The number of tourists coming to Egypt dropped by 50 percent in the first half of 2016 compared to the same period last year, the head of Egypt's Tourism Authority Samy Mahmoud said.

The UK Home Office's recent decision to grant politically active Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members the right to seek asylum in the United Kingdom under certain conditions has drawn sharp criticism in Egypt's political circles.

A Cairo criminal court referred to investigation on Tuesday accusations made by leading Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed El-Beltagy that he was tortured by leading interior ministry officials.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has kept on Tuesday the Egyptian pound stable against the US dollar at 8.78 in its weekly forex auction, state news agency MENA reported. The bank sold this week a total of $117.9 million of the $120 million it offers.

Major General Ali Abdel Mawla, deputy interior minister for legal affairs, has told a parliamentary human rights committee that claims of forced disappearance by security forces are unfounded, based largely on false allegations from the Muslim Brotherhood.

Turkish Airlines announced in a statement on Tuesday it plans to resume its flights to Sharm el-Sheikh starting September 10, 2016.

Palm Hills, Egypt's second-largest listed property developer, reported a second-quarter net profit of EGP 63.9 million ($7.20 million), sharply down from the 413.2 million pounds last year.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has kept on Tuesday the Egyptian pound stable against the US dollar at 8.78 in its weekly forex auction, state news agency MENA reported.

The Giza Criminal Court annulled on Monday a decision preventing former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, his wife and children from disposing their money and banning them from travel.

Italian Senator Lucio Barani of the Liberal Popular Alliance Bloc said on Sunday evening that the Egyptian government is not responsible for the death of Italian student Giulio Regeni, saying that his visit to Egypt aims to strengthen Egyptian-Italian economic relations.

The General Authority for Medical Insurance has signed a cooperation protocol with a coalition of civil associations to support cochlear implant operations for children.

More than 30 street dogs in Matariya district have been killed in a Monday crackdown by Cairo governorate to eliminate stray, violent animals, according to Youm7.

Ahmed Abu Zeid, spokesperson for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place Monday morning at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, and left at least 70 dead and several people wounded.

Unidentified gunmen shot a civilian dead in North Sinai late on Monday, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported, where the military is battling an Islamist insurgency.

Egypt parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Al told MPs Monday that an amendment aimed at granting President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi the right to appoint a new Higher Press Council will be indefinitely postponed.

Egyptian foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid slammed on Monday an article titled “The ruining of Egypt” published in The Economist magazine, calling it “reductionist and biased.”

An annual report by Egypt's semi-governmental National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) was criticised by the justice ministry on Monday in parliament for what it called a failure to show that the issue of human rights is at the top of the government's agenda.

Jordan's attorney-general imposed on Monday a media gag order on a case related to the assault of an Egyptian by Jordanians in Amman, Egypt’s state-owned MENA agency reported.

Egypt's electricity ministry announced on Monday the new tariffs for household consumers as a part of the government’s plan to phase out the energy subsidy within five years as of July 2014.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) closed on Monday five currency exchange bureaus in an attempt to regulate the market, halving the number of licensed operating bureaus in the country.

An Egyptian bodyguard brutally tortured in Jordan – who received fractures of all four limbs -- was released from hospital, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Saturday, adding that they were carefully following the case.