Sources: The Straits Times
Ukrainian deputy prime minister Oleksiy Kuleba says that Russian drone attacks in Ukraine have killed at least five people, including an Egyptian crew member aboard a Panamanian-flagged vessel in the Black Sea and three members of the same family in Sumy Oblast. The attack also damages the vessel and forces its crew to evacuate. 2026-06-22
Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates formally join the BRICS group as new members. 2024-01-1
Egypt reports the highest daily rise in both active cases and deaths since the start of the pandemic. 2020-06-14
Egypt reopens the Pyramid of Djoser after a 14-year restoration. The pyramid is deemed the oldest stone structure of its size in the world. 2020-03-5
The Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo, Syria, opens to the public for the first time since 2013. Syrian Transport Minister Ali Hammoud says regular commercial flights will begin within days, starting with Cairo, Egypt. 2020-02-17
A rocket attack in Libya's capital Tripoli kills 23 Egyptian workers amid increased fighting in the city for control of an airport. 2014-07-27
Attacks by suicide bombers on a security checkpoint and a civilian bus in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula as well as a separate bombing near a courthouse in Cairo killed at least four people. 2014-05-2
A bomb explodes at a police station in the Egyptian city of Mansoura, the capital of the Dakahlia Governorate, killing at least one person and injuring 17. 2013-07-24
A teenager is killed and 40 wounded while storming the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Damanhur, Egypt, during the third day of protests as a result from the power grab by Mohamed Morsi. 2012-11-25
Armed men open fire at a checkpoint in the Egyptian city of Arish on the Sinai Peninsula. 2012-08-8