Sources: BBC
A court in Ismailia grants the Egyptian Suez Canal Authority's request to seize CS "Ever Given" pending payment of a compensation claim of over US$900 million. 2021-04-13
Islamist militants bomb a gas pipeline between Egypt and Israel in the northern Sinai Peninsula. 2020-02-2
Large blasts occur in Cairo and Giza, Egypt, targeting the State Security agency and leaving six police officers injured. 2015-08-20
Russian ministers led by Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov including Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu arrive in Cairo and meet with their Egyptian counterparts including the head of Egypt's military General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in talks over a new era of enhanced military co-operation. 2013-11-14
Egyptian authorities arrest Muhammad Badie, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, in Cairo. Mahmoud Ezzat, deputy leader of the Brotherhood, becomes temporarily the new Supreme Guide. 2013-08-20
Five people are killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. 2013-04-6
A Draft constitution by the Constitutuent Assembly is approved by a majority of Egyptians in a referendum on 15 and 22 December. 2012-12-23
Islamist parties win the first stage of the Egyptian parliamentary election, with the Muslim Brotherhood-aligned Freedom and Justice Party first at 37% of the vote, and the more hardline Salafi Al-Nour Party in second place with 24% of the vote. 2011-12-4
Egypt's transitional government promises to hold the Egyptian presidential election by November. 2011-03-30
Three car bombs hit the Egyptian, German and Iranian embassies in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in quick succession, killing at least 30 people. 2010-04-4