Sources: BBC
Four people are killed and at least 22 others are injured in a fire at the Ramses Exchange building in Cairo, Egypt. National connectivity data is brought down to 62% of ordinary levels, including banking and phone calls. Trading on the Cairo Stock Exchange is halted the following day. 2025-07-7
At least six people are killed and 39 others are rescued after a "Sindbad" submarine carrying Russian tourists sinks off the Red Sea coast of Hurghada, Egypt. 2025-03-27
Hamas releases two American hostages following mediation by Egypt and Qatar. 2023-10-20
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
Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, sign a unity deal in Cairo, that is also publicly supported by the governments of Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The Fatah-controlled Palestinian National Authority (PNA), along with Israel, currently govern the West Bank. According to the signatories of the deal, the PNA will take administrative control of the Gaza Strip, and, along with Hamas, police its borders. The signatories consider the agreement a first step, and, if productive, plan to meet next month to address the remaining issues. The government of Israel opposes any involvement by Hamas in a Palestinian government. 2017-10-12
Close to 300 landmarks in 60 countries, from the Pyramids in Egypt, to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and the Empire State Building in New York, were lit up in blue β the official color of the United Nations β to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the world body. 2015-10-24
Peace talks between Hamas and Israel have been canceled after the Hamas delegation was refused entry into Egypt following recent attacks against the Egyptian Army. 2014-10-26
Libyan police found the bodies of seven Egyptian Christians shot dead execution-style on a beach near the city of Benghazi. 2014-02-24
Coptic Christians clash with police in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, as they demand more protection for Egypt's Christian minority following a New Year's Day bombing of a Coptic church that killed 21. 2011-01-3
Officials in 3 Egyptian governorates declare a state of emergency after a barge leaked some 100 tons of gasoline into the Nile River north of Aswan. 2010-09-11