Sources: BBC
Three people are killed and 37 others are injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in El Dabaa, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. 2023-07-30
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 2021-04-25
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announces the rediscovery of Aten, a 3,000-year-old "lost golden city", near Luxor. Unearthed by a team led by Zahi Hawass, the site is the largest city ever found in Egyptian history. 2021-04-8
Egypt, citing humanitarian reasons, opens the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula for three days. 2018-04-12
Lebanese Customs seize five tonnes of Captagon amphetamine pills and Hashish, concealed in primary school desks that were to be shipped to Egypt, at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport. Meanwhile, security forces in northern Lebanon found two workshops producing Captagon and other drugs during a series of raids. The drug is infamous as being used by Islamist militants in the Syrian civil war. 2015-12-29
Egypt deploys around 800 troops to Yemen to join the Saudi-led war effort against the Houthis. 2015-09-9
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
The Syrian opposition makes the Egyptian capital Cairo its headquarters. 2012-11-19
Egyptian comedian Adel Emam is sentenced to three months in prison for insulting Islam. 2012-02-2
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