Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Egypt Ahmed Kattan left Cairo on a three-day trip to the Kingdom on Wednesday, Ahram Arabic website reported.

Opposition MPs and high-profile lawyers Alaa Abdel-Moneim and Bahaaeddin Abu Shoka announced Wednesday that they have each decided to stand for the post of head of parliament's legislative and constitutional affairs committee.

A Cairo criminal court on Wednesday quashed an earlier decision to release two senior leaders of the Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya detained over charges of belonging to a banned group after it accepted prosecution appeal.

A delegation from the Japanese Parliament led by member Kazunori Tanaka visited today the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the Giza Plateau.

A delegation from the Japanese Parliament led by member Kazunori Tanaka visited today the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the Giza Plateau.

Egypt’s trade deficit decreased in July by 13.1 percent compared to the same month of last year to reach EGP 30.9 billion, the state’s statistics body CAPMAS said in an emailed statement on Wednesday.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras paid a visit to the Giza pyramids on Tuesday while he was in Cairo for a tripartite summit between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt.

Egyptian companies of blood products suffer a shortage in medicines needed for blood transfusion and production, National Blood Transfusion Center chairperson Hala Adly told Youm7 on Tuesday.

Egyptian and Russian paratroopers will for the first time participate in a joint military exercise that Egypt will host on the Mediterranean coast this month, the coutnry's military spokesman announced on Wednesday.

A huge fire injured 17 people and damaged 40 houses and a livestock barn on Monday evening in the village of Etmaneya, Assiut governorate.

U.S. Consular General Sean Murphy told Youm7 on Tuesday that the U.S. latest security advice it American in Egypt is a precaution measures to ensure safety for its community.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will meet with European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn on Wednesday, Youm7 reported.

A U.S. Congress delegation paid Egypt a three-day visit on Oct. 9-11 during which its members met with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, discussing the mutual concerns and the security file of the region, Egyptian state-owned news agency MENA reported on Tuesday.

Petroleum Ministry Spokesperson Hamdy Abdel Aziz has responded to rumours that Saudi Aramco is planning to halt supplies of petroleum products to Egypt, saying there is no information to support such claims.

Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid has stressed the need for vigilance against any attempts to strain relations between Egypt and Ethiopia in the wake of accusations that Egypt was partly responsible for causing deadly riots around Addis Ababa.

The president of Cairo University, Gaber Nassar, has decided to abolish the religion field on all university certificates and documents it issues related to students, staff, and professors, the academic told a local television programme on Tuesday.

Tunisia has deported back a total of 17 Egyptian people who were arrested before entering into the Libyan territories, Youm7 reported on Tuesday.

Egyptian naval forces have thwarted an illegal attempt of smuggling a total of 1.4 tons of of hashish on board of a fishery boat into the Egyptian territories.

The Cairo Directorate of Religious Endowments decided to shut down historic Hussein Mosque on Tuesday where Shiites celebrate the festival of Ashura, Youm7 reported on Tuesday.

Number of Dutch companies investing in Egypt reached 508 companies with capitals of $2.715 billion, providing a total of 4,615 job opportunities in sectors of petroleum, chemicals, transport, electronics, and food, stated Egyptian Minister of Investment Dalia Khurshid on Tuesday.

Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr and EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn signed 6 cooperative agreements worth €129m, according to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry on Monday.