Top Headlines

• Saudi crown prince lands in Egypt on first public trip
• Egypt‘s top court waives legal challenges to Red Sea islands transfer to Saudi Arabia
• Egypt arrests mother of woman at center of a BBC report
• Cabinet approves bill allowing 53 churches to practice religious rituals nationwide

Saudi Crown Prince visits Cairo- Photo via The National

Main Headlines

Monday

• Egypt’s army chief of staff urges Sisi to extend Operation Sinai 2018 beyond the three-month timeframe
• Egyptian cabinet begins legalisation procedures for 53 unlicensed churches
• Egyptian prosecution renews detention of opposition figure Aboul Fetouh
• 221,675 refugees registered in Egypt as of 2018, more than half are Syrian

Tuesday

• Young Egyptian woman alleged as ‘forcibly disappeared’ in BBC report appears on screen, refutes torture claims
• Egypt calls for BBC boycott amid dispute over critical report
• Egypt’s National Media Authority suspends cooperation with BBC over controversial report
• Egypt aborts suicide attack in Sinai
• Egypt’s Sherine sentenced to prison over Nile joke
• Egypt and Cyprus discuss electric connection project as part of energy cooperation

Wednesday

• Egypt’s prosecutor urges action against “false news”
• At least 16 killed, 40 injured as two trains collide in Egypt‘s Beheira governorate
• Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain say Qatari FM’s speech at UN contained “fallacies”
• Egypt constructs 2 fishing ports in Halayeb Triangle near Sudan
• US designates ‘Daesh-Egypt’ as a terrorist group
• Egypt’s State Information Service reiterates demand an apology from BBC for a controversial report
• Sweden, Jordan, and Egypt are planning a conference to boost support for UNRWA

Thursday

• Insulting army or police is ‘treason’, not freedom of opinion: Egyptian president Sisi
• Army kills 13 militants, arrests 86 suspects in day 20 of Sinai2018
• Egyptian girl in hospital after ‘racist’ assault in UK
• Sisi inaugurates New Alamein city and other national projects
• Egypt increases number of soldiers in Sinai, with Israel’s blessing

Friday

• Egypt arrests mother of woman at centre of a BBC report
• Saudi Crown Prince to make three-day visit to Egypt
• “US planned to remove me from power since 2005”: Mubarak
• In Egypt, police arrest two journalists for ‘filming without license”

Saturday

• Egypt’s top court waives legal challenges to Red Sea islands transfer to Saudi Arabia
• Egypt‘s prosecutor-general orders investigation into assault on 18-year-old Egyptian student in London
• Election boycotters are enemies of the state: Salafi preacher
• Egyptian presidential candidate Moussa says his electoral programme “would change Egypt”

Sunday

• Saudi crown prince lands in Egypt on first public trip
• Egypt’s Sisi, Saudi Crown Prince stress joining efforts to counter terrorism and countries supporting it
• Egyptian parliament approves private sector operation, maintenance of the country’s railways
• Pro-government media host detained for insulting the police

Good Reports

• Egyptian investors are now bold enough to look for dollars themselves. Ahmed Feteha
• Mohammed bin Salman begins Egypt visit with focus on regional issues https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/mohammed-bin-salman-begins-egypt-visit-with-focus-on-regional-issues-1.710080 Jacob Wirtschafter
• In the battle for free speech in Egypt, everyone lost this week. Parvaz
• Need a North Korean missile? Call the Cairo embassy. Declan Walsh
• East of the canal command centre: Sinai extension. Ahmed Eleiba

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• To save Middle East from climate change, ancient Egypt mounted massive relief effort, archaeologists discover

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