Top Headlines

• Militants attacked a security convoy in Egypt’s Sinai, killing at least 18 policemen
• Two Egyptian soldiers, 5 militants killed in North Sinai shootout in North Sina
• Egypt’s Court of Cassation upholds ousted president Morsi’s life sentence
• Egypt detains lawyer investigating enforced disappearances

 Main Headlines

Monday

• Militants attacked a security convoy in Egypt’s Sinai, killing at least 18 policemen in a blast and a gun battle
• Egypt’s Sisi discusses combating terrorism, military cooperation with US Central Command chief
• Egyptian defence minister Sobhi discusses boosting military ties with South Korea
• INTERPOL removes Qaradawi, 40 Muslim Brotherhood figures from Red Notice
• MPs slam ‘flawed’ Human Rights Watch report on alleged abuses in Egypt
• An Egyptian court rules children from undocumented (Urfi) marriages to foreigners be granted Egyptian citizenship
• Egypt and Russia start ‘Protectors of Friendship 2′ paratroopers’ drills in Novorossiysk
• 9% increase in remittances from Egyptians abroad
• Egypt using state of emergency to restrict civil society: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Tuesday

• Egypt’s defense minister, on a visit to Seoul, announced that his country has cut military ties with North Korea
• Japanese FM discusses North Korea crisis with his Egyptian counterpart
• Lawyer investigating death of Italian student Regeni disappears
• Egypt and Saudi Arabia to hold joint military drill this week
• Egypt says criticism by UN human rights commissioner “is politicized and unfounded”
• UN Security Council condemns ‘heinous and cowardly’ attack on Egyptian police in North Sinai
• US State Department offers condolences following attack on Egyptian police in Sinai

Wednesday 

• Egypt charges lawyer investigating Italian student’s murder
• Two Egyptian soldiers, 5 militants killed in North Sinai shootout in an exchange of gun fire in North Sinai
• Rights group slams Egypt’s “nationalization” of media
• Facing potential wheat crisis, Egypt plays down poppy seed risk

Thursday

• Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia experts meet Thursday to discuss Nile dam studies to discuss Nile dam
• Egypt and Italy sign joint training to combat organized crime, illegal immigration

 Friday

• Trump to meet Sisi, Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah at UNGA in New York
• Egypt new ambassador to Italy heads to Rome
• Fatah delegation arrives in Cairo to discuss Palestinian reconciliation
• Military drills between Saudi and Egyptian air forces is underway

Saturday

• Egypt’s Court of Cassation upholds ousted president Morsi‘s life sentence over “Qatar document leak”
• Preliminary death sentences for 7 members ISIS affiliate charged with participating in the beheading of 21 Egyptians in Libya
• Hamas to open an office in Cairo for security coordination
• Fresh round of negotiations between army and Warraq residents

Sunday

• Egypt’s Sisi travels to New York for UN General Assembly
• Egypt’s finance ministry seeks approval of two Eurobonds issuances
• Russia is set to commence the supply operations of 50 Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters to Egypt
• Russia’s ambassador to Cairo refuses to adhere to airport security measures, leaves Sharm al-Sheikh by car

Good Reports

• Hold the egg sandwich: Egyptian TV is calling. Sarah Masling Nir
• Four issues on the table in new round of talks with #Hamas in #Cairo http://ahram.org.eg/News/276897.aspx … Ahmed Eleiba
• Egypt’s long, bloody fight against the Islamic State in Sinai is going nowhere. Sudarsan Raghavan
• 2 churches reopened, over 60 still closed in Egypt. Al-Masry Al-Youm
• A diplomat remembers: The memoirs of Amr Moussa. Dina Ezzat
• Cairo’s gay community: A history of political opportunism and public apathy. Dale Von Kodean

Good Read

• Congress, don’t meet with the Muslim Brotherhood. Eric Trager

From Twitter

Plus

• Director Amr Salama’s movie Sheikh Jackson has been nominated to represent Egypt in the foreign films section at the next Oscars 2018
• Egyptian woman to sue father over ‘unprecedented staleness,’ lack of tenderness
• Cairo’s white taxi drivers enter digital world launching “WhatsApp taxi”

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt