Top Headlines 

• Two passenger trains have collided in northern Egypt, killing at least 36 people
• Head of Egypt’s railway department resigns after deadly train collision
• ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack on a patrol car that killed four Egyptian policemen in North Sinai
• Egypt’s budget deficit fell to the lowest level in five years
• Strike continues at Mahalla factory as workers negotiate with officials

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Main Headlines

 Monday

• Kuwaiti envoy to visit Cairo to deliver message to Egypt’s Sisi on Qatar
• Hurghada stabbing suspect is referred to psychiatric hospital for evaluation
• Saudi Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal to invest $800 million in Egyptian tourism
• Egypt’s Sisi ratifies law establishing National Electoral Commission
• An Egyptian court sentences 12 to death, 157 to life in prison for storming Minya police station
• Egypt’s Coptic churches prepare for Virgin’s Fast amid tightened security

Tuesday

• Egypt’s budget deficit fell to the lowest level in five years
• Two policemen were killed in an armed attack on a security patrol in Menoufiya
• Egypt aims to reverse bans on agricultural exports to reverse ban on agriculture exports
• Egypt receives second Type-209 submarine from Germany

Wednesday

• 10 Egyptian Islamist parties under investigation for alleged involvement in terrorist activities
• Four policemen were shot dead in Sinai’s Arish
• Five militants were killed in Central Sinai campaign: Egyptian military
• Textile workers go on strike in Egypt’s Mahalla over salary raise
• Egypt continue to lead Africa in FIFA rankings despite dropping one place

Thursday

• ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack on a patrol car that killed four Egyptian policemen in North Sinai
• Qatar must comply with the four Arab countries’ demands, Egypt’s FM Shoukry tells US envoy Zinni
• Second Field Army destroys IS stationing in North Sinai
• Hilton group to increase the number of hotels operating in Egypt
• Egypt curtails food subsidy program as part of reforms
• Mgroup to increase the number of hotels operated in #Egypt

Friday 

• Two passenger trains have collided in northern Egypt, killing at least 36 people
• Inflation in Egypt hits 33 percent after subsidy cuts
• Egyptian police kill suspect in Minya Christian bus attack in a shootout
• New Administrative Capital housing to go up for sale next week

Saturday

• Manual-operation system caused Friday’s deadly train crash
• An Egyptian prosecutor has ordered the detention of train drivers and assistants detained after fatal Alexandria crash after fatal Alexandria crash
• UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame arrives in Cairo on a two-day visit
• Draft law aimed at lowering age of marriage for girls to 16 sparks controversy in Egypt
• Italian tourist is detained for killing hotel manager in Egypt’s Marasalam

Sunday 

• Head of Egypt’s railway department resigns after deadly train collision
• Egypt punishes train disaster “selfie medics”
• Egyptian police kill two members of the Hasm militant group
• Egypt streamlines industrial licensing to boost investment
• Egypt to reduce imports of LNG to 80 cargoes in 2017/18 year
• Egypt to hold auction for oil exploration

Best Reports

• 1,000+ train accidents in Egypt every year. Egyptian streets
• Two is enough: A fix for Egypt’s overpopulation. Ahmed Aleem
• Cash-strapped young Egyptians forgo popular wedding traditions wedding traditions. Menna Farouk
• In Egypt, a rising sea — and growing worries about climate change’s effects. Jane Arraf
• Researchers rally around science advocate convicted in Egypt. Erik Stokstad

Good Read

• Engaging with Islamists: what makes us think it will ever work? Sir John Jenkins
• The limits of Egypt’s role in the Syria crisis. Amr Eltohamy
• At 85, Nawal El-Saadawi writes about Nawal El Saadwai

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Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt