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.

Doctors Syndicate secretary general Mona Mina and syndicate chief Hussein Khairy were informed of 22 pending reports filed against the syndicate when they were called into the general prosecution’s office to be interviewed regarding a report filed accusing the police of attacking two doctors.

Russia is currently in talks with Egypt to supply the country's state-owned EgyptAir with 40 commercial jets as part of a deal with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, Russian Industry and Trade minister Denis Manturov said on Wednesday.

Cairo’s Matareya Educational Hospital will remain closed as doctors continue a strike denouncing an assault by a police officer on one of their colleagues, the Doctors' Syndicate said late Wednesday.

Taxi drivers are circulating a call on social media for demonstrations on Thursday in Mostafa Mahmoud Square in Mohandessin, Giza, decrying Uber and Careem, two smartphone ride-ordering applications seen by drivers as a threat to their source of income.

A large temple with rare archeological pieces has been discovered, Alaa al-Sebaei, Tourism and Antiquities Police directorate official in Upper Egypt’s Sohag, told Youm7 Wednesday.

Preliminary observations revealed that there were torture marks on the different places of Giulio Regeni's deceased body, Judge Ahmed Nagy, the chief prosecutor for accidents in south Giza, told Aswat Masriya on Thursday.

Violations against the press and media personnel in Egypt has doubled over the second-half of 2015 compared to the first half, according to the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE).

Two suspected militants were killed and two policemen were injured Wednesday in a gun battle between the security forces and alleged terrorists, in southern suburb of Maadi, Youm7 reported.

Italy is working with the Egyptian government to find an Italian student from Britain's Cambridge University who went missing last week in Cairo, where he was carrying out doctoral research, an Italian diplomat and friends of the student said Tuesday.

A crisis erupted last week after police officers assaulted on-duty doctors will only be solved if the officers are held accountable, Undersecretary of the Doctors’ Syndicate Mona Mina stated Tuesday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov Monday following the 10th session of the Russian-Egyptian intergovernmental commission on trade, economic and scientific cooperation.

Amr Moussa, Egypt's former high-profile foreign minister, told parliamentary reporters Monday that he does not believe that there is a pressing need to amend the country's constitution. "To those MPs who are requesting an amendment of the new constitution, I say, I agree with you that Egypt's national charter shouldn't be considered a holy Qu’ran," said Moussa, adding that "at the same time we should agree that this charter and all laws related to it have to be put into full implementation first before we open a debate about amending it."

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi commented Monday on the arrest of cartoonist Islam Gawish by saying that he is not upset with him.

A protocol on the establishment of a Russian industrial zone at Egypt’s Suez Canal Axis will be signed by the industry ministries of the two states Tuesday, Youm7 reported.

The Free Egyptians Party (FEP) approved MP Emad Gad’s resignation from the party Monday after Gad submitted his letter of resignation to the head of the FEP in January.

Early in the mornings, Egyptian fishermen leave their homes heading to the waters, hoping to come back at the end of the day with an approximate EGP 50 (around $6). Yet in the winter, income is not so easily available for fishermen whose craft is highly dependent on the weather conditions.

Cairo prosecutors ordered on Monday the release of Egyptian cartoonist Islam Gawish without filing charges against him a day after he was arrested.