Top Headlines

• Egypt urges Israel to immediately stop violence in Jerusalem
• Largest Military Base in the Middle East Opens in Egypt
• Egypt, Saudi Arabia deny revising 13 demands for Qatar
• Egypt ends visa-free entry for Qataris
• 8 suspected Hasm militants were killed in Egypt shootout

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• No booking cancellations despite Hurghada knife attack
• Five police conscripts were killed when an improvised explosive device detonated in North Sinai
• No more on-arrival visas for Qatari nationals visiting Egypt
• Egypt is set to be self-sufficient in natural gas by 2020
• Cab hailing app Careem raises fares in Egypt after fuel price hike

Tuesday

• Egyptian police kill two Hasm militants in a shootout near New Cairo
• Uber increases fare in Egypt after fuel price hike
• Egypt receives final $1.25 bln in first tranche of the IMF loan
• 10 residents detained pending investigation into Warraq island clashes
• UK embassy launches Oil & Gas International Scholarship Programme for Egyptian students

Wednesday

• Egyptian police have killed three top Islamist militants in two separate operations
• Egyptian court sentences 4 to life in prison for attempting to assassinate a judge
• Egypt’s president appoints new head of Council of State
• Egypt’s agricultural exports are up 12.1 percent in the first half 2017

Thursday

• Egypt, Saudi Arabia deny revising 13 demands for Qatar for Qatar
• Cairo is upset over latest US travel warning to Egypt travel warning to Egypt
• Thomas Cook passengers were evacuated from plane in Hurghada due to smoke in the Cabin
• Egypt to start oil and gas exploration in the Red Sea following island deal with Saudi Arabia
• Claims of government contracts to develop Warraq island are false

Friday

• Egypt urges Israel to immediately stop violence in Jerusalem
• Gunmen have attacked a three-car police convoy on the main Cairo-Fayoum road
• ‘Hasm’ militant group claims responsibility for Thursday’s Fayoum attack
• Fatwa services are now offered at Cairo metro stations
• Number of dead Egyptians found in Libyan desert rises to 25

Saturday

• Moody says IMF review is ‘credit positive’ for Egypt
• Egypt’s Sisi inaugurates the largest military base in the Middle East west of Alexandria
• Egypt court sentences 28 to death over the 2015 killing of Egypt’s top prosecutor
• Egypt and Jordan seek to persuade Israel to remove Temple Mount metal detectors

Sunday

• Turkish and Egyptian FMs discuss Al-Aqsa on the phone
• Egyptian security forces have killed eight Hassm terrorist group members in a shoot-out at a desert camp in Fayoum in Fayoum
• 493 prisoners pardoned on July 23 revolution anniversary

Good Reports

• Egypt faces water insecurity as Ethiopian mega-dam starts filling. Climate Home
• Egypt-backed power-sharing deal between former foes taking shape in Gaza. Fares Akram and Mohamed Daraghmeh
• Copts and Egypt’s national game. Mai Shams El-Din
• Anger on Warraq Island after government demolishes homes demolishes homes. Zeinab El-Gundy and Passant Gemeay
• Fatwa on the go: Egypt’s Al-Azhar sets up shop in Cairo metro. Shahira Amin
• Egypt’s poorest risk death for promise of work in Libya. Mahmoud Mourad

Interview

• Ex-Gaza chief says Hamas deal will open Gaza border with Egypt. AP

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• In Egypt: Jewish mother, Catholic father and two Muslim daughters under one roof.
• Football star Roberto Carlos lands in Cairo to promote tourism to Egypt
• Egypt’s first electric train to begin operations within 2 years