The EU-Arab League summit is the only real coverage Egypt is getting in the foreign press this morning.

Other headlines worth noting in brief include:

  • Tourism numbers this year could beat the 15 mn visitors record of 2010 when Russian flights to Red Sea resorts resume, Hamza Hendawi writes for The National.
  • Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued an order late on Saturday to pardon and release a number of Egyptian citizens imprisoned in the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
  • The Dostour Party has denounced a “campaign of arrests” against its members for opposing parliamentary efforts to consolidate presidential powers through constitutional amendments, AFP reports.
  • The family of a Canadian man who has been detained in Egypt is urging Ottawa to intervene amid concerns for his safety, CBC reports.
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