Egypt has said it backs Saudi Arabia's nomination of a new secretary general of the Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) following the resignation of its chief after he made public remarks which were considered disparaging to President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail issued on Monday a decision to form a general authority for the under-construction Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and comes under the authority of Ministry of Antiquities, Youm7 reported.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi expressed sincere congratulations to Lebanese people after electing Michel Aoun for presidency, in a statement by the presidency.

In a statement before parliament Monday, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said "Egypt is still passing through a harsh economic crisis; to get out of it the government needs the support of parliament and the MPs."

The secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Bin Amin Madani has resigned from his post for health reasons, a statement on the OIC’s official website read on Monday.

Egypt's supplies of essential foodstuff are sufficient to cover five to six months, Supply Minister Mohamed Ali El-Sheikh told a parliamentary committee on Monday.

Biometric airport equipment recommended by Russian inspectors to improve Egyptian airport security is due to arrive in Egypt this November, Egypt’s Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy said on Monday.

Egypt discussed with Singapore measures to boost bilateral trade, President Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi said on Monday in Cairo after a meeting with Singaporean President Tony Tan that coincided with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Egypt’s satellite channel Mehwar issued an official statement on Monday in response to the cancellation of a TV interview with the former head of the country’s anti-corruption agency Hisham Geneina.

Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr met with World Food Program Director-General Menghestab Haile on Sunday to discuss the ways of widening food aid to larger amount of students over 14 governorates to stop the phenomena of dropping out the schools and the child labor.

Egypt’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2015/16 climbed to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in the previous year, Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail told Reuters on Monday.

Flights between Egypt and Russia may be resumed before the end of the year, assuming certain conditions are met, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said on Saturday, according to Sputnik.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is scheduled on Monday to meet his Singaporean counterpart Tony Tan in Cairo, a presidential statement read.

Egypt was elected to a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday, winning votes from 173 countries out of 193 in a ballot at the General Assembly, according to a Foreign Ministry press statement.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ordered the allocation of LE50 million to compensate those harmed by flooding in recent days, in addition to another LE50 million to improve the efficiency of basic infrastructure in places hit by flooding, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail announced on Saturday.

A Mansoura appeal court on Sunday acquitted three people of charges of illegal protesting in April against the government’s deal with Saudi Arabia on two Red Sea islands, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.

The Egyptian army's Engineering Authority started on Sunday to clear the roads in and out of the Red Sea town of Ras Gharib after the city was nearly cut off from the world in the past 48 hours due to flooding.

Three policemen and three civilians were injured on Sunday after a car bomb detonated in North Sinai’s Al-Arish, Egypt’s interior ministry has said.

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has assured concerned Egyptian MPs that the Organisation of Islamic Conference will be asked to take action to "correct" the mistake of its secretary-general who last week made a joke at President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's expense.

EFG-Hermes and HSBC have been selected as consultants for the initial public offer of state bank Banque du Caire, Egypt's Deputy Finance Minister told Reuters on Sunday.

Four Egyptian armed forces personnel were killed in North Sinai amid ongoing operations against militants, according to a statement released Saturday by the spokesperson for the Egyptian armed forces.