On an exceptionally quiet morning for Egypt in the international press, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s comments to citizens on maintaining a healthy body weight has gone viral, Reuters reports. The New York Times also picked up the story.

Elsewhere: The ‘mutually beneficial partnership’ between Egypt and European leaders is unaffected by human rights abuses of Egyptian citizens and even European visitors to our country, Mohamed Lotfy writes for Euronews.