Top Headlines

• Hundreds feared dead after a migrant boat capsized off the Egyptian coast
• Egypt’s Sisi meets with Clinton, Trump in New York
• Egypt cancels zero ergot wheat policy amid mounting pressure

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt’s GASC cancels third wheat tender amid ergot standoff
• Egypt defiance minister discusses military cooperation with his British counterpart in Cairo
• Egyptian army receives first batch of imported baby formula to ease shortage
• 2016 text books leave the status of Tiran and Sanafir open: Education minister
• Sisi reiterates Egypt’s support for Yemen’s exiled government

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Tuesday

• Egypt’s Sisi meets with Clinton and Trump in New York
• Sisi: Arab-Israel conflict is the core cause of instability in the Middle East
• Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan sign final contracts for the technical studies on the Ethiopian Dam
• Cairo court orders conditional release of former manpower minister under ex-president Morsi
• Egypt court overrules PM’s decision to allocate land for building of a new prison
• Devaluation would boost Egyptian exports by 10 percent: Trade minister
• Two US firms submit official complaints about Egyptian exports to the Ministry of Trade and Industry

 Wednesday

• Egypt cancels zero ergot wheat policy amid mounting pressure
• Egypt court sentences 9 policemen to 3 years in prison for assaulting doctors
• Egypt’s central bank will likely raise its key borrowing costs to the highest level in more than a decade
• Egypt’s strategic wheat reserves enough to last for the next four months
• Vodafone is getting squeezed in Egypt as its state-backed partner becomes a rival

Thursday

• Hundreds feared dead after a migrant boat capsized off the Egyptian coast
• Four are arrested after migrant boat capsizes near Egypt
• Israeli ambassador to Egypt visits Alexandria’s Jewish community
• Egypt TV news boss is fired after the network mistakenly aired an old interview with Sisi
• Activists from Syria, Egypt, Russia and a Turkish newspaper win a shared “alternative Nobel”
• Egypt may offer 4G mobile-phone licenses to international companies

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Friday

• Death toll in migrant ship tragedy off Egypt coast rises to 162
• Egyptian, British foreign ministers discuss resumption of flight to Sharm El-Sheikh
• Middle East peace ‘Quartet’ hears from France and Egypt
• Egypt’s administrative prosecution opens investigation into airing of wrong Sisi’s interview
• Egypt’s central bank keeps interest rates unchanged

 Saturday

• Egypt’s Sisi calls for prosecution of ‘wrongdoers’ behind migrant boat accident
• Court sentences 22 to death in Kerdasa’s police killing
• Egypt’s interior ministry arrests Brotherhood members planning “economic sabotage”
• Student outrage as education minister bars Student Union from elections
• Ministry says shark found in Sharm El-Sheikh of dangerous species

 Sunday

• Egyptian team visits Russia to discuss trade tensions
• Egypt is the‪ main pillar for security inMENA: French Defense minister to Sisi
• Court facquits last policeman accused of killing January 25’s protestors

Good reports

• Survivors of Egypt’s migrant boat tragedy tell their tales of heroism and loss. Sarah Sirgany
• Egypt’s Coptic Church is facing criticism for its role in organizing rallies in support of President Sisi at the U.N. AP

Good Reading

• Trump invites himself to Egypt despite wanting to ban Muslims from the U.S. Molly’s O’Toole
• Clinton, Trump meetings with Sisi underline foreign policies differences. Salma Abdallah

From Twitter

https://twitter.com/intlspectator/status/779357314004332544

Plus

• Mr Robot: Egyptian-American Rami Malek wins Emmy for best actor in a drama
• Nadeen Osama crowned Miss Egypt 2016

Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt