A Cyprus court on Thursday refused to hear testimony from a Cambridge University professor in defense of an Egyptian hijacker fighting an extradition request by his country over fears that he could be tortured or killed.

Egypt will increase the price of metro tickets from LE1 to a minimum of LE1.5, according to cabinet spokesperson Hossam Qawish, although he said no timetable has been set for the price rise.

The Finance Ministry, via the Central Bank of Egypt, is set on Thursday to borrow a total of 10.7 billion EGP (around $1.2 billion) through treasury bills (T-Bill), Youm7 reported.

Minister Sahr Nasr stated also in remarks to Youm7 Thursday that the United Nations allocated $736 million in grants to support most priority development projects in Egypt in the period between 2014 and 2017.

Egypt is to receive a $2 billion deposit from Saudi Arabia, International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr said on Thursday.

Egypt has asked JPMorgan, Citi, BNP Paribas and Natixis to lead manage its international bond offer, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

Police investigators are searching for a group of Bedouins they suspect of killing a judge and wounding a policeman during a land dispute in New Cairo on Wednesday evening.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ratified on Wednesday amendments to the country's police law banning members of the police from participating in protests, joining political groups, or speaking to the media without prior authorisation, Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Four international investment banks were selected by Egypt to issue 3 billion dollar-denominated eurobonds in the global bond market, the finance ministry announced on Thursday.

Egypt is currently negotiating for a $1 billion fund from China to finance local sanitation projects, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported on Wednesday, citing Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr.

The head of the Egyptian parliament's Human Rights Committee Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat and other nine MPs are likely to be investigated for attending a conference in Geneva on human rights without getting prior parliamentary approval, parliament's deputy speaker Soliman Wahdan disclosed in a statement to reporters on Wednesday.

Egypt's prosecutors in the coastal city of Alexandria are probing a money robbery from a provincial security headquarters, Ahram Arabic news website reported on Wednesday.

A total of 500 Chinese businessmen are to visit Egypt by the end of August to discuss potential investment opportunities in the Suez Canal region, Ahram Arabic website reported.

The prosecutor's office in Alexandria governorate has ordered thorough investigations into reports of several kidnappings of women in the past week.

Border guards in Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Matrouh thwarted an attempt by two Syrians to infiltrate into Libyan territories via the Sallum border crossing on Tuesday, Youm7 reported.

President Abdel Fatah al Sisi on Tuesday met with Housing Minister Moustafa Madbouly to discuss the progress in the construction of the country’s new administrative capital city, Youm7 reported.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Tuesday with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam in Beirut and discussed solutions to end the presidential vacuum in Lebanon, which has been ongoing since 2014.

The Egyptian Presidency denied media reports claiming that it has purchased new 4 air jets from France’s Dassault Aviation, presidential source told Youm7, describing the reports as “baseless.”

Egypt’s telecoms industry regulator has approved the final terms for 4G mobile broadband network licences and will send the forms out to licensee companies on Sunday, a senior official at Egypt’s Telecommunications Ministry told Reuters.

International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr will sign a cooperation protocol on a grant worth $2.4 million with officials from the Middle East and North Africa Transition Fund on Wednesday, Youm7 reported.

A total of one million and 700,000 poor families have been registered to receive a monthly pension as part of the “Takafol and Karama” Project, according Ahmed Latif, an official at the project.