Egypt's economic growth has started to pick up, investor sentiment has improved and its fiscal reforms support the B3 rating of global credit rating agency Moody's, the agency said on Wednesday, adding that the economy has a stable outlook.

Three parliamentary committees approved in an ‎urgent meeting on Tuesday night legislation ‎aimed at stemming the tide of illegal migration.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will meet with a delegation from the Syrian opposition figures on Wednesday in Cairo, according to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry.

Three police conscripts and a civilian were killed when militant group attacked their convoy in Arish city of restive North Sinai.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi inaugurated Gamal Nasser Museum on Wednesday in the 46th anniversary of the death of Late President Nasser, Youm7 reported.

The Russian delegation, which is visiting Egypt to check the security measures in Egyptian airports before resuming the Russian flights, has asked to allocate Terminal 2 of Hurghada Airport for only the Russian passengers, Youm7 reported officials at the airport Wednesday.

A number of unknown armed assailants stormed a bank in Bulaq Abu el-Ela, Cairo, Youm7 reported.

Ministry of Irrigation announced that the total encroachments on the Nile have reached 16,917 cases since January 2015.

Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr met with Swizz Ambassador to Cairo Marjus Leitner on Wednesday, discussing a number of deals to be signed between two countries in November, according to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry.

President Abdel Fatah El Sisi met with the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, SCA, Vice Admiral Mohab Mamish. Vice Admiral Mamish reviewed overall developments with regard to the SCA’s activities including the operation of the canal’s waterway and attracting more ships to use it.

Egypt’s Aviation Minister Sherif Fathi met on Tuesday with Russian Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov who is currently visiting Cairo to have talks on resuming air traffic between both countries.

Egyptian authorities have arrested nine migrant smugglers in the northern governorate of Beheria, close to the location of where a boat sunk last week that resulted in the drowning of over 200 people, state news agency MENA reported.

Egyptian and Lebanese authorities are discussing to activate a maritime navigation line running between Alexandria and Beirut, Youm7 quoted Alexandria Governor Reda Farahat.

The official website of the Defense Ministry posted a video showing air forces targeting eight SUV vehicles of smugglers in Siwa Oasis, Western Desert.

Russian transport minister Maksim Sokolov told Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday that discussions between the two countries to resume Russian flights to Egypt "have come a long way," an Egyptian presidential statement read.

Egypt's agriculture ministry said a Swiss inspection company will examine imported wheat shipments after the recent trade tension with Russia over the staple crop.

Egypt's central bank held the pound steady against the dollar at its regular foreign currency sale on Tuesday, while the currency weakened on the black market.

Thirty-three bodies were retrieved on Tuesday from the wreckage of the migrant boat that capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Egypt's Rossetta last week, with the death toll reaching 202 after Egypt's Petroleum Marine Services floated the boat earlier today.

The German airline Lufthansa is mulling several alternatives to overcome the crisis of its financial dues in Egypt, including a possible halt on the sale of tickets in Egyptian pounds or using credit cards.

An Egyptian ministerial delegation headed to Greece on Tuesday morning to discuss investment by the Endowments Ministry in the city of Kavala and the island of Thassos.

Crude futures fell further on Tuesday as optimism faded for an output-limiting deal during an oil producer meeting in Algeria that so far has failed to yield any agreement to curb one of the worst supply gluts in history.