Sources: The Straits Times
Two people are killed in a shark attack off the coast of Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt, on the Red Sea. 2022-07-3
A natural gas pipeline is blown up in Bir al-Abd, North Sinai, Egypt, by suspected jihadist militants. 2022-04-30
A tricycle falls into a man-made channel in Itay El Barud, Egypt. Eight children die and four people are rescued. 2022-04-30
Saudi Arabia announces the formation of a 34-member Islamic Military Alliance against terrorism including Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan with a joint operations centre based in Riyadh. 2015-12-15
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slams Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as an "illegitimate tyrant", adding that Egypt could not be relied on when negotiating a ceasefire. 2014-07-18
Egypt's top judges accuse President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi of staging an "unprecedented attack" on the judiciary, after he passes a decree granting himself extensive new powers. Critics and supporters have staged rallies. Crowds gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square, vowing to stage a sit-in protest. 2012-11-24
Voters in Egypt go to the polls for a second day to vote in the second round of a presidential election, with former prime minister Ahmed Shafik and Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party both competing for the presidency. 2012-06-17
A new cabinet of Egypt is sworn in by the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Mohamed Hussein Tantawi. 2011-03-7
Two Iranian aid ships begin departing for Gaza, one from Khorramshahr and one from Istanbul. Egypt grants permission for 70 Iranian MPs to visit Gaza. 2010-06-14