Cairo Airport authorities have launched an investigation after of a bag was detected coming from Qatar containing a large number of electrical circuits used in explosive devices.

Egypt's Damanhour prosecution ordered Thursday the detention for four days pending investigations of four of the crew of a boat for illegal migrants that capsized in the Mediterranean Wednesday.

Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany inaugurated this afternoon the Malawi Museum in Al-Minya governorate in the presence of Essam Bedawi, Al-Minya governor, and a number of foreign ambassadors and heads of foreign archaeological institutes.

Italy’s Eni has upgraded the potential production of the Egyptian Nile Delta gas field, Baltim South West, to 1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas, the company stated on its website on Thursday.

Leading MPs affiliated with Egypt parliament's human rights committee said in a statement on Thursday that the committee has never faced security restrictions or police harassment regarding its work during parliament's first session, which adjourned for summer recess on 7 September.

A Giza juvenile court sentenced five minors to 5 years in prison and fines of EGP 100,000 each on Thursday for their participation in protests against an Egyptian-Saudi Red Sea maritime border demarcation agreement in April that determined two Red Sea islands controlled by Egypt belonged to Saudi Arabia.

The Central Bank of Egypt decided to keep interest rates unchanged from July at a meeting of its monetary policy committee on Thursday.

Egypt's telecom regulator, the National Telecom Regulatory Authority, said it may offer the fourth-generation (4G) service licences by international tender after the three local mobile operators - Vodafone Egypt, Orange Egypt, and Etisalat - declined to apply for it, MENA agency reported.

Egypt's state grain buyer GASC received four offers from suppliers at its international wheat purchase tender on Thursday after amending some of the terms, traders said.

Egypt's parliament will reconvene 4 October, starting its second legislative session aftera parliamentary recess, a presidential decree announced Thursday.

Hundreds of migrants are still missing and dozens others confirmed dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Egypt on Wednesday.

Egypt’s central bank plans to float the United Bank of Egypt, in which it holds a 99 percent stake, in an initial public offering, Governor Tarek Amer said on a talk show on Sunday.

Egypt’s three existing mobile phone operators have declined to buy its fourth-generation licenses, two Egyptian telecoms officials told Reuters on Thursday.

A total of 788 Palestinian pilgrims will return back home Thursday exceptional re-opening of Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, Youm7 reported an Egyptian official at the crossing.

Minister of Defense Gen. Sedky Sobhy has met with Cairo-visiting Greek Minister of National Defense Panos Kammenos, according to a statement on the Egyptian ministry website on Thursday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met with members of the U.S. National Security Council in New York City, on the sidelines of the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday, said Egytpian Presidential Spokesperson Alaa Youssef in a statement.

Egypt's Transportation Minister Galal Said announced that the construction of the underground metro station in Zamalek neighborhood, which is part of Cairo's third metro line, will begin in two weeks time, Al Ahram Arabic website reported.

Egypt's travel payments rose from US$3.3 billion to $4.1 billion in the fiscal year 2015/2016, creating a net outflow in Egypt's travel balance for the first time, the Central Bank of Egypt said on Wednesday.

Egypt's trade deficit has narrowed by $7 billion since January, Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil said on Tuesday, adding that exports could rise by 10 percent - helping close the trade gap even more - if authorities devalued the local currency.

A policeman were killed and two others injured in an attack by gunmen in Arish city, North Sinai governorate, on Thursday.