An Aswan military court sentenced five people to seven years in prison for destroying electricity pylons in Aswan earlier Wednesday.

Tension between Italy and Egypt has escalated in the months since an Italian graduate student who disappeared from Cairo was tortured and killed, with both sides taking part in a series of retaliations. This week, however, the Egyptian House of Representatives decided to switch gears and take a less disruptive approach to resolving the controversy.

Egypt's central bank governor said on Wednesday that the time was not right to float the Egyptian pound, which has come under intensifying pressure in recent weeks, but he left the door open to a possible devaluation. Economists say a devaluation is all but inevitable.

Cairo is among the most polluted and crowded capitals in the world. A couple of factors contributing to the problem seem uncontrollable in the short-term, particularly when it comes to population explosion and the concentration of economic activities and development to Cairo. Other factors, however, are directly linked to the deterioration of the Egyptian state and its incapacity of proper planning; consider for instance the urban sprawl and mushrooming shanty towns, as well as the corruption of the government which leads to buildings springing up in areas without proper consideration of space. Hence, the capacity of many districts is exceeded by far. In addition, we’re also seeing a lack of investment in economical housing in Cairo’s desert belt. There is an element related to cultural attitudes here, attitudes that assign a disproportionate social status to car ownership. The attitude is augmented by the government’s mismanagement of the rickety public transportation networks.

A Giza court of cassation annulled MP Ahmed Mortada Mansour's membership in Egypt's House of Representatives on Wednesday and ruled that independent candidate Amr El-Shobaki is the legitimate MP for the Dokki and Agouza constituency.

Russia's nuclear corporation Rosatom and the Egyptian government will sign contracts for the Dabaa nuclear power station soon, according to sources from the Electricity Ministry

Egyptian tourism receipts are expected to range between $4 billion to $4.5 billion by end of the current year, finance minister Amr El-Garhy said at press conference on Tuesday.

Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry denied in a Tuesday statement media reports claimed the completion of investigations into the last year crash of the Russian passenger plane.

One civilian was killed and another injured Wednesday morning in an explosion that rocked North Sinai’s town of Arish, Youm7 reported.

Anger is mounting amongst Minya's Copts after two incidents of sectarian violence, Bishop Macarius of Minya said in statements he made to Ahram Arabic website on Tuesday.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry flew to Washington on Tuesday evening to participate in the ministerial meeting of the international anti-Islamic State group coalition hosted by the United States, a statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry announced.

Egypt officially nominated Tuesday evening former minister of family and population Moshira Khattab for the position of Director General of the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), MENA news agency reported.

Egyptian researcher Sayed Al-Qemny expressed his resentment over the sectarian incident witnessed in Upper Egypt’s Minya governorate, Copts United News website reported on Monday.

Egypt's Grand Imam, one of the world’s highest Sunni Muslim authorities, has urged western countries to review laws and regulations that may affect the freedom of Muslims after a train attack in Germany was claimed by the Islamic State group.

After a two-hour meeting on Monday, an joint Egyptian parliamentary committee said it will refrain ‎from adopting a "confrontational stand" against Italy ‎following the nation's hostile reaction to Egypt in the aftermath of ‎the killing of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo ‎last January.‎

An Egyptian court has rejected an appeal by an Egyptian author against a two-year prison sentence he was given on obscenity charges.

Twelve years after the small landlocked country of Rwanda witnessed one of the most gruesome genocides in history, it has repositioned itself as one of the most developed countries in Africa. Dozens of African leaders concluded their week-long meetings in the capital Kigali for the 27th African Union summit.

Egyptian prosecutors renewed on Monday the detention of renowned human rights lawyer Malek Adly for 15 days pending investigations on charges of attempting to overthrow the regime.

A British security committee started inspections on Monday of security measures at Cairo International Airport.

A Cairo criminal court accepted on Monday a prosecution appeal against a motion to release seven low-ranking policemen pending trial for inciting their colleagues to strike.

US navy commander Kevin M. Donegan arrived in Cairo Sunday for an official visit that will include meetings with a number of senior Egyptian officials.