Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned that illegal encroachments on the Nile River have become an unprecedented issue which may require the army’s involvement if necessary.

Egyptian authorities are abusing counter-terrorism laws to arbitrarily detain a leading businessman and his son in conditions that amount to torture in reprisal for their refusal to hand over company assets, Amnesty International said today.

The Egyptian cabinet has approved a decision put forward by the president to allocate 90,000 acres of state-owned land in the Rabaa and Bir Al-Abed areas of Sinai to the National Service Projects Organisation.

Two Palestinian fishermen who disappeared at sea in early September off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip have reportedly been located in prison in Egypt, their family told local media on Thursday.

The Saudi and Emirati militaries have arrived in Greece to begin joint exercises with the Greek and Egyptian militaries, in what they are hailing as further cooperation between allied states.

Egypt’s Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, who headed the military junta that ruled after president Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in the Arab Spring protests, has died at age 85, state media and a military official said Tuesday.

The joint Egyptian-Cypriot training session “Ptolemy 2021”, carried out over several days, concluded in a military base in Cyprus with the participation of special forces from both countries.

A high-profile Islamic State commander in Sinai has given himself up to a tribal union loyal to the Egyptian military, exposing possible cracks within the organization and potentially putting valuable information at the disposal of Cairo.

The joint Bright Star 2021 military training concluded activities on Friday at Mohamed Naguib Military Base on the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt, along with the United States and 19 other countries.

The United States will withhold $130m in security assistance to Egypt this year, releasing the funds only if the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ends the prosecution of rights and civil society organisations.