Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed in a phone call on Thursday with his French counterpart, John Mark, the latest developments in the Israel-Palestine peace initiative.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on Wednesday provided an interest-free loan to three major banks, including the National Bank of Egypt (NBE), Banque Misr, and Banque du Caire. The loan is worth EGP 31bn and will last for a 10-year period, according to a source that preferred to remain anonymous.

A group of 300 MPs has submitted a request for the start of non-confidence procedures against Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy, following mounting allegations of his involvement in the wheat corruption scandal and recent revelations about his residence in a five-star hotel.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received a phone call on Tuesday from US secretary of state John Kerry, who expressed the US’ support for the agreement signed between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and praised efforts towards economic reform.

Hisham Geneina’s removal by presidential decree from his position as president of the ِCentral Auditing Organization (CAO) in March brought with it a tidal wave of controversy.

A police and army officer were killed in central Al-Arish city on Tuesday at dawn after anonymous militants opened fire on their vehicle, sources from inside Al-Arish city told Daily News Egypt on condition of anonymity.

Egypt has received an invitation to contract with a consultation office assigned to carry out technical studies related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Abou Zaid announced on Tuesday.

The Agriculture Ministry is investigating claims from a US media outlet that several cases of hepatitis-A infection in the state of Virginia are linked to strawberries imported from Egypt, ministry spokesman Edi Hawash said on Tuesday.

Egypt and Italy are still working to resolve the high-profile case of a 13-year-old Egyptian boy who traveled to Italy illegally in search of assistance for his brother, who suffers from a serious blood disease.

Egypt's Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy said on Monday that he will not be resigning over allegations that he has been living in a 5-star hotel since taking office at the expense of the Supply Ministry.

Residents of Marsa Alam city, in the south of the Red Sea governorate, have raised complaints after local officials poisoned goats in order to protect trees planted along public streets.

Turkey wants to repair its ties with Egypt, after relations soured over the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday.

A maverick Egyptian MP, Ilhami ‎Agina, decided on Sunday to resign from ‎parliament's human rights committee in ‎protest at what he called "the repeated ‎attempts of the committee head Anwar El-‎Sadat to manipulate its MPs to serve the ‎agenda of foreign institutions."‎

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with editors-in-chiefs of state-run newspapers Al-Ahram, Al-Gomhuria, and Akhbar Al-Youm.

Two conscripts from the Egyptian armed forces were killed early Thursday in North Sinai, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Egypt loses $ 250 million monthly as a result of the tourism crisis, with a total of about $ 3 billion losses over 10 months, said South Sinai governor Khaled Fouda during a forum organized by the Union of Arab Banks.

The minimum expenditure of new petroleum deals, signed in 2015 and for new amendments on the ongoing deals reached $2.57 billion, Youm7 reported an official at the Ministry of Petroleum on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to brief the media.

The four bronze lions guarding the two ends of the Qasr Al-Nil Bridge linking Gezira to Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo have witnessed a great deal since they were first set up at the end of the 19th century, from the romantic dating of young couples staring at the Nile to the roars of the millions of Egyptians who marched over the bridge during the 25 January Revolution chanting for freedom, equality and the toppling of the former Mubarak regime.

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Three Egyptian children, aged between 10 and 3 years old, were suffocated to death after short circuit caused fire in n air-condition at their apartment in Sulaibikhat, north of Kuwait city, Al Rai newspaper reported Friday.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid condemned the two terrorist attacks that took place in Turkey expressing condolences and support for the families of the victims, the Turkish people and government, Youm7 reported.