Egypt has rejected an Israeli proposal to join a US-led maritime coalition formed under the pretext of protecting shipping in the strategic Red Sea following Yemen’s retaliatory attacks on Israeli-owned and -bound vessels in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media.

Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi held a telephone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Saturday, discussing recent developments in the Gaza Strip and the prospect of restoring diplomatic relations between Tehran and Cairo.

For Gaza resident Zaki Abu Sleyma the water now flowing into the devastated enclave from a desalination project in Egypt tastes “like sugar” after weeks of Israel’s bombardment and siege left him and many others drinking unclean, brackish water.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Friday appeared to discredit the moribund Israel-Palestinian peace process and instead called on the international community to recognize the Palestinian state.

The presidents of Iran and Egypt expressed their determination to mend ties and resume diplomatic relations between the two Muslim states after decades.

The Egyptian government has reportedly rejected the United States’ proposal to temporarily take administrative control of the Gaza Strip, stressing that Cairo will never play a role in removing the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.

According to international media reports, 28 people were killed and more than 60 others were injured due to a series of accidents on the Cairo-Eskandiya highway in Egypt.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Egypt’s prime minister on Thursday that their countries should work together to bring “more stability” to the Middle East, as the Israeli aggression on Gaza casts a shadow over the region.

A 13-story building collapsed in northern Egypt, and the country's relief forces are trying to pull people out from under the rubble.

Palestinian officials have said that, Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in Gaza have agreed to a truce that has officially been in effect since 10pm (19:00 GMT).

The heads of the Arab parliaments arrived in Damascus after 12 years and met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak passed away at the age of 91 on Tuesday.

Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi has denounced as a “flagrant” breach of Iraqi sovereignty a US airstrike in Baghdad that targeted and assassinated Iran’s Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday called on Egyptian authorities to protect the right to peaceful protest, one day after rare demonstrations erupted against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.

Uganda qualified for the Round of 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations in Group A, despite losing to host nation Egypt 2-0 on Sunday.

The Trump administration is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organisation, the White House said on Tuesday.

The ambassador to Egypt to Afghanistan Hani Salah said that his country is ready to assist Afghanistan in the fight against terrorism.

Egyptian parliament on Sunday approved a presidential decree to extend the nationwide state of emergency for another three months, according to the official gazette.

A 4,400-year-old Pharaonic-era tomb has been discovered south of Egyptian capital Cairo, Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced Saturday.

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered eight mummies dating back over 2,300 years at a pyramid complex south of Cairo, authorities say.