The Egyptian Public Prosecution and the Italian General Prosecution of Rome issued a joint statement on Monday regarding the latest developments in the 2016 killing of the Italian PhD student, Giulio Regeni, in Cairo.

On their way to the homeland from Russia, units of the Egyptian and Greek naval forces carried out joint maritime training with Greek forces in the Mediterranean, said the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in a statement on Monday.

Egyptian security officials will likely face trial in Italy over the murder of PhD student Giulio Regeni, The Times reported on Monday.

Egyptian officials physically assaulted a number of female political prisoners at the Qanatir women’s jail on Saturday in an “unprecedented violation,” a rights group reported.

The Egyptian naval forces and their French counterpart have carried out a transit naval exercise in the Mediterranean, according to a Tuesday statement from the Egyptian Armed Forces official Facebook page. 

A man who worked in German Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s press office has been charged with spying for Egypt, prosecutors said on Monday.

A number of naval vessels of the Egyptian Armed Forces has left the Alexandria Naval Base and headed to the Black Sea where a joint Egyptian-Russian naval training (Friendship Bridge-3) would take place, announced the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in a statement on Monday.

The official spokesperson for the Egyptian Armed Forces Tamer al-Refeai announced Saturday that Egyptian military units have arrived in Sudan to participate in joint military exercises.

In a continuing sign of the unrest plaguing Bir al-Abd, a Coptic man was kidnapped by armed militants last week from outside his home in the North Sinai city.

Under Secretary of the Navy Gregory J. Slavonic visited Egypt November 8-10 to reaffirm U.S. support for a strong, secure and prosperous Egypt, our commitment to freedom of navigation, and our continued partnership on security issues.