Top Headlines
- US releases $195M in military aid to Egypt that was previously withheld
- Tweets scorn Egypt’s Sisi in renewed online criticism
- Egypt seeks 75 death sentences over 2013 sit-in
- U.N. award-winning photographer awaits verdict in Egypt terrorism trial
- Egypt’s budget deficit falls to less than 10 percent for the first time since 2011
- Cairo zoo denies painting a donkey and passing it off as a zebra
- Egyptian authority investigates Coptic Church Bishop found dead in a monastery
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egyptian security forces kill 13 suspected militants in shootout in Sinai
- Islamic State announces death of one of its Egyptian branch leader
- Egypt’s Sisi to inaugurate “largest wind farm in the world’
Tuesday
- Siemens hails electricity project in Egypt, says it’s “never been done before”
- Egypt’s Mohamed Salah is shortlistedfor ‘the best’ FIFA player award
- Egypt’s Prisons Authority on Monday released 683 prisoners after the Tahya Misr Fund helped clear their debts
Wednesday
- US to release $195 million of suspended military aid to Egypt
- US Pompeo to FM Shoukry: Washington is committed to supporting Egypt through aid programme
- Egypt’s economy to grow 5.2 percent in FY 2018-19
Thursday
- Egypt’s budget deficit falls to less than 10 percent for the first time since 2011
- Egypt participates in Global Coalition against Daesh meetings in Washington
- Egyptian government allocates LE 60 billion to develop Upper Egypt
Friday
- Cairo zoo denies painting a donkey and passing it off as a zebra
- UN award winning photographer Shawkan awaits verdict in Egypt terrorism trial
- Egypt’s Zohr gas fieldcapacity stood at 1.6 billion cubic feet (bcfd) and would reach 2 billion bcfd by September
Saturday
- Egyptian court sentences 75 people to deathover 2013 demonstration
- Tweets scorn Egypt’s Sisiin renewed online criticism
- Egypt’s Sisi: Egypt’s people are the real hero of the reform process
- UK warnscitizens visiting Egypt to avoid writing any negative opinion on the country
- Egypt PM tells youth conference cabinet aims to develop “Egyptian character”in 4-year programme
Sunday
- Egyptian authority investigates Coptic Church Bishop found dead in a monastery
- Egypt’s Sisi promotes Defence Minister Mohamed Zaki from Lieutenant General rank to General
- After anti-Sisi hashtag, a new hashtag is launched in support of the Egyptian president
- Egypt will be self-sufficient in infant milkby next year
Good Reports
- Egypt makes its case in stormy Washington sea. Ezzat Ibrahim
- What will Egypt’s first sovereign wealth fundlook like? Mada Masr
- Did this Cairo zoo paint a donkey to look like a zebra?Marina Pitofsky
Good Read
- Samuel Tadros’s testimony in US’s Foreign Affair Committee on Egypt
Interview
- Interview with Egypt’s army spokesperson: Operation Sinai 2018 destroyed terrorism infrastructure in N Sinai
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Plus
- Egyptians win 86 gold medals in African Youth Games
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