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Egypt rejects two World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements which would have forced it to export domestically needed food to alleviate the global food crisis, citing proposals that it considers harmful to developing countries and also noting that 30 other WTO member states restrict food exports.
2022-06-21

Egypt receives its first shipment of 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India.
2021-01-31

Citizens of Egypt head to the polls to elect 200 members of the newly created senate. The new upper house of the parliament will be an advisory body only and is expected to be dominated by supporters of president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
2020-08-11

At least 45 people have been killed and 50 injured in explosions near two Coptic Christian churches packed with worshippers on Palm Sunday in the Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria.
2017-04-9

Egypt launches strikes around Sheikh Zuweid in retaliation for the 15 Egyptian soldiers that were killed by ISIL-affiliated groups in the past week, killing about 100 terrorists according to Egyptian military sources.
2015-04-4

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks of an offer suggested by an Egyptian official whom he didn't name, that implies Egypt donating 600 square miles of land in Sinai to be used as a solution to the problem of Palestinian refugees. Mahmoud Abbas said that he rejected that offer.
2014-09-3

Voting in Egypt continues for an unscheduled third day due to concerns about low turnout. Official results show former military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi headed for a massive victory with 92% of the vote.
2014-05-28

At the same time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also told a meeting of the Israeli Cabinet that, if necessary, he would be prepared to authorize a substantially broader operation, though he did not indicate whether the 75,000 Israeli soldiers put on reserve would be used in a future ground operation or not. Egypt, whose leaders have been working with the U.S., Hamas leaders, the Arab League (which has convened an emergency meeting), Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been trying to secure a (lasting) cease-fire, to avoid a repeat of the 2008 war. During his Asia trip, U.S. President Barack Obama reiterated that Israel had a right to use any means possible to keep its citizens safe from external attacks.
2012-11-18