Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Wednesday over the phone with US Secretary of State John Kerry developments in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and efforts in combating terrorism, the Egyptian foreign ministry announced in a statement Thursday.

Head of the parliament’s foreign affairs committee Mohamed el Orabi called on the German Foreign Ministry to support Egyptian candidate Mushira Khattab to the post of UNESCO Director-General.

Egypt will open the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing for a two-way flow of people and goods on Saturday Oct.15 and Sunday Oct.16, Youm7 reported Thursday.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said on Thursday that Egypt has not plotted against Ethiopia or supported the Ethiopian opposition.

Egypt’s stocks hit the highest level in sixteen months a day after an Egyptian central bank official announced the receipt of a $2 billion deposit from Saudi Arabia.

Orange Egypt, the second biggest mobile operator in Egypt, has said that it is willing to re-negotiate the acquiring of the 4G mobile licence with the Egyptian National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) under new terms, the company stated on the bourse website on Thursday.

A Saudi Airlines airplane made an emergency landing at Cairo International Airport on Thursday due to technical malfunction.

French energy company Total is expected to inject $200 million in new investments into ‎the Egyptian market over the next five years, the Egyptian government said on Thursday after ‎a meeting between Prime Minister Sherif Ismail and a delegation from the French company currently visiting Cairo.

The Suez Canal Authority is exploring a possible deal with shipping company Global Maritime that would see the company paying in advance for ships traveling through the Suez Canal, according to informed sources.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry headed for Vienna on Wednesday to take part in the meetings of the Egyptian Austrian Business Council (EABC,) scheduled to kick off Thursday, Youm7 reported.

President Abdel Fatah al Sisi on Wednesday met with Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn for talks on supporting the EU-Egypt partnership and cooperation, Presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef was quoted by Youm7.

Egypt has received a $2 billion deposit from Saudi Arabia, an Egyptian Central Bank official said, moving closer to securing several billions of dollars needed to seal a prospective $12 billion loan.

Around 750,000 Egyptians applied for the US green card lottery in 2016, the US consul general in Cairo stated on Tuesday.

Egypt's parliament will most likely endorse a draft bill regulating media operations or at least discuss it before the end of year, senior MP Osama Heikal said.

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Egypt Ahmed Kattan left Cairo on a three-day trip to the Kingdom on Wednesday, Ahram Arabic website reported.

Opposition MPs and high-profile lawyers Alaa Abdel-Moneim and Bahaaeddin Abu Shoka announced Wednesday that they have each decided to stand for the post of head of parliament's legislative and constitutional affairs committee.

A Cairo criminal court on Wednesday quashed an earlier decision to release two senior leaders of the Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya detained over charges of belonging to a banned group after it accepted prosecution appeal.

A delegation from the Japanese Parliament led by member Kazunori Tanaka visited today the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the Giza Plateau.

A delegation from the Japanese Parliament led by member Kazunori Tanaka visited today the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the Giza Plateau.

Egypt’s trade deficit decreased in July by 13.1 percent compared to the same month of last year to reach EGP 30.9 billion, the state’s statistics body CAPMAS said in an emailed statement on Wednesday.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras paid a visit to the Giza pyramids on Tuesday while he was in Cairo for a tripartite summit between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt.