A report by the Agricultural Ministry announced that the average per capita consumption of wheat in Egypt reaches 186 kg annually, while the global consumption rate is between 70-80 kg.

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said that the government has provided Hepatitis C treatment worth 1,565 billion EGP to 542,000 patients across the country, Youm7 reported.

A total of 22 farmers were killed in a traffic accident on Farafra Road in Bahariya Oasis, Youm7 reported.

A British team of experts tasked with checking security measures at Cairo International Airport resumed its work on Tuesday under the supervision of Major General Hesham abdel Khaleq, general director of aviation security.

Nazra for Feminist Studies, an Egyptian NGO focused on women's rights, has launched a campaign entitled “Heya wa al-Manasa” (Her and the Bench) aiming to raise awareness of the under-representation of women in the Egyptian judiciary — along with the discriminatory selection procedures that the NGO says underly the problem.

A parliamentary discussion on a US$120 billion loan from Saudi Arabia was disrupted on Tuesday when MPs engaged in a verbal altercation sparked by comments on two Red Sea islands that the Egyptian government agreed to hand over to Saudi control earlier this year.

Egypt is hosting an international conference in March to raise humanitarian aid for Yemen, where an 18-month civil war has killed thousands, a minister in Yemen's government said on Tuesday.

Five policemen were shot and injured in Egypt's South Sinai on Tuesday, Ahram Arabic website reported.

Public workers will have five days off Sunday through Thursday for the Islamic Eid Al-Adha holiday, Egypt's cabinet announced Tuesday.

The American University in Cairo (AUC) has dropped in university rankings worldwide by 20 according to the QS World University Rankings of 2016/2017, while Cairo University has dropped by 50.

Egypt's government has decided to hire private companies to manage, maintain and secure the area around the Pyramids of Giza, the Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.

Russia and Egypt are pushing through with negotiations over supplies of communication equipment and helicopters for Egypt’s recently-acquired amphibious helicopter carriers Mistral, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Kozhin has said on Tuesday.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has maintained the Egyptian pound at a stable rate of 8.78 against the US dollar at its weekly forex auction on Tuesday.

Egypt’s parliament ‎approved in a plenary session Tuesday the appointment of former army ‎general Mohamed Ali El-Sheikh as the new ‎minister of supply.

Russian aviation experts will inspect security procedures at Egyptian airports this week starting Tuesday, the Russian transport ministry press service announced.

Egypt's parliament voted on Tuesday in favour of appointing Mohamed Ali El-Sheikh as the new supply minister days after the previous minister Khaled Hanafy resigned amid a controversy over corruption within the ministry.

Egypt’s health ministry banned wheat with any ergot fungus on Monday, a decision traders said signals the zero tolerance policy that wreaked havoc on the country’s grain purchases earlier this year is back to stay.

Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr met Monday with a U.S. delegation, where they discussed Egyptian people’s needs and priorities, read a statement.

Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr met Monday with a U.S. delegation, where they discussed Egyptian people’s needs and priorities, read a statement.

Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopian initially agreed to sign a contract with two European consultant companies, which have been chosen to conduct studies on the impacts of the under-construction Ethiopian Renaissance dam on the downstream countries of the Nile, on September 19 and 20, Youm7 reported an official in the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation spoke on condition anonymity as he was not authorized to brief the media Tuesday.

EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove arrived Tuesday in Cairo where he will meet with the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shouky and other high-profile Egyptian politicians.