Top Headlines

• Egyptian lawmakers approve Red Sea Islands transfer to Saudi Arabia 
• Egypt bans fishing, diving at Tiran island in preparation for handover
• Al-Wafd MP declares resignation over Parliament’s approval of Red Sea Islands deal
• An Egyptian court sentences 31 to death in public prosecutor’s case
• Egypt bans scores of news websites in growing censorship crackdown 
• In long-awaited move, Egypt’s central bank scraps currency transfer limit
• An Egyptian policeman was killed and four wounded by a roadside explosive near the Cairo suburb of Maadi 
• Egypt removes mention of 2011 and 2013 uprisings from school curriculum
• Spokesperson for the Egyptian presidency denies Egypt sponsored agreement between Hamas and Dahlan
• Egypt weightlifting doping scandal deepens as new cases are revealed

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Main Headlines

Monday

• Egypt bans scores of news websites in growing censorship crackdown
• Debate heats up between opposition, pro-government majority in Egypt parliament over Red Sea islands deal
• Sisi discusses economic cooperation, terrorism with German officials in Berlin
• Egypt announces humanitarian aid shipment to war-torn South Sudan
• Egypt’s censorship authority files legal complaints   against Ramadan series and television programmes currently on air

 Tuesday

• Egyptian airspace open to non-Qatari and non-Egyptian planes headed to Doha
• Four alleged extremists were arrested in a military raid in North Sinai
• Egypt’s FM to discuss boosting cooperation with Iraq’s vice president
• Secretary-general of the Arab League Ahmed Abo El-Gheit expressed his support for the Kuwaiti efforts to tackle the Gulf crisis
• Security forces arrest former member of parliament accused of conspiring to overthrow the ruling regime

Wednesday

• In long-awaited move, Egypt’s central bank scarps currency transfer limit
• Egyptian parliament’s defense and national security committee approves Red Sea islands deal
• Support Egypt bloc praises members for approving Red Sea island deal
• Dozens hold sit-in at Egypt’s press syndicate over parliamentary committee’s approval of Saudi island deal
• Al-Sisi: Germany should pressure the countries funding terrorism

Thursday

• Egyptian lawmakers approve Red Sea Islands transfer to Saudi Arabia
• Opposition grows to Egypt’s plan to cede islands to Saudi Arabia
• Egypt’s Brotherhood, prominent leftist call for rallies
• Four killed in vendetta shooting in Upper Egypt’s Qena
• Egypt’s army chief of staff and UN Libya envoy discuss Libya’s peace talks

Friday

• Egypt police disburse small protest against islands deal
• Eight activists are arrested in Alexandria over Tiran and Sanafir protest
• Egypt bans fishing, diving at Tiran island in preparation for handover to Saudi Arabia
• Al-Wafd MP declares resignation over Parliament’s approval of Red Sea Islands deal his resignation
• Egyptian parliamentary opposition bloc calls on President Sisi not to ratify Red Sea islands deal
• Blocked news websites in Egypt go active at dawn, witness suspension in afternoon
• Egypt’s Sisi and CIA director met in Cairo to discuss Egypt-US ties
• Egypt weightlifting doping scandal deepens as new cases revealed are revealed

Saturday

• An Egyptian court sentences 31 to death in public prosecutor’s case
• Saudi foreign minister says Saudi, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain working on list of grievances against Qatar
• Egypt weightlifting doping scandal as new cases are revealed
• Egypt reopens Tahrir Square metro station following brief closure over security concerns
• Egypt refused to allow Italian prosecutors to attend interrogations of 7 police officers
• implicated in Regeni case3 militants were killed, 1 was arrested in Sinai military operation against terrorism

Sunday

• Roadside bomb kills Egyptian police officer in Cairo suburb of Maadi
• Hamas: War with Israel is unlikely and relations with Egypt were improving
• Spokesperson for the Egyptian presidency denies Egypt sponsored agreement between Hamas and Dahlan
• Dostour Party member and lawyer Tarek Hussein was released on bail
• An Egyptian court acquits 17 striking workers, criticizes absence of legislation regulating public sector workers’ strikes
• Egypt blocks access to Turkey’s Hürriyet Daily News website
• Government to decide on electricity price increase by end of June

Good Reports

• Excerpts from Parliament’s landslide vote on Tiran and Sanafir. Rana Mamdouh
• Egypt steps up efforts to extradite Brotherhood fugitives from UK. Ahmed Fouad

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