Top Headlines

• Egypt approves bill that means president Sisi could remain in office until 2034
• Egyptian troops hit by deadly jihadist attack in Sinai
• Several Egyptian troops killed or wounded in North Sinai
• Egypt thwarts bomb attack on a security force in Giza
• Egypt cuts benchmark rate for first time in nearly a year
• Egypt condemns suicide bombing that targeted Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
• Egypt: no one should obstruct use of East Med resources 
• UAE’s Dana Gas to drill second largest Egyptian natural gas field

Main Headlines

Monday

• Egypt: no one should obstruct use of East Mediterranean resources
• 2 Palestinians are reported killed after Egypt pumps toxic gas into Hamas tunnel
• Egyptian satirist Shady Abu Zeid to remain in jail after court accepts prosecution’s appeal
• Egypt’s Sisi aims to press ahead with reforms, promote African unity as he takes AU chairmanship
• Egypt’s defence minister meets with head of US Central Command

 Tuesday

• Three policemen are sentenced to three years in prison over beating prisoner to death
• An Egypt court ‘temporarily’ removes nearly 300 people from terrorism list

Wednesday

• Egypt prosecutor-general gags media from reporting on MP’s sex tape case
• Judicial candidates forced to undergo unprecedented evaluation
• Egypt to issue commemorative coins to mark 100th birthday of late president Sadat
• Egypt, UAE to study establishing medical waste disposal plant

Thursday

• Egypt lawmakers approve possible 3-decade rule by president Sisi
• Egypt to see gas boost from BP fields, Zohr as Cairo returns to export market.
• UAE’s Dana Gas to drill second largest Egyptian natural gas field

Friday

• Egypt’s police foil bomb attack in Giza
• Egypt cuts benchmark interest rate for first time in nearly a year
• Egypt’s unemployment rate falls to 8.9%

Saturday

• 15 Egyptian soldiers and 7 Jihadists are killed in a terror attack in North Sinai
• Egypt’s Sisi calls for action over online extremism in Munich security Summit
• Egypt condemns suicide bombing that targeted Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
• Proposed Egyptian constitutional amendments are “null”: Mohamed ElBaradei
• New York museum to return looted coffin to Egypt

Sunday

• The Islamic State-affiliated Province of Sinai claimed responsibility of Saturday’s attack on a military checkpoint south of Arish
• Egyptian photojournalist Shawkan to be released after five years in prison
• Former Presidential candidate Aboul Fotouh was detained for 45 days pending investigations for ‘harming national security’
• Egypt detains a Turk and a Germanfor cocaine smuggling
• Egypt’s central bank issues EGP 17 billion in treasury bills
• Egypt recovers gilded coffin from the Metropolitan museum

Reports

• Egypt is shaping up to become a real energy hub a real energy hub.Cyril Widdershoven
• All you need to know about Egypt’s new constitutional amendments. Egyptian Streets
• Water is becoming scare in Egypt’s Nile River valley Nile river valley. Star 2
• BP has investedmore money in Egypt than anywhere else in the last two years. Holly Ellyatt
• Rate cut on the horizon’ sparks investor rush for Egyptian pound. Tarek El-Tablawy
• Egypt plans to make new administrative capital first cashless city.Xinhua

Good Read 

• Egypt needs a full debate on proposed constitutional changes. Abdellatef El-Menawy

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Plus

• Travel guides will tell you to skip Cairo, but the Egyptian capitalis a fascinating city bursting with amazing food and culture
• Egypt’s National libraryin Cairo, the Middle East’s oldest library, has been restored to its former glory with financial support from the United Arab Emirates