Egyptian police in Cairo fired tear gas at protesters Friday during a demonstration in condemnation of President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi’s recent decision to give away two islands to Saudi Arabia.

Egypt's police have "encircled" major routes into Cairo as the government attempts to prevent a planned protest over the decision to hand two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.

Egypt had informed Israel about its intention to give away two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, and had received Israeli blessing, Israeli media say.

Egyptian judiciary officials have refused to provide Italy with phone records of subscribers in a probe related to a slain Italian student, saying the request runs counter to the Egyptian constitution.

The Egyptian government has handed over the ownership of disputed Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia amid strong objection from several former officials as well as the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and visiting Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz have finalized a contract for a $16-billion investment fund among several other bilateral accords.

At least four Egyptian army soldiers have been killed in a surprise attack by Takfiri militants against a camp in the North African country’s volatile Sinai Peninsula.

Egyptian armed forces have killed ten militants and wounded at least 13 others in a fresh attack on their hideouts in the troubled North Sinai province.

A military court in the Egyptian city of Alexandria has handed down death sentences to eight more supporters of the country’s army-toppled President Mohamed Morsi, Press TV reports.

At least two Egyptian police officers have lost their lives and four others sustained injuries in a bomb explosion that destroyed their vehicle in the country’s restive Sinai Peninsula.

Egypt’s president warned Saturday that potential protests on the upcoming anniversary of the 2011 revolution will be faced with a heavy-handed crackdown.

Gunmen have killed a police officer and a soldier in an area on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

Egypt’s new parliament has convened its inaugural session over three years after the legislature was dissolved by a court ruling.

Two knife-wielding men have attacked a hotel in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Hurghada and injured three European tourists, only a day after two men attacked a hotel bus in the capital Cairo.

The Egyptian Air Force has killed over 40 militants linked to the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the north of Sinai Peninsula.

Egypt has sent a new ambassador to Tel Aviv after a three-year lapse in diplomatic presence in the occupied territories.

Fifteen people have drowned after an unlicensed ferry capsized in Egypt's Nile river north of Cairo overnight, the government says.

The government of President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi in Egypt is manipulating the public with theories that the world is conspiring against the North African country while it is severely restricting the freedom of expression, says a renowned Egyptian writer, novelist and political activist, Alaa al-Aswany.

An Egyptian military court has sentenced nearly 220 Muslim Brotherhood members to hefty jail terms over their alleged roles in a series of anti-government protests in 2013, Press TV reports.

Egyptian military has demolished 20 more tunnels between the country and the besieged Gaza Strip, which has been under an Israeli blockade for the past several years.