Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surprised his cabinet on Sunday in Jerusalem by announcing that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry would be visiting the country within hours of the announcement.
"I took my car and drove from Kuwait to Egypt to spend the last days of the holy month of Ramadan and the Fast-breaking Feast (Eid al-Fitr) with my family and friends. Ramadan and Eid are tasteless without loved ones," said Essam al-Sayyid, a 43-year-old Egyptian man who runs a small store in Kuwait, after coming back home.
The inclusion of a French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship and Rafale fighter jets are expected to enhance Egypt's military strategic capabilities in the turmoil-stricken Middle East, Egyptian security and strategic experts say.
The EgyptAir jet that disappeared last week did not show technical problems before taking off from Paris, sources within the Egyptian investigation committee said late on Tuesday.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al- Sisi said Sunday that "people of evil" are currently attempting to isolate Egypt and ruin its institutions, stressing terrorism seeks to destabilize the most populous Arab country.
Senior Hamas officials said on Tuesday night that the talks held in Cairo for several days between the Islamic movement delegation and the Egyptian Security Intelligence chiefs has not failed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, discussed the resumption of Russian flights to Egypt over the phone, the Kremlin said Monday.
In a massive military funeral procession led by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt on Thursday bid farewell to former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in Cairo.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that the Chinese government encourages and supports qualified enterprises to participate in large-scale projects in Egypt.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Wednesday for a state visit to Egypt, the second leg of his three-nation Middle East tour.
Egypt is taking serious steps to fight administrative and business corruption throughout a well-planned strategy to eliminate graft in North Africa's largest economic power, experts said.
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed Wednesday on the need to enhance international cooperation to fight terrorism and extremism targeting the whole world, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.
U.S. satellite systems detected heat around the Russian aircraft before it crashed over Egypt and killed all 224 people aboard, reports said Tuesday, citing two U.S. officials.
Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday confirmed a total of eight Mexican tourists have died in an Egyptian military airstrike on their convoy.
Mexican government on Monday demanded Egypt launch a "swift and in-depth" investigation into the "accidental airstrike" on a convoy of tourists including 15 Mexicans.
The leaders of Cyprus and Egypt discussed energy cooperation following the discovery of a mammoth natural gas field by Egypt, an official statement issued in Nicosia said on Thursday.
The anticipated visit of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to Beijing to attend a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of World War II reflects strong and close ties between Egypt and China, an Egyptian political expert told Xinhua.
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