Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation Sherif Fathy has extended an invitation to a Russian technical team to visit the North African nation soon in hope of resuming direct flights between Egypt and Russia suspended in the aftermath of the deadly October 2015 crash of a Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai.

Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid strongly slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s criticizing remarks against President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

Three Egyptian were killed on Thursday in a fire at a Libyan port west of the capital Tripoli, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported.

Egyptian tourism receipts are expected to range between $4 billion to $4.5 billion by end of the current year, finance minister Amr El-Garhy said at press conference on Tuesday.

Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry denied in a Tuesday statement media reports claimed the completion of investigations into the last year crash of the Russian passenger plane.

One civilian was killed and another injured Wednesday morning in an explosion that rocked North Sinai’s town of Arish, Youm7 reported.

Anger is mounting amongst Minya's Copts after two incidents of sectarian violence, Bishop Macarius of Minya said in statements he made to Ahram Arabic website on Tuesday.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry flew to Washington on Tuesday evening to participate in the ministerial meeting of the international anti-Islamic State group coalition hosted by the United States, a statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry announced.

Egypt officially nominated Tuesday evening former minister of family and population Moshira Khattab for the position of Director General of the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), MENA news agency reported.

Egypt's Grand Imam, one of the world’s highest Sunni Muslim authorities, has urged western countries to review laws and regulations that may affect the freedom of Muslims after a train attack in Germany was claimed by the Islamic State group.

Egypt’s politics digest June 26:

Roundup of Egypt's press headlines on Jun. 22, 2016

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CAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi issued a presidential degree that authorizes the armed forces to eliminate illegal buildings and all kinds of violations against public roads nationwide, Al Ahram reported Thursday.

Egypt plans to offer high-speed 4G telecoms licences to companies already operating in the country within two weeks, Telecom Minister Yasser al-Qadi said on local television channel CBC.

French ship detects signal from deep under Mediterranean, likely to be coming from the black box of crashed EgyptAir jet

French ship detects signal from deep under Mediterranean, likely to be coming from the black box of crashed EgyptAir jet

As the Egyptian pound threatens to devaluate again, the Minister of Health hopes to promote local manufacturing of medicine.

Two bombs exploded on Sunday in Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Alexandria, one outside a popular supermarket chain and another near a police station, killing one person and wounding at least 7, security officials said.