Top Headlines
- Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar (early Monday)
- Egyptian closes its airspace and seaports for all Qatari transportation
- Four army personnel killed during anti-terrorist campaign in Egypt’s Western Desert
- HRW: Egypt’s new law will crush civil society
- Leaning tower of Alexandria sparks state of emergency in Egypt
- Egypt evacuates toppling 13-floor building in Alexandria
- Egypt’s Al-Azhar admits Christian dental resident for first time
Main Headlines
Monday
- Death toll from Egypt’s Minya attack climbs to 30
- Egypt launches fresh airstrikes on militia sites in Libya’s Derna
- Egypt transfers Minya security chief after attack on Christians
- Egypt’s cabinet approves $2.48 billion social aid program
- Cairo court postpones trial of Egyptian rights lawyer Khaled Ali to July 3
- Egypt cabinet approves raising minimum income tax threshold to LE 7,200
Tuesday
- Egypt’s airstrikes on Libyan terrorist targets are ongoing: Military spokesman
- Egypt’s Sisi gets briefed on latest updates in Minya attack, airstrikes on terrorist bases in Libya
- Sudan ratifies ban on Egyptian imports, fuelling tension
- Egypt receives first tourists to take tour recreating trip of the Holy Family
- 13-year-old Egyptian struck by stray bullet in Cairo dies
Wednesday
- Four army personnel killed during anti-terrorist campaign in Egypt’s Western Desert
- Egypt’s army chief-of-staff discusses military cooperation with NATO commander
- Vehicle loaded with explosives is seized in Ahmed Hamdy tunnel under the Suez Canal
- Egypt fixes customs exchange rate at EGP 16.5 for June against the US dollar
- Egypt says its embassy building ‘significantly’ damaged in Kabul blast
Thursday
- Egypt evacuates toppling 13-floor building in Alexandria
- An Egyptian criminal court handed a death sentence to a man accused of raping a 20-month old child
- Egypt and Sudan to hold consultations in Cairo
- Al-Azhar suspends charity advert “for undermining state’s efforts”
- Television host and Islamist researcher Islam El-Behery returns with a new show
Friday
- Leaning tower of Alexandria sparks state of emergency in Egypt
- Egypt’s Sisi ratifies new investment law
- Parliament to discuss a bill to exclude families with more than 3 children from state subsidy
- Al-Azhar uses Cairo Metro’s internal radio to practice preaching
Saturday
- Owner of Alexandria’s leaning building arrested is arrested
- Landslide causes traffic congestion in Cairo’s fifth settlement
Sunday
- Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar
- Egyptian closes its airspace and seaports for all Qatari transportation
- Hamas delegation is visiting Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials
- Egypt’s foreign reserves rise to $31 billion in May, the highest since 2011
- Despite strict measures, Arabic exam was leaked in Thanaweya Amma examinations
- Court issues 3 years sentences for protesting Tourah Cement company workers
- Egypt’s Al-Azhar admits a Christian dental resident for the first time
Good Reports
- Egypt’s answer to latest attack reflects despair, resolve. Hamza Hendawy
- Coptic Christians describe bus attack in Egypt: “even the little children were targets”. Heba farouk Mahfouz
- How I was recruited to join Ansar Al-Sharia in Libya’s Derna. Al-Bawaba
- Egypt’s Al-Azhar looks to “cafe preachers” to spread its message.Salwa Samir
- Egypt’s new law will crush civil society. HRW
- Libya’s militant groups: from Islamic State to Muslim Brotherhood. Taha Sakr
Good Read
- Egypt’s cyber dilemma: Technology, threats, and freedom. Ayman S. Ashour
From Twitter
Video
- ·Watch as a 13-storey apartment building in Egypt tilts across the street
Plus
- Eight Christians who make Egypt great make Egypt great
Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
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