Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi received US Defense Secretary James Mattis in Cairo on Thursday to discuss boosting military cooperation between Washington and Cairo. Mattis arrived in Cairo for a one day visit coming from Saudi Arabia, on a tour of the region that also includes Israel, Qatar and Djibiouti.

Egypt's navy raised the national flag Wednesday aboard a Type-209/1400 submarine newly-arrived from Germany at a ceremony in Alexandria, celebrating the country's latest arms addition intended to protect regional waters and bolster national security.

Egypt’s Administrative Court set June 6 as the date to rule on the controversial legal jurisdiction dispute regarding the Egyptian-Saudi maritime border demarcation agreement on the two Red Sea islands, Tiran and Sanafir. Egyptian rights lawyer, Khaled Ali, had recently filed a lawsuit demanding the suspension of the verdict from the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters, which had ruled earlier this month to revoke the High Administrative Court's final decision to uphold Egypt’s sovereignty over the two islands.

An Egyptian administrative court has set a date of 6 June to rule on a legal jurisdiction dispute in relation to a controversial Egyptian-Saudi Arabian maritime border demarcation agreement. Egyptian rights lawyer Khaled Ali asked the court to rule that the Court for Urgent Matters, which ruled earlier this month to revoke the High Administrative Court's January decision to uphold Egypt's sovereignty over the two Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir, has no jurisdiction over the matter.

The Ministry of Health has decided to issue a "drug monitoring" system which aims to control the pharmaceutical market, eliminate drug fraud and prevent the spread of illegal and unknown medicines in Egypt.

Egypt's Army Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazy held talks on Monday with his Kuwaiti counterpart Lieutenant-General Mohamed Ahmed al-Khader as part of his official visit to Cairo, state-run news agency MENA reported.

The State Council on Saturday rejected a new draft law on the Judicial Authority, which includes amendments to some articles regulating the State Council, the State Lawsuits Authority (SLA) and the Administrative Prosecution Authority (SIS). The Parliament on Monday approved amendments to the Judicial Authority Law on the same day it was put up for discussion; some MPs complained they hadn't had enough time to read it.

Aya Hegazy, founder of the Beladi Foundation to help street children, and her husband, Mohamed Hussanein, were acquitted from charges on Sunday, along with five other NGO members. Spending nearly three years in prison without official charges but accusations of using street children in political protests, Hegazy’s case sparked local and international controversy, to which her US citizenship added attention.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met on Wednesday with Cypriot Minister of Defence Christoforos Fokaides in Cairo where they discussed military cooperation and the latest developments in the Middle East, the Egyptian presidency announced.

A survey carried out by The Egyptian Center For Public Opinion Research (Baseera) revealed that 63 percent of Egyptians believe that the adoption of the three-month state of emergency will help combat terrorism, whereas 17 percent believe it won’t be effective.

The Egyptian parliament voted unanimously on Tuesday in favour of imposing a state of emergency declared by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Sunday. The measure comes following two deadly suicide bombings that hit Egypt's St George Cathedral in Tanta and St Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria on Palm Sunday, killing 46 and injuring dozens more during prayer services.

Al-Masry Al-Youm (AMAY) received official internal correspondence between some of Al-Ahram institution officials, revealing a disagreement between Ahmed al-Naggar, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Mohamed Abdelhadi Allam, the Editor-in-Chief. The correspondence between them, reviewed by AMAY, sheds light on the reasons behind the reported halting of Tuesday's issue last night at the institution's print house.

Egypt’s cabinet approved on Monday a decision to impose a nationwide state of emergency for three months starting 10 April at 1 pm.

For the first time in Egyptian police history, the list of the victims of Egypt's Palm Sunday blasts included three female policewomen, one officer and two low-ranking personnel, who died in the line of duty while checking security at the main gate of the St. Mark’s church in Alexandria. The three victims are General Nagwa Abdelaal Al-Haggar and two low ranking personnel, Omnia Roshdy and Asmaa Ibrahim Hussien.

At least 11 people were killed and 33 injured in an explosion at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria on Sunday, Ministry of Health spokesperson Khaled Megahed reported. The explosion occurred a few minutes after the departure of Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II from the church. Media outlets reported that the head of the investigation bureau of Al-Attarin district was among the dead.

Egypt's president called for a three-month state of emergency Sunday after at least 43 people were killed and more than 100 more were injured in two Palm Sunday suicide attacks at Coptic Christian churches, each carried out by the ISIS terror group. Sunday's first blast happened at St. George Church in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, where at least 27 people were killed and 78 others wounded, officials said.

A bomb exploded on Sunday morning, between 9.30 am and 10.00 am near Mar Girgis Church in Tanta, Al-Gharbeya, leaving 13 killed and 42 injured so far, local media reported.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said he will impose a state of emergency countrywide for three months, following attacks on churches in Tanta and Alexandria on Sunday.

Suicide attacks on two churches in Tanta and Alexandria triggered sharp reactions in Egypt's parliament – the House of Representatives.