Anti-sexual harassment initiatives are absent from the streets during Eid due to the difficulty they faced in receiving permits from the Interior Ministry to help secure streets and public squares, organisers said.

The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) said its daily gas production has increased by 330 million cubic feet after four new wells were linked to the production map, Youm7 reported on Wednesday.

The Egyptian stock market closed on a mixed performance on Wednesday amid purchases by Egyptian and foreign institutions, Youm7 reported.

The death toll among Egyptian pilgrims has climbed to 33, Assistant Health Minister Ali Hegazy was quoted by Youm7 on Wednesday.

The Russian Transport Ministry plans to send another group of airport safety experts to Egypt shortly with the aim of restoring flights between the countries, Minister Maxim Sokolov told Sputnik on Wednesday.

Oil pollution appeared on the shores of the Gulf of Suez at Ras Gharib city, preventing people and holiday-makers in the city north of the Red Sea from using the beaches during the Eid holiday.

Due to the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) decision to put restrictions on the transfer of foreign currency out of Egypt, Dutch airliner KLM announced that it would suspend its services to Cairo on 8 January 2017, the company announced on Wednesday.

Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi next week during the UN General Assembly (UNGA), her campaign announced Wednesday.

Egypt’s navy managed to foil two irregular immigration attempts of 440 people through the Mediterranean Sea during the Eid Al-Adha holiday, the Egyptian armed forces announced.

Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry will travel to New York on Thursday, ahead of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s US visit next week to attend the United Nation’s general assembly, state news agency MENA reported.

The Egyptian Ministry of Transport has resumed the suspended negotiations with the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) to implement the project of electric train for the new administrative capital, Youm7 reported.

The death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rose on Wednesday to 30, Head of the Egyptian medical Hajj mission Ali Hegazi was quoted by Sabah On talk show on ON T.V. as saying.

The Russian Transport Ministry plans to send another group of airport safety experts to Egypt shortly with the aim of restoring flights between the countries, Minister Maxim Sokolov said Wednesday.

Mexicans who lost relatives or were wounded in an aerial bombing in Egypt last year have reached a compensation agreement with the Egyptian Travel Agents Association (ETAA), Mexico’s government said on Tuesday.

The Egyptian Ministry of Justice has drafted a law against discrimination and will refer it to the House of Representatives to study it, Youm7 reported a judicial official at the ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shouky phoned his UK counterpart Boris Johnson Tuesday on the resumption of suspended UK flights to Egypt’s Sharm el Sheikh Airport, Youm7 reported a statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid.

Egypt has renewed its requests to 80 countries, including the European countries, to reclaim its smuggled money, which worth at $1.526 billion, Youm7 reported Tuesday.

Egypt’s exports to Arab countries during May 2016 increased by 13.6 percent to reach $907.5 million up from $799.1 million during the same month a year earlier, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) reported on Tuesday.

Secretary-General of Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) Ambassador Mona Omar called on the House of Representatives to take a serious decision against MP Elhamy Agena who suggested “Only women are to be blamed for Egypt’s adultery problems,” Youm7 reported.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and the UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura discussed through the telephone the developments of Syria’s ceasefire agreement recently reached between the US and Russia, Youm7 reported.

The Egyptian pilgrims currently performing the Hajj in Saudi Arabia “are all in good condition and no complaints have been received since they ascended Mina, head of Egypt’s Hajj mission Sayed Maher was quoted by Youm7 Tuesday.