresa May expressed support of Egypt's economic reforms policies during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi on Tuesday in New York on the sidelines of the 71st United Nations General Assembly meeting.

The long-planned smart card system at Egyptian gas stations will “most likely be activated by the end of this year,” an official from E-Finance Company, which is tasked by the government to execute the project, said on Tuesday.

Egypt reached a preliminary agreement with the IMF in August to secure a three-year $12 billion loan facility, which is awaiting approval from the fund's executive board.

Egypt is currently negotiating a $4 billion loan from China to finance the country’s renewable energy strategy, an official from the international cooperation ministry said on Tuesday.

Russia's decision to suspend imports of fruit and vegetables from Egypt is not a counter-measure against Cairo's rejection of Russia's wheat, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich as saying on Tuesday.