Top Headlines
- Egypt puts key members of ‘al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya’ on terror list
- An Egyptian court has convicted 65 suspected militants of setting up a terrorist group and declaring allegiance to the extremist Islamic State group
- Standard & Poor’s credit rating for Egypt stands at B with a stable outlook, but the agency warned of financial challenges in light of worsening debt crisis.
- Lebanon’s minister of tourism apologizes to Egypt for insulting its cleanliness
- Egypt’s headline inflation surges to 17.7 percent in October
- Seven sarcophagi, some dating back more than 6,000 years, have been discovered south of the Egyptian capital
- Egypt’s new ambassador to Israel Khaled Azmi affirmed Egypt’s commitment to achieving justice and peace in the Middle East
Main Headlines
Monday
- Saudi Arabia has frozen a deal between Egypt and Germany for four MEKO A200 corvettes, which was in large part financed by Saudi Arabia
- Change by force opens gates of hell: Egypt’s Sisi at World Youth Forum
- Egypt denies importing Iranian oil
- Egypt’s state employees may not get annual wage increase this year: President Sisi
- Two Egyptian MPs submit draft laws to ban Niqab in public places
- Central Bank of Egypt: Foreign reserves rise to USD 44.501 billion in Oct
- A non-commissioned police officer was killed in security raid in Egypt’s Ismailia
Tuesday
- Lebanon’s minister of tourism apologizes to Egypt for insulting its cleanliness
- Egypt announcesresidency plan for foreigners who buy apartments in the country
- Rain hits North Sinai for third day in a row
Wednesday
- An Egyptian military court sentences in absentia 8 ISIS members to death over 2016 deadly attacks on army checkpoints
- A Church report contradicts state narrative about Minya attack
- Egypt’s new ambassador to Israel visits Coptic Orthodox Church in Jerusalem following assault on monks
Thursday
- An Egyptian court has convicted 65 suspected militants of setting up a terrorist group and declaring allegiance to the extremist Islamic State group
- All injured in Upper Egypt’s Minya bus terror attack have recovered or in a stable condition
- Egypt’s Cassation Court upholds death sentence on a child rapist
- Trial of Nubian activists continues despite motion for judge’s recusal
Friday
- Egypt’s new ambassador to Israel Khaled Azmi affirmed Egypt’s commitment to achieving justice and peace in the Middle East
- Egypt and South Korea resume flights that were suspended in 2014
- Egypt jumped eight spots in the World Bank Group’s Doing Business Report for 2019
Saturday
- Egypt’s headline inflation surges to 17.7 percent in October
- An Egyptian MP proposes removing religious identification from national IDs
Sunday
- Dozens of cat mummies found in 6,000-year-old tombs in Egypt
- Egypt puts key members of ‘al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya’ on terror list
- Standard & Poor’s credit rating for Egypt stands at B with a stable outlook, but the agency warned of financial challenges in light of worsening debt crisis
- Egypt court sentences two policemen to jail over detainee’s death
- Egypt’s government is considering stripping ration cardsfor subsidized food from people who earn around double the average monthly salary
- Egyptian parliament votes in favour of establishing Russian Industrial Zone in the Suez Canal
- Egypt plans to ban gas-fueled cars by 2040, only electronic vehicles
Good Reports
- Egypt treads carefully as a Gaza broker. France 24
- Egypt deniesknowledge of Sisi critic’s disappearance. Ahmed Youness
- Minya attack: Question marks surround the perpetrators of the Minya attack despite Islamic State claiming responsibility. Ahmed Eleiba
- Egypt and Sudanmend fraying ties. Hagar Hosny
- Sisi’s hot potato: Egyptians hit back after remarkson austerity. Nadine Awadalla
- Egypt struggles to restore Cairo’s historic heart. Emmanuel Parisse
Good Read
- Stop victim-blaming Egypt’s Copts. Michael Akladios
- Middle East upheaval casts a shadow over “Arab NATO”. Jack Detsch
- 1918: Before the storm in Saad Zaghloul’s memoires. Amira Howeidy
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- Egyptian sculptor receives backlash for her Mo Salah statue. Egyptian Streets
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