Top Headline
- Egypt inaugurates a New Suez Canal. (Thursday)
- Deadline passes for Croatian hostage held by ISIS militants. (Friday)
- Ousted former president Morsi complains about prison food (Saturday)
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Main Headlines
Monday
- Obama tells Sisi he hopes strategic dialogue will strengthen ties: Egyptian presidency
- 10,000 policemen, 230 combat troops to secure the inauguration of the New Suez Canal
- Russia to sign Egypt’s first nuclear power planet
- Court drops lawsuit requesting Ultras to be designated as terrorist groups
- 210 Egyptians arrive in Egypt from Libya in the last 24 hours
Tuesday
- US delivers five M1A1 Abrams tank turrets to Egypt
- Egyptian policeman killed by unknown assailants in Sharqiya
- Five civilians were killed amid intense clashes in North Sinai
- US rights delegation demands end to torture
- Gunmen wound two members of Salafi Nour Party in Giza
- Australian foreign minister warns Egypt of ‘ramifications’ of trying Al-Jazeera reporter
- German ambassador: Brotherhood in a state of “obscurity”
- Rights organizations are systmatically demoralized, activist has told a delegation from the U.S. State Department
- Free train services in Egypt on Thursday to mark the New Suez Canal
Wednesday
- ISIS affiliate threatens to kill Croatian who was kidnapped in Egypt
- President Sisi to meet Yemeni president
- Turkish diplomat marries Egyptian former beauty queen
- Mubarak is ‘satisfied’ by the Suez Canal project
- Prominent radical Islamic cleric dies in Egyptian jail
- Egypt to export long staple cotton to Ukraine in exchange for wheat
Thursday
- Egypt opens expansion of Suez Canal and declares it a “gift to the world”
- Sisi: New Suez Canal boost Egyptians’ confidence during tough times
- RELIVE: Egypt’s new Suez Canal officially welcomes ships
- In Republican debate, Ted Cruz praises Egypt’s Sisi
- 45 projects to be offered to Saudi investors after opening of the New Suez Canal
- 10 people died while working on the New Suez Canal
- Mubarak-era interior minister Habib El-Adly referred to court over corruption charges
Friday
- Deadline passes for Croatian hostage held by ISIS militants in Egypt
- Father of Croatian abducted in Egypt urges the kidnappers to release his son
- Sister of jailed Egyptian activist urges the Islamic State not to kill the Croatian hostage
- Egypt, Saudi Arabia are ‘desperate’ to purchase Mistral worships
- Egyptian presidency: Sisi to meet Russia’s Putin
- 22 ships pass through new Suez Canal on Friday
- Egyptian foreign minister urges support for cash-strapped U.N. Palestinian refugees agency
- Fifth child dies in Egypt’s Beni Suef after taking a rehydration medicine
Saturday
- Ousted former president Morsi complains about prison food
- The Economist advertiser denies Egyptian government is behind the Suez Canal cover
- Gunmen killed an Egyptian policeman southwest of Cairo
- Socialist Alliance Party votes in favor of standing in upcoming elections
- Israeli and Saudi Newspapers: Egypt allowed Israeli forces to enter Sinai to arrest illegal immigrants
- The editor-in-chief of an Egyptiannewspaper Abdel-Halim Qandil was stopped from leaving country due to a court case
- Partially Egyptian-made train gets first test-run
- Five workers die in industrial explosion in Qalyoubia
Sunday
- Egypt has rejected an offer by Qatar to mediate with to ban with the banned Muslim Brotherhood
- Bomb in Egypt’s Sinai kills an Egyptian police captain and a conscript
- Deputy head of police station killed in Egypt’s Suez
- Egyptian court hands preliminary death sentence to 8 Morsi’s supporters
- Jamaa al-Islamiya blames Interior Ministry for leader’s death in prison
- El-Sisi’s office: China, Egypt plan future cooperation
- Newspaper: Saudi Arabia offers petroleum aid to Egypt worth $1.4 billion
Good Reports/ Analyses
On Egypt’s New Suez Canal
- Suez Canal extension like ‘turning a B-road into a motorway’ UK Chamber of shipping
- Maersk Line welcomes Suez Canal Expansion
- What is the best-case scenario for Egypt’s New Suez Canal? Tarek Radwan
- A bigger, better Suez Canal. But is it necessarily? The Economist
- Egypt shows Off $8 billion Suez Canal expansion that the world may not need. Ahmed Feteha
- A reality check on the New Suez Canal. Isabel Esterman
- Facts about Egypt’s ‘new Suez canal.’ AFP
- Info-graph: The New Suez Canal in numbers. Ahram
- What Israel can learn from Egypt’s New Suez Canal? Odeh Bisharat
- As Egypt unveils its ‘New Suez Canal,’ dissenters make their voices heard online. Robert Mackey
- Panama Canal to limit ship draft due to drought. BBC
- As Egypt celebrates the New Suez Canal, Britain stands in solidarity. Michael Fallon.
Other Good Reports
- The water crisis taking hold across Egypt. Mohamed Ezz and Nada Arafat
- A Breakdown of US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue discussions. Elissa Miller
- Push for retribution in Egypt frays the Muslim Brotherhood. David Kirkpatrick Mayy El- Sheikh
- Egypt plans to raise crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Walaa Hussein
- What is the significance of Al-Qaeda’s presence in Sinai? Ahmed Eleiba
- Reasons for media attack between Egypt, Saudi Arabia. AMAY
Other Good Read
- Learning to speak lingerie. Peter Hessler
- Egypt: Iran’s next Sunni rival. Oren Kessler
- Whatever is the matter with Egypt? Hisham Melhem
Plus
- Meet Egypt’s first female shipmaster
- Two Egyptian hospitals among Arab world’s best 10
- Swimmer Akram Ahmed makes history for Egypt after finishing fourth in 1500m final
From Twitter
Photo Gallery
- Opening ceremony of the New Suez Canal
- Egypt’s new Suez Canal officially welcomes ships
- Egyptians celebrate inauguration of ‘new Suez Canal’ in Tahrir
Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
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