Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi praised US President-elect Donald Trump and said he expected greater engagement in the Middle East from his administration, in an interview with Portuguese media.

Egypt's ambassador to the UK said that it is "mind-boggling" that the UK has not lifted its flight ban to Sharm El-Sheikh even after all British ministries had recommended that flights to the Egyptian resort resume.

The head of Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate Yehia Kalash said Saturday that “imprisonment is a simple price we can pay” hours after a Cairo misdemeanour court sentenced him and two other syndicate board members — Gamal Abdel-Reheem and Khaled El-Balshy — to two years in prison for harbouring fugitives inside the syndicate's headquarters.

The Egyptian Stock Exchange has gained 24.6 billion EGP by the end of last week’s transaction session.

Two people were killed, and nine others were injured after a vehicle turned over on the International Coastal Road leading to the Mediterranean City of Alexandria, Youm7 reported.

A newly ratified anti-FGM law will punish fathers who take their daughters to the doctor to undergo the illegal practice will sentenced to 15 years in prison, stated Minister of Health Ahmed Emad el-Din.

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry said that the “U.S. administration led by the outgoing President Barack Obama has not pressured on Egypt to bring back the Brotherhood to the political scene,” he said in TV interview.

Dozens of young prisoners pardoned by Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi were released early on Friday, Egypt's state TV reported.

Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Thursday issued a decision exempting imported sugar from customs duties till May 30, 2017.

Egypt’s tourism bureau in Rome in collaboration with the Egyptian Academy of Art will launch a tourism promotion campaign in Italy that aims to increase number of Italian tourists visiting Egypt, state news agency MENA reported Thursday.

Egypt’s strategic wheat reserves are enough for the coming six months, the supply ministry said in a news conference on Wednesday.

The presidential statement said this was the first batch of imprisoned youth to be pardoned in accordance with Article 155 of the constitution.

The country's state-owned airline EgyptAir announced on Thursday that prices of tickets for its international flights would be pegged to the dollar, MENA reported.

Egyptian stocks are the best performers in 94 exchanges worldwide in dollar terms since 8 November, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday titled "World-Beating Egypt Stocks Defy Trump Slump as Foreigners Return".

The Syndicate of the Doctors denied media report claiming the syndicate undersecretary Mona Mina has resigned over remarks of “using one Syringe twice,” Youm7 reported on Thursday.

Health Committee of the Parliament member Mostafa Abu Zeid criticized absence of factories produce baby formula, after the price of one imported formula can reached 100 EGP, Youm7 reported on Thursday.

A delegation from the Egyptian House of Representatives will head on Monday to Germany in a visit aims to strengthen the bilateral relations between both countries, Parlmany reported Parliamentarian Karim Darwish on Thursday.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his Greek counterpart Nikolaos Kotzias on Thursday to discuss the bilateral relations, said Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid on his official Twitter account.

A total of 82 detained youth were released on Wednesday per a pardon decree issued by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Youm7 reported.

Since the Egyptian government has decided to float the value of the pound against the U.S. dollar on Nov. 3, Banque Misr has received a total of $100 million from the Egyptian expatriates’ remittances, Bank chairperson Mohamed El-Etribi told Youm7 Thursday.

Ministry of Finance announced that a total of 8.4 million EGP has recently been minted in the form of coins in the value of one pound 25 piasters; and they have been delivered to the Central Bank of Egypt to be offered in the local markets nationwide, Youm7 reported.