Top Headlines

• At least sixteen police officers killed in shoot-out in Egypt’s Western desert: security sources
• Egypt’s Sisi pledges sacrifices of Western Desert police victims of terrorism “will not go in vain”
• Three policemen killed in attack on Egypt National Bank branch in Sinai’s Arish
• Judge steps down in Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s appeal case
• Hamas says its rapprochement with Egypt has angered Qatar
• An Egyptian court issues death sentences to 11 members of 2014’s “Giza terrorist cell”

Main Headlines

Monday

• Three policemen killed in attack on Egypt National Bank branch in Sinai’s Arish
• Egypt’s irrigation minister heads to Ethiopia for Renaissance Dam visit
• Italy’s new ambassador to Cairo: Rome to send 1.1 million tourists to Egypt

Tuesday

• Al-Azhar grand imam slams “calls to allow homosexuality as human right”
• Egypt’s public school fees increased by up to 45 percent
• Egypt’s Sisi with head of World Jewish Congress in Cairo
• Sexual harasser stabs victim in revenge plot, after prison sentence filed

 Wednesday

• Egypt’s Chief-of-Staff Hegazy meets US Army Central commander Micael Garrett in Cairo
• Islam’s teachings face “orchestrated campaign of distortion,” Al-Azhar’s grand imam tells fatwa conference
• Egypt’s tourism revenues jumped 211.8 % year on year in first nine months of 2017
• Air Cairo to operate regular weekly flights from Denmark, Italy to Sharm-El-Sheikh
• Egypt’s cabinet drafts first major reforms to traffic laws in 44 years

 Thursday 

• Judge steps down in Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s appeal case
• Irish-Egyptian man freed after four years in jail in Egypt
• Egypt FM: Doha has not taken positive steps towards ending dispute with Arab states
• Egypt’s court sets trial date for man accused of killing Coptic priest

Friday

• Dozens of Egyptian police officers killed by militants during raid
• Kuwait, Bahrain lift ban on Egyptian agricultural exports
• Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia ministers to hold another round dam negotiations

Saturday

• According to Egypt’s interior ministry, only 16 policemen killed, 13 injured in a shootout with terrorists in Western Desert
• Ceremony marks 75 years since El-Alamein battle
• Egypt cancels october biannual Ramses II solar alignment phenomenon after Friday’s attack in Western Desert

Sunday 

• Egypt’s Sisi pledges sacrifices of Western Desert police victims of terrorism “will not go in vain”
• Hamas says its rapprochement with Egypt has angered Qatar
• Egyptians are saluting on social media in solidarity with the police force after Western Desert attack are saluting on social media
• Egypt’s media syndicate suspends TV host Ahmed Moussa over alleged recordings of Wahat terrorist shootout
• Alleged voice recordings on Wahat clashes lack source and are non realistic: Egypt’s Ministry of Interior
• An Egyptian court issues death sentences to 11 members of 2014’s “Giza terrorist cell”
• Egyptian parliament approves three-month nationwide state of emergency state of emergency

Good Reports

• The who, what and where of the Bahariya oasis attack. Mohamed Hamama
• Friday’s Bahariya Oasis clashes: Speculations around who may be responsible. Omar Said
• As Islamic State loses ground in Syria, its affiliate strikes in Egypt. Rory Jones and Dahlia Khalaif
• Showdown in Sinai. Ahmed Eleiba
• Due to scarcity of funding, Sinai Province resorts to streets-war, armed robbery. Taha Sakr
• Egypt’s capital Cairo is worst mega-city for women worldwide. Deutsche Welle
• The New Administrative Capital: from far-fetched idea to reality. Shiamaa Al-Aees

Good Read

• Al-Wahat 135 km: The carnage. Zeinobia

From Twitter

Science

• Volcanoes helped violent revolts erupt in ancient Egypt. Nicholas Fleur

Sport

• Mohamed Salah wins Europe’s Champions league best player poll for second time

 Plus

• Sheikh Jackson tops Egypt’s box office with EGP 4 million in 10 days
• An Israeli in Egypt: Fear and Lotioning in Sinai in Sinai
• Saudi Arabia cancels charity gig by Egyptian pop star Sherine Abdel Wahab

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt