The Yemeni embassy in Cairo announced that Egypt has agreed to operate flights between Al-Rayyan Airport in Hadhramaut and the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

Egypt announced a loss of nearly $7 billion in Suez Canal revenues during the current year, affected by the events taking place in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab, in reference to the attacks launched by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia on international shipping vessels.

Egypt may be the most affected by the current escalation in the Red Sea, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty said on Sunday.

Social media in Egypt is abuzz with talk about a drug known in the media as the “girl rape drug.” There has been a lot of talk about the narcotic drug, also known as GHB, after news of people being arrested on charges of possessing narcotics.

The Egyptian army categorically denied on Thursday evening the news circulating about Egyptian assistance to Israel in its military operations in the Gaza Strip, stressing that "there is no cooperation with it."

The MV Catherine docked at the Egyptian port of Alexandria on the Mediterranean on Monday and was last seen there, according to data from the London Stock Exchange Group and ship-tracking website Marine Traffic.