Arab foreign and defense ministers will sign a protocol for the creation of a joint defense force on Thursday, as the region faces mounting domestic turmoil in Yemen, Libya and Syria, as well as a surging threat by the Islamic State..

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on behalf of the Ministry of Finance will auction 8 billion EGP ($1.02 billion) in treasury bills Thursday, according to the bank’s official website.

Egypt’s Minister of Justice Ahmed Al-Zind issued a special decree for two judges to hold court sessions for trials assigned to them at the Police Academy premises in New Cairo.

Egyptian-Russian trade exchange rose by 86 percent to reach $5.4 billion in 2014, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Monday.

"Egypt cannot file a lawsuit against Northampton Museum in Britain for selling the 4500-year-old statue of Sekhemka," antiquities minister Mamdouh Eldamaty told Ahram Online.

A former chief of Egypt’s military staff has said that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi enjoys wide popularity, but is still repeating the mistakes of his predecessors.

Egypt’s socialists voiced support on Tuesday for demonstrations planned by government employees on September 12 to demand the rescinding of a controversial law regulating their bonuses, appointments and promotions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to host the Jordanian King and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the Syrian crisis and take part in a showcase of Russia's military industry.

The private sector Commercial International Bank (CIB) said it has received approval from the Egyptian state's central bank to acquire Citibank Egypt's retail portfolio, CIB said on Tuesday.

Egypt's president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ratified amendments to the income tax law, lowering the tax ceiling and ending the wealth tax, according to the official gazette published on 20 August.

The Memorandum of Understanding signed with Russia to build two nuclear power plants in Dabaa will soon be finalized, said Electricity Ministry adviser and former chief inspector for the International Agency for Atomic Energy, Ibrahim al-Asiri.

The Press Syndicate’s freedom’s committee expressed its concerns on Sunday over the return of press censorship that threatens press freedom in Egypt and violates the constitution.

Global marketing and advertising agency J. Walter Thomposn has been selected to campaign for Egyptian tourism on a three-year contract worth $22 million annually, the tourism minister said.

Egyptian students staged 807 protests during the 2014-2015 academic year extending between October 2014 and June 2015, an independent report has shown.

The Nile River Police unit has started to evacuate Nile leisure boats (known locally as feluccas) docked in front of the former National Democratic Party (NDP) building on the Nile Corniche in Cairo Sunday, despite the refusal of their owners.

Egypt's market extended its heavy losses on Sunday's session, as the benchmark EGX30 index fell 5.42 percent, to its lowest level in 20 months, as stocks were sold across the board.

Two international consultation firms were given a deadline on Sept. 5 to submit an edited version of their technical study on the controversial Ethiopian Dam to be reviewed by experts from Cairo, Addis Ababa and Khartoum.

Tens of low-ranking police officers attempted to storm the Sharqeya Security Directorate, after the arrival of anti-riot troops from the Central Security Forces (CSF) Sunday morning.

The Egyptian press syndicate condemned on Sunday "halting the printing of newspapers and intervening in their contents."

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week in efforts to boost strategic ties and economic cooperation between both states, the presidency announced on Thursday.

More citizens will be exempted from the income tax, as the government approved on Wednesday to increase the exemption bracket from 5,000 EGP ($638) to 6,500 EGP ($830) a year.