(IS’s photo of kidnapped Copts in Libya, via Twitter)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Interior Ministry denies responsibility for stadium deaths, Cabinet suspends football league
• Prosecution says deaths of Zamalek fans is due to stampede
• El-Sisi calls Gulf leaders following allegedly leaked audio recording
• King Salman hails strong Saudi, Egypt ties
• Mahienour al-Massry, 9 others were sentenced to 2 years in prison
• Emir of Kuwait affirms unwavering support to Egypt
• North Sinai resident was shot dead for cooperating with security
• Egyptian court sentences activist Maheinour El-Masry, 9 others to 2 years in jail
• Egyptian-Saudi maritime maneuver is underway in the Red Sea 

Tuesday

• Putin and al-Sisi enjoy heart-warming moment over a Kalashnikov
• Egypt and Russia agree to reinforce military cooperation
• Russia to build a nuclear power plant to generate electricity in Egypt
• Egypt IS affiliate posts video of beheadings
• 19 suspected militants killed in military raid on North Sinai’s Sheikh Zuwaid ‪
• Prosecution detains 18 Zamalek fans, orders the arrest of a number of Ultras leaders
• Egypt to compensate families of dead fans
• Egypt’s prosecution says killer of Shaimaa El-Sabagh is identified
• Young politicians demand resignation of interior minister over repeated violence
• 2 further Islamist parties will boycott the upcoming election
• Dust storm forces Cairo, Alexandria airports to suspend landings
• Five blasts in Alexandria wound 10

Wednesday

• Court overturns death sentence of the Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide
• Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh killer is in custody
• Prosecution releases 18 Zamalek’s fans, detain 3
• Egypt has no concrete plans for IMF package
• Egyptian pound is steady for sixth straight dollar sale
• Egypt’s devaluation of the pound to strengthen economy’s rebound
• Israeli navy intercepts ship carrying rocket-making materials from Egypt to Gaza
• Hamas military wing leader is killed in Egypt Sinai
• Al-Sisi meets a delegation from the British House of Common
• Greece plans joint military exercises with Israel, Cyprus and possibly Egypt

Thursday

• Egyptian court releases all Al Jazeera case defendants pending retrial
• Islamic State publishes report about Coptic Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya
• Egyptian prosecution imposes media gag order on Shimaa el-Sabagh’s case
• Egypt to return $1billion to Qatar in October
• Turkish officials reportedly deny Brotherhood channels broadcast from Turkey
• Victims of Cairo football violence died from suffocation or stampede
• Egyptian foreign minister in Ethiopia for talks
• Egypt activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah turns hunger strike partial
• Egypt’s Al-Azhar condemns shooting of Muslim students in the United States
• Egypt among worst countries for media freedom
• French cosmetics giant L’Oreal inaugurates a new plant in Egypt

 Friday

• Police captain dies after Cairo blast
• Al Jazeera journalists walk out of Egyptian prison
• Fate of Egyptians kidnapped in Libya remains unknown
• Families of Egyptian hostages in Libya urge action from authorities as IS kidnapping photos emerge
• France hails ‘historic’ jet sale to Egypt despite rights concerns
• Abul-Fotouh remains head of Strong Egypt Party after election
• Egyptian Premier League to be back behind closed doors in 2 weeks

 Saturday

• The U.S. has no confirmation on Egyptians abductees in Libya: State Department
• Egypt poised for Libya evacuations as ISIS released pictures of kidnapped Christians ‪
• Police say they thwart two suicide car bomb attacks in North Sinai
• El-Sisi receives credentials of 12 new ambassadors
• Policeman dies of gun wounds in Egypt’s Kafr el-Sheikh
• Egypt Salafist Nour Party condemns kidnapping of Copts by IS
• Egyptian nuclear delegation heads to Moscow
• American says Bin Laden asked him to use plan to kill Egypt’s president in the 90s

 Sunday

• Islamic State releases video purporting to show killing of 21 Egyptians in Libya
• Defense Council meets after beheading of Egyptian Copts in Libya
• Sisi warns of response after Islamic State kills 21 Egyptians in Libya
• 21 Egyptian fishermen kidnapped by “Armed militia” in Libya’s Misrata
• ‪ Egyptian security forces discover longest Gaza’s smuggling tunnel.
• Egyptian PM, senior members of the cabinet visit troops in restive North Sinai
• Policeman dies, 3 others injured in an attack in Nile Delta‪
• Morsi appears in his first court hearing of new espionage trial ‪
• Egypt lines up $6.8 bln of Kuwaiti investment for energy projects
• Wafd party joins “For the love of Egypt” election list

Good Reports

• Libya conflict, order gap spurred French Rafale sale to Egypt. John Irish and Tim Hepher
• Turkey is accused of escalating violence in Egypt. Fehim TasTekin
• Mubarak’s associates are expected to dominate parliamentary elections. Tamer El-Ghobashy
• Egypt leader on defensive over claims he mocked Gulf allies. Maggie Michael
• Egypt ‘doesn’t mind’ Israeli gas. Amira Howeidy

Good Read

• Mutual escalation in Egypt. Nathan Brown and Mukhtar Awad
• How Egypt’s soccer fans became enemies of the State. Ishaan Tharoor
• Vladimir Putin’s Egypt visit sends message to the US. Patrick Kingsley
• Jordanians unite in mourning. Why can’t Egyptians do the same? Mohamed El-Dahshan
• Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis’s oath of allegiance to the Islamic State. Wikistart D. Gartenstein-Ross

Interview

• Spiegel International’s interview with Egypt’s El-Sisi: Extremists offend the image of God

 Plus

• The recent edition of ISIS’s Dabiq magazine

 Photo Gallery

• Families of Jazeera case defendants erupt in joy after conditional release
• Putin’s first visit to Egypt in ten years

A published list of the Coptic victims killed by IS in Libya

Finally here are Jayson’s Casper’s prayers for Egypt