President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed the importance of the upcoming parliamentary elections and pointed the lack of correlation between the resignation of the cabinet and the parliamentary elections. Read More
The death toll of Egyptians killed during the Haj stampede last month climbed from 138 on Sunday to 146, Egypt's consul general in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia said on Monday. Read More
Leader of the April 6 Youth Movement, Amr Ali who was arrested from his home in Menoufia, north of Cairo last month has been ordered to remain in detention for 15 days, the group said. Read More
Egypt’s medicine manufacturing companies will launch a 6 months campaign on October 17 to collect all counterfeited and expired medicine from pharmacies. Read More
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi agreed Sunday to unify efforts to address the “terrorism” phenomenon. Read More
Egypt "fully supports besieging terrorism and fighting it wherever it is," Egypt's foreign ministry spokesman told Aswat Masriya on Sunday, adding that Egypt supports Russia's recent decision to strike targets in Syria. Read More
It's the final countdown for the final phase of Egypt's much-touted roadmap to democracy. Read More
A string of coordinated attacks on military checkpoints and a police station in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuweid is "moving in the same direction" as that of Islamic State fighters, an analyst said. Read More
A year into his rule, one of the most challenging files on the president's in-tray was militancy, which in Egypt has taken the Sinai Peninsula as its base. Read More
Egypt's central bank is expected to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday, choosing not to cut borrowing costs to boost a slowing economy after inflation hit a five-month high in March. Read More
Egypt's return to the international debt market after a five-year gap is set to attract heavy demand - so heavy that the new bonds risk pricing at precariously high levels. Read More
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