The State Department said Thursday that it had approved the sale of more than 20 heavy-lift helicopters to Egypt.

A former Egyptian minister and governor has suffered a stroke in the Tora prison complex, south of the capital Cairo, amid mounting concern about his health. There has been a ban on visits to former Minister of Local Development Mohamed Ali Beshr, 71, since 2018.

Egypt and Cyprus continue to coordinate and consult on the situation in Libya and the Palestinian issue and activate the East Mediterranean Gas Forum, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in a joint press conference with his Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides on Thursday in Cairo.

At least 16,064 people have been victims of politically motivated prosecutions in Egypt in 2020 and 2021, according to a new report.

The Minya Criminal Court in southern Egypt sentenced nine people to death by hanging after accusing them of killing 11 people “in revenge” for the death of their relative in 2011.

Egypt is attempting to position itself as an impartial arbiter while hosting this year’s COP27 UN climate summit, as it pushes other nations to act on climate pledges while promoting the interests of the developing world, a senior Egyptian official said.

The Professor of Geology and Water Resources at Cairo University Abbas Sharaky said that Ethiopia is heading to a fourth breach in international accords over filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Imprisoned Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah is willing to accept revocation of Egyptian citizenship if dual nationality is an obstacle for his release, his family said on Tuesday.

Egyptian courts sentenced 356 people to death in 2021, the highest number of death sentences worldwide, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

Egypt will list 10 of its largest state-owned and military-owned companies on the stock exchange by the end of this year, and several other assets will be sold over the next four years in order to attract foreign investors and also alleviate the current economic hardships.