Egypt will re-open the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in both directions on Saturday and Sunday for the upcoming Eid El-Adha holiday, after opening them for three days earlier this week, state news agency MENA reported on Thursday.

Things are "progressing well" in terms of the discussions about the $12 billion International Monetary Fund loan programme for Egypt, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said at a press briefing in Washington on Thursday, adding that the IMF board meeting to approve the deal will take place in the coming weeks.

A Russian Investigative Committee delegation paid a working visit to Egypt to sign a memorandum of understanding to jointly investigate the Russia-operated Airbus A321 plane crash over the Sinai, the committee’s spokesman said Thursday.

Egypt has halted hot air balloon rides over the tourist city of Luxor for three days due to poor weather conditions, days after tens of tourists were wounded in a balloon crash landing.

The Ministry of Tourism denied, on Wednesday evening, rumors about the death of four children at a hotel in the north coastal resort of Marina.

Public Prosecutor Ahmed Sadeq has ordered the release of Ibrahim Hatab, a wheat silo owner charged in connection with corruption in the local wheat procurement system. A bail of LE500,000 was set for Hatab's release.

795 Palestinian pilgrims have crossed Rafah border to travel to Mecca through Cairo Airport, Youm7 reported.

The prosecutor in Mina al-Basal, Alexandria, has ordered an investigation into the death of a prisoner at a police station in Alexandria on Thursday morning.

Egypt's constitutional court is to start reviewing on October 1 a controversial law that bans unauthorised protests, officials said on Tuesday.

Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany and Sakuji Yoshimura, director of the Japanese restoration team, were witness Wednesday to the lifting of a newly-discovered wooden beam of Khufu's second solar boat from its pit located to the north of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Egypt has called on the European Union to step up efforts to combat illegal immigration, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Royal Dutch Shell announced on Wednesday new natural gas discoveries in a concession area of north Alam El-Shawish in Egypt’s western desert.

President Abdel Fatah al Sisi met with visiting Jordanian Prime Minister Hany al Mulqa on Wednesday and discussed ways to boost bilateral cooperation between both countries in various fields, Youm7 reported.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a hotel in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu on Wednesday, Youm7 reported.

The chief executive of the General Petroleum Corporation, Tareq al-Hadidy, has denied that the looming introduction of a Value-Added Tax (VAT) law will have an impact on the prices of petroleum products such as diesel oil and gasoline.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has received the credentials of eight new ambassadors to Egypt, including the new Israeli ambassador, David Govrin.

Egypt's House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a cabinet bill amending the law criminalising female genital mutilation (FGM), designating the practice a felony, and mandating stricter legal punishments for those convicted of performing the procedure.

Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi flew Thursday to India to kick off an Asian tour that will conclude with China, state news agency MENA said.

Egypt's trade deficit was down 15.7 percent in June compared to the same month last year, to reach EGP 29.7 billion, the state's statistics body, CAPMAS, said in a statement Wednesday.

A new study reveals that overall life expectancy in Egypt has increased in the past two decades but political turmoil resulting from the 2011 uprising caused life expectancy to drop by 0.25 years.

Cairo Administrative Court rejected Wednesday a lawsuit to ban social media websites in Egypt.