Egypt signed on Wednesday an agreement with the UK-based Control Risks firm to evaluate Egyptian airports over two stages, state news agency MENA reported. During the first phase, the global independent consultancy company will be tasked with the evaluation of three airports –Cairo, Sharm El-Sheikh and Marsa Alam -- at an approximate cost of $700,000, MENA reported citing Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal.

A police officer in Egypt's eastern city of Ismailia has been sentenced to eight years in jail for beating a man to death in custody and falsifying police records, judicial sources said on Tuesday.

The Central Bank of Egypt called on the Ministry of Social Solidarity to postpone collection of dues owed by tourism investors to banks for one more year, Atef Abdel Latif, member of the Marsa Alam and South Sinai investors associations was quoted by Al Ahram Wednesday.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Tuesday as part of Shukri's three-day visit to Washington D.C.

The Egyptian, Ethiopian, and Sudanese irrigation ministers met on Wednesday in Khartoum with representatives of two French companies set to conduct studies on the impact of the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam’s (GERD).

The government is working on a new draft law on civil service, replacing a controversial document repudiated by the parliament last month, the Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform Ministry has said.

Egypt's foreign minister Sameh Shoukry said Monday in an interview with Foreign Policy that the circulated figure of 40,000 political prisoners in Egypt is a lie.

The Doctors' Syndicate is earnestly lobbying for its emergency public assembly next Friday to discuss recent incidents of alleged assaults by police on its members, ensuring transportation for participants from the country’s provinces to Cairo.

The Egyptian pound continued to weaken on the black market on Tuesday, piling more pressure on the central bank to devalue the currency even as the official rate against the dollar remained unchanged at an auction.

Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazy met with his United Arab Emirates counterpart Hamad Mohammed Thani al-Remaithy in Cairo Monday to “enhance military coordination,” according to an Egyptian military statement.

Egypt's interior minister said on Monday that he was "disturbed" that the interior ministry has been accused on social media of killing and torturing Giulio Regeni, an Italian Ph.D. student who had disappeared on Jan. 25.

Egyptian parliamentarian Serry Siam who was appointed by presidential decree handed in his resignation on Monday.

Russian and Egyptian militaries are regularly coordinating their efforts in the fight against terrorism by sharing information and training staff and delivering specialized technology, Russian Ambassador to Egypt Sergei Kirpichenko said.

During a visit to 6 October City, west of Cairo, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi launched 34 development projects in the suburb and in other regions across the country.

Immigration Minister Nabila Makram has launched a poll to survey Egyptian abroad over their thoughts on a draft migration law.

The EU delegation led by German MP Elmar Brok, chairman of the European Parliament committee on foreign affairs, and President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met Sunday in Cairo to discuss regional and international security measures, border control, and Egypt’s role in assisting in the migrant crisis brought on by regional turmoil .

Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail is in the UAE for an international summit of governments where he will review efforts made by Cairo to provide better services to citizens, the official website of Egypt's state TV said.

Egypt will approve imported wheat shipments that have passed quality tests in the country of origin, Egyptian Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy said on Sunday in an attempt to reassure the country's suppliers. "From now on, any shipment which is approved by technical experts in its port of departure will be approved in Egypt," Hanafy told Ahram Online after a joint press conference with Minister of Agriculture Essam Fayed to clarify Egypt's position regarding the permissible level of ergot fungus in its grain imports.

The red carpet on which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s procession passed for several kilometers during a visit to 6 October City on Saturday to open several projects has provoked anger among media professionals and social media users.

The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday has issued an order to freeze all assets of Mubarak-era interior minister Habib al Adly and other 12 policemen and their families pending trial on suspicion of wasting public funds, Youm7 reported.

Egypt's foreign minister will start a visit to Washington on Sunday where he is set to meet with his American counterpart, Egypt's foreign ministry spokesman said.