Top Headlines
- At least 23 Egyptian soldiers were killed when two suicide car bombs tore through army checkpoints in North Sinai
- Egypt, Gulf countries say Qatar displaying ‘lack of seriousness’ in response to their demands
- Supreme Constitutional Court forces government to reveal captive doctor’s whereabouts
- Egypt arrests daughter, son-in-law of slamist leader al-Qaradawi
- Number of tourists in Egypt up by 32.9 percent
- Egypt refers 292 suspects to military court for plotting Sisi assassination
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egypt repeats call on Interpol to arrest fugitive Muslim Brotherhood members in Qatar and Turkey
- Daughter of Brotherhood cleric El-Qaradawi and husband is arrested in Egypt on terror related charges
- Egyptian court sentences 55 to 15 years, acquits 31, in the storming of a police station in 2013
- Egypt grants four companies gold mining tender in Sinai and Eastern Desert
- Dollar rate drops below EGP 18 for the first time in months
- Fuel price hike to add 3-4.5 percentage points to Egypt’s inflation
Tuesday
- Egypt’s FM Shoukry and US counterpart Tillerson discuss Qatar crisis
- Two policemen were killed, 10 were injured in a bomb attack on a police armoured vehicle in North Sinai
- Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court forces government to reveal the whereabouts of people arrested under enforced disappearance
- Parliament approves law eliminating judicial supervision of elections by 2024
- Parliament approves extending state of emergency for 3 months
- Sisi discusses terrorism, irregular migration with Visegrad group leaders
- Number of tourists in Egypt up by 32.9 percent
Wednesday
- Arab states blast ‘negative’ Qatari reply to their demands, but no new sanctions
- Egypt, Gulf countries say Qatar displaying ‘lack of seriousness’ in response to their demands
- ‘Constructive negotiation’ needed in row with Qatar, Trump tells Sisi
- Suspected militant kills two retired officers and an active duty soldier in Egypt
- Egypt’s Sisi discusses regional developments with US congressmen in Cairo
- Egypt’s foreign reserves continues to rise registering $31.3 billion in June
- US dollar exchange rate’s decline continues for third consecutive day
Thursday
- Egypt hikes key interest rate again
- Egypt on Thursday raised household electricity prices by as much as 42 percent
- The US strongly condemns today’s attacks in Sinai
- Egypt and Russia’s foreign ministers discuss Qatar crisis
Friday
- At least 23 Egyptian soldiers were killed when two suicide car bombs tore through army checkpoints in North Sinai
- Egyptian police detain Uighurs and deport them to China
- Cairo Criminal Court released business tycoon Ahmed Ezz
Saturday
- ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 23 soldiers
- Roadside bomb kills 2 police in Egypt’s Sinai
- Hassm claims responsibility for assassinating a police officer in Qalyubiya
- Egypt refers 292 suspects to military court for plotting Sisi assassination
- Egypt’s deputy finance minister sees rate hike as temporary
- Interest rate hike will impose significant fiscal burden
- Egypt calls to eject Qatar from anti-Daesh coalition
Sunday
- Egyptian migrants found dead in Libya’s eastern desert
- Police forces killed two men allegedly suspected of belonging to the militant group Hasm
- Egyptian, Palestinian leaders meet amid likely Gaza shakeup
- Egypt raises metro ticket prices by another 100 percent
- Egypt aims to double its high-quality cotton production and exports
- Egypt exports to U.S. rise to rise by 12.3 percent
Good Reports
- Why are there so many jellyfish in Egypt this year? Maha Khalil
- Egypt takes action against spread of jellyfish on its Mediterranean shores. Menna Farouk
- Despite taboo, Hebrew classes Hebrew classes open doors for young Egyptians. Amira Sayed Ahmed
From Twitter
Photo Story
- The Sinai Trail: A tourism initiative run by Bedouins in South Sinai. Enas El-Masry
Plus
- Egypt reportedly spending $22 million to restore historic synagogue in Alexandria
- Moushira Khattab is Africa’s nominee for UNESCO secretary general
- Trying Koshery. Metropolitan diary
Finally, here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt
Nervana 
Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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