Nine anti-government defendants were sentenced to death in Egypt on Monday, bringing the number of those handed the death penalty to 680 since 3 July 2013, the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) said in a report on Tuesday.

Israel and Egypt announced on Wednesday that Israel will reopen its embassy in Cairo, Egypt, four years after the last embassy was closed on September 9, 2011.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Cairo and Riyadh are preparing for a visit by Saudi Arabia's king Salman bin Abdulaziz, amid reports that the two Arab allies are at odds.

At least four people were killed when a ramshackle building collapsed early Thursday in the governorate of Assiut, south of Cairo,

Egyptian steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz applied for running in the upcoming parliamentary elections on Thursday. "Ezz's registration was accepted and his papers will be reviewed to decide up

Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry arrived in London on Tuesday night from France as he continues his brief trip to Europe.

Eni expects a total investment of between $6-10 billion for the development of the Zohr gas field in Egypt, the chief executive of the Italian oil and gas group told a senate hearing in Rome.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will meet with a delegation from the Italian Senate’s Foreign Policy Commission Wednesday in Cairo for talks on bilateral ties and a number of regional and international issues, Youm7 reported.

The United Nations Organization for Arts (UNARTS) office in the Middle East has nominated Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize “for his efforts in spreading peace, saving Egyptians from imminent danger in June 30.”

The High Administrative Court ruled on Tuesday against an appeal submitted by business tycoon Ahmed Ezz, following the Supreme Electoral Commission’s (SEC) decision to reject his candidacy application for parliamentary elections.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls will be visiting Egypt by the beginning of October, the country's ambassador to Egypt Andre Baran told Aswat Masriya on Tuesday.

Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb arrived in Tunisia on Tuesday.

Investment Minister Ashraf Salman announced that the ministerial economic group is seriously considering the devaluation of the Egyptian pound in the coming period as part of precautionary measures by the government to protect the Egyptian economy from the looming global economic crisis following the Chinese currency's decline, Al-Mal newspaper reported on Tuesday.

A businessman from the Maldives has offered his family’s island to Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, who declared last week he would buy an island to shelter refugees going on perilous illegal migrations to Europe via the Mediterranean.

The first six days of registration for Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections brought a number of surprises.

The International Cooperation Ministry has officially announced that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will visit Japan in November.

Egypt's foreign currency reserves fell to $18.096 billion at the end of August from $18.534 billion the previous month, the central bank said on Monday.

Agriculture Minister Salah Helal was arrested on Monday on corruption charges, before the prosecution said he would be detained pending investigation.

Egypt signed an agreement with a Chinese company on building and financing part of a planned new administrative capital east of Cairo, the investment minister told Reuters on Monday.

French President Francois Hollande's presence to inaugurate an exhibition for Egypt's sunken antiquities reflects the profound and distinguished relations between Egypt and France, said a source at the Elysee.

A group of 15 Egyptian doctors arrived in Accra for a month-long stay to fill shortages in Ghanian hospitals, according to a Monday statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.