The board of Egypt's top cigarette maker, Eastern Company, approved a capital hike of 750 million Egyptian pounds (US$84 million) on Sunday through the distribution of one free share per existing original share.

Sources from the local pharmaceutical industry circles have reacted to accusations leveled against the Egyptian military for its alleged attempt to control the distribution of subsidized infant milk, saying that military was not culpable in a current shortage that has led to protests from parents.

Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said Sunday that a new Supply Minister will be appointed within the next few days, succeeding former minister Khaled Hanafy, who handed in his resignation two weeks ago.

Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) purchased on Sunday 50,000 tonnes of Brazilian raw sugar, GASC vice chairman Ahmed Youssef told Reuters.

A North Cairo criminal court sentenced to death on Sunday four Islamist militants after they were convicted of forming a terrorist cell in Gharbiya's Tanta.

Women have contributed up to 50 percent to the 1.2 million micro enterprises across Egypt supported by the Social Fund for Development (SFD) from 2009 to 2015, the state's official statistics body CAPMAS announced on Sunday in a press release sent to Ahram Online.

Egypt's health ministry has broadened the criteria for those eligible to receive subsidised baby formula amid a severe market shortage in baby milk that prompted protests last week, Ahram Arabic news website reported.

Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry headed the Egyptian delegation at the G20 Summit meeting of foreign ministers on Sunday, where he delivered a speech calling for the integration of developing countries into the global economy, according to a statement published on Shoukry's Facebook account.

Egypt's irrigation and water resources minister announced on Sunday the postponing of contract signing with two foreign consultancy firms – to study the impact of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam on downriver countries – due to "unresolved issues."

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Sunday in Hangzhou, where he is to attend the Group of 20 (G20) Summit, presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said.

Three policemen were injured on Sunday in Egypt's Damietta while attempting to defuse one of two explosive devices, the Ministry of Interior said.

The size of the drug trade in Egypt amounts to LE400 billion, which is equivalent to half of Egypt's state budget and double the budget deficit, said Hanan Girgis, Operations Director of the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera), on Friday night.

Public Prosecution and the Illicit Gains Authority (IGA) from the Justice Ministry received on Saturday a report from a fact-finding committee formed by parliament to investigate wheat corruption during this summer's harvest.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi on Sunday met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China, the third meeting in less than two years.

Egypt's Minister of Defence Sedki Sobhi flew to Russia Sunday on an official visit for talks related to Egyptian-Russian military cooperation.

The International Monetary Fund supports Egypt’s efforts in achieving economic reform, the IMF’s managing director Christian Lagarde told Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi arrived in China's Hangzhou for the G20 Summit where Egypt is a guest of honour, Ahram Arabic website reported.

Egypt's army said Saturday it will start selling baby formula at a decreased price than that offered in the market, two days after dozens of parents protested against shortages in subsidised milk powder and an increase in its price.

President Abdel Fatah al Sisi met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in India on Thursday and discussed key bilateral issues including the situation in the Middle East, Youm7 reported.

The Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) announced it has officially accredited the first Egyptian-U.S. made hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, Youm7 reported on Friday.

A total of 768 Palestinian pilgrims have crossed the Rafah border crossing from the Gaza Strip into Egypt en route to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, official source told Youm7.