Top Headlines 

• Egypt’s credit rating is upgraded by S&P Global Ratings
• Outrage erupts and protesters were arrested over Cairo metro price hike
• No tangible results achieved in recent Addis Ababa tripartite meeting
• Egypt follows with “great concern” developments of US withdrawal from Iran deal
• Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution says number of Wilayat Sinai terrorists received training in Syria and Iraq
• Egyptian pop-singer Sherine acquitted on charges of ‘offending Egypt’ over Nile water comment

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• No tangible results are achieved in recent Addis Ababa tripartite meeting
• Mo Salah donates land plot to build sewage treatment plant for his village

Tuesday

• Egypt’s public debts rise fivefold over past five years
• Italian judicial delegation to take part in CCTV recordings retrieval in Regeni case
• Parliament passes law regulating Uber and Careem
• Egypt lawyer sues belly dancer Sama al-Masry over religious show

Wednesday

• Egypt follows with great concern developments of US withdrawal from Iran deal
• Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution says number of Wilayat Sinai terrorists received training in Syria and Iraq
• Water politics: Museveni invites Egypt’s president to visit the source of the Nile.
• An Egyptian doctor is dismissed and sentenced to one year in prison over disagreement with local prosecutor
• Egypt’s irrigation minister heads to South Sudan to discuss water cooperation
• Egypt approves oil exploration deal with Italy’s Eni, Egyptian firm Tharwa off northern Sinai coast
• Egyptian pop singer Sherine is acquitted on charges of ‘offending Egypt’ over Nile water comment

Thursday

• Egypt hikes Cairo metro fare in the latest austerity measure
• Egypt signs MOU with China’s GCL for $2 billion solar panel factory
• Egypt inflationsees first rise in eight months before rate meeting
• The Egyptian army and police have killed 21 takfiris and arrested five others over the past few days in North and Central Sinai
• Egypt Support Coalition rejects reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood
• US sanctions Iran, Syria, Egypt groups over arm trading with North Korea

Friday

• Egypt’s credit rating is upgraded one notch to B by S&P Global Ratings
• Cairo’s metro fare increase necessary, comes at an appropriate time: Transport ministry
• Body of Egyptian girl assaulted in UK arrives in Cairo
• Egypt to open Rafah border crossing with Gaza for four days

Saturday

• Outrage erupts and protesters were arrested over Cairo metro price hike
• Egyptian activist detained over social media post
• Italian gas company Eni announced it has begun operating its third production unit in Zohr gas field
• Egypt’s State Information summons Russia Today officials to Cairo over opinion poll on Halayeb Triangle ownership

Sunday

• Egypt beefs up security outside metro stations after fare rise protests
• Muslim Brotherhood groups stand behind Metro boycott calls: Metro spokesperson
• Hamas’s Ismail Haniya to visit Egypt ahead of US embassy move
• Fourth round of Egyptian-Russian consultations to kick off on Monday
• Russia Today took down an opinion poll on Saturday regarding the ownership of the Halaib triangle between Egypt and Sudan

Good Reports 

• Why Egypt is building a new capital city?  Ruth Michaelson
• Egypt’s new law to prevent harassment of touristsgets mixed reaction.  Salwa Samir
• Seen in Downtown Cairo: renovated Sherifeen street. Zeinobia

From Twitter

Sports

• Egypt’s Mo Salahbreaks Premier League scoring record as Liverpool secure Champions League football

 Video

• Egypt’s commuters protest against steep hike in metro fares

Plus

• Archaeologists find remains of Roman-era templein Egypt dates back to the 2nd century reign of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius

Finally here are Jayson Casper’s prayers for Egypt