France appreciates Egypt’s pivotal role as a main pillar for security and stability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, France’s defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi at a Cairo meeting on Sunday.

The death toll from the capsizing of a migrant boat on Wednesday off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast reached 169 people on Sunday, with Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail assigning the Petroleum Marine Services to retrieve the sunken vessel, according to a statement by Egypt's health ministry.

Russian transport minister Maxim Sokolov, who is expected to visit Egypt soon, will discuss with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi the resumption of flights between the two countries, including a draft intergovernmental agreement on aviation security, the Russian transportation ministry's press service said on Sunday.

One civilian has been killed and six injured on Sunday after a roadside bomb exploded in North Sinai, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported.

Egypt has foiled a total of 110 illegal immigration attempts in 2016, Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said on Saturday.

Media delegations from France and Belgium have arrived in Cairo on Saturday evening as part of promotion campaign to revive Egypt’s tourism sector, Youm7 reported.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Saturday with South Sudanese first Vice President Taban Deng Gai and discussed latest developments in the security situation in Juba, Youm7 reported.

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived at Cairo International Airport on Saturday evening, airport sources said.

The Egyptian government has proposed a draft bill to amend a law on the illegal immigration-related crimes, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail told reporters on Saturday.

An Egyptian team is in Russia on Sunday to discuss a ban placed on Egyptian agricultural exports, Egyptian daily Al-Ahram has reported.

Russia said talks with Egypt on civil aviation security cooperation have seen significant progress with Cairo seeking the resumption of air traffic between the two countries.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called on Saturday for the prosecution of "wrongdoers" behind the capsizing of a migrant boat on Wednesday which killed at least 165 people, according to a statement.

An Egyptian parliamentary delegation who visited New York last week to rally support for Egypt's political and economic reforms told reporters that Donald Trump would be a "good friend" of Egypt in comparison with Hillary Clinton.

The official death toll from the capsizing of a migrant boat off the coast of Egypt on Wednesday had climbed to 165 on Saturday morning, with 52 families still looking for their missing relatives.

Egypt’s interior ministry said Saturday it has arrested 17 Muslim Brotherhood members while they were meeting to devise ways to sabotage the Egyptian economy.

Egypt’s environment ministry said a shark recently spotted by tourists in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh is of a dangerous and aggressive species.

In a report published on Wednesday, the Central Bank announced that revenues from Suez Canal traffic decreased by 4.5 percent in the 2015-2016 fiscal year compared to the previous year, with total revenues of $5.1 billion compared to $5.4 billion for the 2014-2015 fiscal year.

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.