Top Headlines 

• Egypt extends Egypt’s state of emergency for three months
• Putin and Sisi take Russia-Egypt relations to a “strategic level”
• France rejects Amnesty criticism of arms exports to Egypt
• Egypt’s al-Sisi to visit Sudan next week
• Hamas has rejected an Egyptian request to stop Gaza border protests
• The Egyptian army said that 450 jihadists are estimated to have been killed in its eight-month offensive in Sinai

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• Egypt’s Sisi heads to Moscow for a three-day visit
• Egyptian Stock Marketloses EGP 2.7 billion on Monday
• Egypt court upholds prison terms for Morsi, 19 others for insulting judiciary
• Egypt’s finance ministry auctions EGP 1.25 billion T-bonds
• Egypt’s prime minister hails IMF report on country’s economic performance
• Egypt aviation minister on board test flight to Sphinx International Airport

Tuesday

• Russia’s Putin receives Egypt’s Sisi in Sochi, hold informal talks ahead of official meeting
• ‘I believe Russian flights will return to more Egyptian cities soon,’ Egypt’s Sisi
• Egypt extends Egypt’s state of emergency for three months
• The Egyptian army said that 450 jihadists are estimated to have been killed in its eight-month offensive in Sinai
• Egypt has been exerting efforts to achieve rapprochement between rival Libyan parties
• Egypt warns against politicisingGamal Khashoggi case: Presidency
• Egypt’s grand mufti calls for modernising fatwasmodernising fatwas to combat extremist ideas

Wednesday

• Hamas leader Abu Marzouk expressed “regret” over the cancellation of a planned visit by Abbas Kamel, head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Force
• The LNG regasification vessel Egypt was renting for the past years is set to leave, as the country is no longer dependent of gas imports

Thursday

• Egypt accuses three oil executives of embezzling nearly $1 billion
• France rejects Amnesty criticism of arms exports to Egypt to Egypt
• Egypt reveals details of its new military drones
• American-Egyptian man accuses Egypt’s security of torture and “enforced disappearance”

 Friday

• Egypt and Saudi Arabia conclude joint military drills Tabuk 4
• Egypt’s al-Sisi to visit Khartoum next week to visit Khartoum next week
• Egypt and UAE to build logistics village at Cairo Airport
• Body of Egypt-holiday-death dad David Humphries is missing heart and kidneys
• Demand to omit names of MB leaders off streets in Egypt
• Egyptian army chief of staff attends US conference against terrorism and extremist organizations

Saturday

• Hamas has rejected an Egyptian request to stop Gaza border protests
• UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt have commended the decisions taken by Saudi King over the death of Jamal Khashoggi
• Libyan army talks continues in Egypt
• Egypt, EU sign $155m to create jobs, and prevent migration
• Egypt is not among routes of human trafficking to Europe, says Navy Commander
• West Nile Delta oil begins production

Sunday 

• Military courts to receive results of 2017’s Western desert terrorist attack investigation
• Egypt SIS refutes reports claiming theft of British tourist’s heart and kidneys
• The Egyptian stock market records semi-collective regression after 1hr of trading

Good Reports

• Putin and Sisi take Russia-Egypt relations to a “strategic level”. Marianna Belenkaya
• Can Ethiopia’s massive new dam could cut Egypt off from river Nile? Sarah Lazarus
• Real-life tomb raiders: Egypt’s $US3 billion smuggling problem. ABC

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Interview

• Abdel-Hadi Al-Qasabi, the head of the majority support Egypt parliamentary bloc

Plus

• An Egyptian man presses charges against his wife for FGM of their two daughters. Women can be the enemy of women rights
• First successful trial run for Cairo underground extension in Heliopolis
• Ministers, ambassadors to attend ceremony marking Ramses II statue sun alignment
• Tattoos are discovered on Egypt’s 3,000-year-old female mummy
• Return to Egypt revives memories of desert battle for British veterans.