Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi ordered on Wednesday the release of 165 young people who have been in custody over violating the new anti-protest law, official MENA news agency reported.
On the same day last year - on June 8, 2014 - former army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was surrounded by a massive motorcade while heading to the Supreme Constitutional Court at a Nile River bank in Cairo to take oath of office as Egypt's new president.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered Sunday to redraft an electoral law article which was ruled unconstitutional within one month, state-run Nile TV reported.
Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al- Sisi urged on Sunday the Arab countries to form a unified military force to fight the growing threat of terrorism in the region.
The Islamic State (IS) group in Libya released a video on Sunday purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, which enraged President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who warned of response to the deaths when appropriate.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his visiting Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to build a nuclear power station in Dabaa city in Egypt' s coastal Matrouh province.
As Egypt is struggling to rally support for its economic summit scheduled to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh in March, the country needs to conduct a number of reforms to improve its investment climate and attract foreign investors, said economic experts.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday that he has no intention to establish a political party, which has been reassuring to politicians in Egypt, especially at a time months ahead of the parliamentary elections.
"We are looking forward to developing our strategic relations with our friends in China," said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Chinese official media, including Xinhua, on Thursday at the presidential palace in the capital Cairo.
Egypt is to establish three new provinces and demarcate others including Cairo, Giza and Suez, Local Development Minister Adel Labib revealed in a press conference on Wednesday.
Egypt's former army chief Abdel- Fattah al-Sisi, who was sworn in as new president on Sunday, said there is no reconciliation with anyone who "committed crimes or inciting violence" against Egyptians.
Egypt's presidential election commission on Tuesday officially announced ex-military chief Abdel- Fattah al-Sisi to be the new president of the most populous Arab state, after achieving a landslide victory over leftist candidate Hamdeen Sabahy in the three-day polls held in late May.
Egypt's presidential candidate and leftist leader Hamdeen Sabahy on Thursday admitted his defeat in the elections that concluded Wednesday, losing to his sole rival, ex-military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.
Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential elections with an overwhelming majority of votes.
Former military chief and presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi promised Tuesday that Egyptians would see real economic improvement within two years if he won the upcoming election.
Egypt has set May 26 and 27 for the first round of presidential polls following the ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, the Supreme Presidential Election Commission (SPEC) said in a press conference on Sunday.
Egyptian military chief of staff Gen. Sedki Sobhi took oath of office on Thursday as the country's new defense minister to succeed his predecessor Abdel-Fattah al- Sisi who resigned to run for president, the state TV reported.
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