Egypt Domestic News Summary

Following is a summary of current Egypt domestic news briefs on Friday.

AL AHRAM, AL AKHBAR & AL GOMHURIA newspapers reported in its headlines the Following:

– Petroleum min.: Egypt to hold int’l bid for putting Red Sea on world oil map

* Molla: We signed 61 exploration agreements with $14bn investments

– 1st batch of pilgrims to return home from Holy Lands on Saturday

– Trump declares ‘market would crash’ if Democrats impeached him

– US-China trade war escalates as Washington imposes new tariffs on Beijing’s imports

– Specialized committee formed to develop statute of Egypt’s sovereign fund

– Tax returns to be submitted online

– Terrorist kills his mother, sister in Paris

– New governors to be sworn in within hours

– Egypt enjoys political stability, witnesses major breakthrough in tourism sector – Argentina’s ambassador

– 45mn Egyptians to undergo medical tests in October

– Up to 87,000 Egyptian pilgrims start returning home

– Seven major axes to be set up in Upper Egypt to link East, West Nile River

– Committee formed to prepare statute of Egypt’s sovereign fund

– Egyptian, Jordanian FMs mull developments in peace process

– Finance Ministry finalizes preparations to receive online tax returns

– 88,000 job opportunities offered in three months – Manpower Ministry

– 7.3mn tourists visit Egypt in nine months

– Russia says will not halt missile engine exports to US despite sanctions

– Egyptian-Sudanese ministerial committee to convene in Cairo Tuesday

– Eid in Cairo is trouble-free

– Pilgrims pray, give praise as hajj winds down in Mecca

– Gunmen attack checkpoint in Libya, killing four

– Head of UN probe of Gaza violence quits

– Syrian refugees cannnot return now, France says

– Migrant boat sinks off Tunisia, five dead

– Egypt wins membership of ATU administrative council 2019-2022