Topping coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning was the series of laws passed by the House of Representatives yesterday, with particular attention being given to politically sensitive laws. The most talked about and the most controversial is a law that shields senior military officials from prosecution without permission from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. All foreign coverage on the law has reached the same conclusion: That the law was designed to shield them from prosecution for violence during the ousting of Ikhwani president Mohamed Morsi, with many, including from the BBC, running their own counts of those dead and arrested during the period.

The foreign press was also critical of the passing of the Press and Media Act, with outlets calling the law, legalized censorship. The Wall Street Journal says the move is another attempt by the El Sisi administration to consolidate power.

Other headlines worth noting in brief:

• Abu Dhabi’s Enviromena Power Systems is working on solar power projects in Egypt with up to 256 MW generation capacity, which will come online in 2019, according to ME Construction News.
• Egypt has managed to broker another “fragile” truce between Israel and Palestinian factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Al Bawaba says.
• National Geographic’s latest show traces archaeologist Matt Adams’ 30 years of digging in Ancient Abydos, according to News and Sentinel.