An Egyptian minister has said a new version of a civil service law recently rejected by the country's parliament will be put forward to the chamber in a week's time.

The dollar surged against the Egyptian pound on the black market on Wednesday, a day after the central bank raised a cap on foreign currency deposits, prompting currency-starved importers to source dollars from the parallel market.

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail inaugurated Wednesday 47th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) amid tight security.

A set of 30 ancient Egyptian artifacts were discovered while laying a foundation of a residential building in Egypt’s Delta governorate of Dakahlia, Youm7 reported Wednesday.

Cairo’s Downtown metro station, Sadat, is to remain closed until Thursday upon request from security agencies.

In a statement to reporters Tuesday, Minister of ‎Parliamentary Affairs Magdi El-Agati stressed that the ‎House of Representatives – Egypt's lower house ‎parliament – will be issuing a report to ‎President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi indicating why MPs ‎voted down the Civil Service Law on 20 January. ‎‎

Central Auditing Organization chief Hesham Geneina will be interrogated on January 31 by a judge assigned by the Cairo Appeals Court over charges of insulting the judicial body.

Russian Deputy Transport Minister Valery Okulov announced Monday a report on security measures at Egypt’s airports will be submitted to the ministry within a week, the Tass news agency reported.

Several Egyptian military units headed to Saudi Arabia on Monday to take part in “Thunder of the North,” a joint military exercise involving "a number of Arab and Muslim states," according to Egypt's armed forces.

In the wake of the anniversary of the 25 January Revolution, detained political activists have sent letters from their prisons to revive the memory of the Egyptian spirit, in which they expressed their opinions over the events in the five years since.

Police dispersed a number of small anti-government marches that have taken place in parts of Egypt on Monday, the fifth anniversary of the 25 January revolution.

Personnel from the Egyptian Armed Forces left Monday for Saudi Arabia to participate in the Thunder of the North joint training, according to a statement by military spokesperson Mohamed Samir.

Their days are heavy, their lives have been put on hold, and their dreams, like their loved ones, are locked up. Detainees’ wives spend their days waiting for their loved ones’ freedom.

Two men that National Security Apparatus has alleged were involved in Thursday’s Haram Street explosion were killed Monday morning in a shootout with police forces in Giza’s 6 of October City. In addition to another suspect killed Sunday night, security forces have now killed three suspects allegedly involved in the blast.

Politicians and media figures on Monday made their comments on Twitter to mark the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the January 25 uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak’s government.

Egyptian authorities’ initial investigations revealed that the American citizen who was arrested Sunday in Giza did not incite protests, a security official told al-Bawaba news, and he was ordered deported after his passport was checked.

Egypt's failing economic conditions in the past few years are often linked to the 2011 Uprising but it seems that the events that followed the uprising were not necessarily inevitable.

During the Egyptian-Saudi Arabia Coordination Council’s fourth meeting, a final version of most of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and agreements between Egyptian and Saudi Arabia were completed, according to Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi praised the 25 January revolution during a speech marking the fifth anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Former president Hosni Mubarak’s chief of staff has offered to pay LE1.8 million in settlements for illicit gain charges.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed in Cairo on Thursday a number of cooperation deals aimed to foster over 60 years of ties between the two countries, Egypt's state TV reported.