Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his Norwegian and U.K. counterparts Thursday on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting for the international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported.

The government has received three offers from South Korea, China and the European Union to fund the execution of the fifth and sixth lines of Egypt’s metro, Al-Shorouk news website quoted the Minister of Transport Gala el-Saeed.

A reshuffle of Egyptian provincial governors is expected to take place on Friday, informed sources told Al-Ahram Arabic newspaper, adding that the prime minister had conducted interviews with the candidates.

Egypt supports efforts aiming to achieve calm in South Sudan, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi told his South Sudan counterpart Silva Kiir in a phone call Wednesday.

An upcoming visit to Egypt of Russian specialists for completion of the Egyptian airports security audit depends on fulfillment of security requirements by the Egyptian side, a Russian transport ministry representative told Russia’s news agency TASS on Wednesday.

Financial cooperation between Egypt and Spain will increase from 175.8 million euros to reach 300 million euros after an exchange of letters between officials from both countries, the Egyptian ministry of international cooperation announced on Thursday.

Egypt has reacted angrily to statements on Wednesday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticizing Egypt’s president for his lack of democratic credentials and his alleged killing of thousands of Egyptian citizens.

Amr al-Shobky has won the right to represent the Dokki and Agouza constituency in parliament, replacing MP Ahmed Mortada Mansour, based on an official recount of votes cast in last year's parliamentary elections.

Minister of Planning Ashraf al-Arabi said in an interview with Aswat Masriya that the economic growth rate during the third quarter of fiscal year 2015/2016 (January-March), will be "around 3.5 per cent" compared to about three per cent over the same quarter the year before.

Forty-seven islands' transfer protesters whose five-year prison sentence was revoked in May appealed on Thursday the hefty EGP 100,000 fine imposed on them before the Court of Cassation.

According to a new draft law on the elections of local councils, workers and farmers are guaranteed a representation of 50% of the total seats in any council.

Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry met with United States secretary of state John Kerry Thursday on the sidelines of a conference held by the US-led coalition formed to fight the militant group Islamic State (IS). Prior to their meeting in Washington, Shoukry reiterated Egypt's key role in battling the "terrorist" group IS, reported Egypt's state news agency MENA.

Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights discussed the sectarian tensions witnessed in Minya’s village during its meeting held on Thursday.

Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation Sherif Fathy has extended an invitation to a Russian technical team to visit the North African nation soon in hope of resuming direct flights between Egypt and Russia suspended in the aftermath of the deadly October 2015 crash of a Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai.

Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid strongly slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s criticizing remarks against President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

Three Egyptian were killed on Thursday in a fire at a Libyan port west of the capital Tripoli, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported.

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.