Egypt has banned the import of laser pens due to their harmful effects, Industry and International Trade Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour announced on Thursday.

Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghafar has sacked the chief of Cairo security directorate Osama Bedeir, Youm7 reported Thursday.

International credit agency, Moody's, upgraded on Wednesday its outlook for the Egyptian banking system to stable from negative on the back of government recent commitment to fiscal reforms and improving macroeconomic indicators.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has received a letter from the government of Greece, objecting to the Egyptian government's decision to ban the export of cotton, according to a senior figure in the government, noting that the decision may compel the Greek government to ban Egyptian imports in return.

A policeman acknowledged he shot lawyer Mohamed el-Gamal after he heard people screaming “catch this defendant” in a Cairo Court Saturday.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has said the constitution is great but more time is needed for its goals to be achieved, state news agency MENA reported.

Egypt's draft anti-terrorism law "must be scrapped immediately or fundamentally revised," Amnesty International said on Wednesday, describing the proposed law as "draconian".

Egypt's Premier, Ibrahim Mahlab, issued a decision on Tuesday granting the ministries and government sectors four days for the holiday, which will take place from Friday, 17 July until Monday, 20 July.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has renewed his call for revolutionizing the understanding of Islam to counter terrorist and extremist thought, urging scholars, specifically al-Azhar, to work to that end.

The number of Arab tourists visiting Egypt increased by 23 percent in May 2015 compared to the same month last year, Chairman of Tourism Promotion Authority (TPA) Sami Mahmoud told The Cairo Post Tuesday.

The general budget’s report for the current fiscal year for the National Authority for Radio and Television Union Maspero revealed estimated losses of about 4.14 billion EGP ($528.9 million,) Youm7 reported Tuesday.

The Egyptian Ministry of Housing has received 5 offers from Egyptian and Arab companies for the development of the new administrative capital, and the project’s master plan will be announced soon, according to Housing Minister, Moustafa Madbouly.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met in Cairo on Sunday with Yemen'si Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah to discuss the latest developments in the Yemeni crisis.

No party would be harmed by the application of the Civil Service Law, said Finance Minister Hany Qadry Dimian on Monday, as the public treasury would cover any differences resulting from the increased value of the payroll tax because of the amendment of the basic and variable payments in the new law.

Egypt is responsible for securing all diplomatic missions against “terrorism” that target civilians and destabilize the state, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry Monday in a press conference with his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni.

The Preservation of Egyptian Heritage Association will organize a festival to promote tourism in the Darb al-Sebaa area on Wednesday, in cooperation with the Antiquities, Culture and Tourism ministries, as well as the Cairo governorate's local authorities.

Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab issued on Sunday a decree banning 4X4 vehicles in army-operations zones in Sinai, reported the state news agency MENA.

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will visit Egypt this week to discuss “counter-terrorism” efforts after the Italian consulate in downtown Cairo was damaged in a car bomb attack Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Badr Abdel Atty told The Cairo Post Sunday.

The head of Egypt's Lawyers Syndicate Sameh Ashour said Sunday that the union suspended work in two Cairo for one day after a police officer reportedly shot and injured a lawyer in a Cairo court on Saturday while he was "doing his job."

The government of Egypt has launched a monitoring office run by its State Information Service (SIS) to verify information included in foreign media reports about the country, days after handing out a style guide for foreign reports operating on its soil.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) hold the pound steady at 7.73 per dollar in a central bank foreign exchange auction on Sunday, unchanged from last sale on Thursday, it posted on its website.