A new US$500 million project will improve access to homeownership and rental units for low-income households in Egypt. The Egypt Inclusive Housing Finance Program, approved by the World Bank’s Board of Directors today, will reach 4.2 million people, including an estimated 1.6 million beneficiaries living below the poverty line and generate an estimated 1.5 million temporary construction jobs over a 5-year period, the life of the program.

Egypt's foreign reserves climbed to $20.53 billion in April, up 34 percent from the previous month, following the reception of new deposits of up to $6 billion from the Gulf.

Egypt’s Defence Minister Sedki Sobhi and his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Morenes, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in military cooperation Tuesday, the first agreement between both countries since 1953.

Egypt will host the International Conference for the Protection of Human Heritage under the slogan "Threatened Cultural Heritage" Wednesday, May 13.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met the Tunisian presidential office deputy Reda Belhaj, announced Egyptian presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef Wednesday.

Egypt's Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said on Wednesday that Egypt will not witness a "power cut crisis" similar to the one it had witnessed last summer.

Egypt is to host a meeting of Libyan tribal leaders in late May in an attempt to "support and unify the Libyan people during their crisis," the Egyptian foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.

A police captain previously sentenced to life in absentia received a suspended one-year prison term after appearing at the Sohag Criminal Court for insulting prosecutors and raiding their office.

A 4-year-old child drowned in a sewer Tuesday morning, during the periodical purification process for the sewers in Ma’sarah, Youm7 reported.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed with the German foreign minister the importance of using German capacity to support Egypt's efforts to fight poverty and illiteracy, during the latter's visit to Cairo on Monday.

Former CIA director Michael Morell disclosed in his book, "The Great War of Our Time" (to be published soon), new details about the January 25 2011 revolution and the agency's failure to anticipate the Arab Spring.

Former CIA director Michael Morell disclosed in his book, "The Great War of Our Time" (to be published soon), new details about the January 25 2011 revolution and the agency's failure to anticipate the Arab Spring.

A man identified as Karim killed another man, identified as Mahmoud, after the victim allegedly asked for sex, Youm7 reported.

On Friday Wafd party members, led by veteran party leaders held a news conference calling on a vote of no-confidence from the party’s chairman, Al Sayd Al Badawy.

An American and a German firm will operate in Egypt to generate 3,600 megawatts of electricity together, Egypt's premier said on Monday.

Egypt is to implement a long-planned smart card system for fuel at gas stations starting on 15 June, Planning Minister Ashraf El-Araby said on Monday.

A Giza court sentenced five people to death on Monday over complicity in violence in the town of Kerdasa in 2013.

An Egyptian journalist was arrested early on Saturday from his home in the Nile Delta city of Behiera, his brother said.

A group of 30 political parties issued a joint statement on Sunday, calling for rejecting the current House of Representatives draft law, unless a broader political consensus is reached.

Egypt's Court of Cassation has upheld a verdict sentencing 14 Egyptian policeman, including a colonel, to jail on charges of murder and torture against prisoners in Cairo in 2006.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on behalf of the Ministry of Finance is scheduled to auction 6.5 billion EGP ($918 million) in treasury bills Sunday, according to the bank’s official website.