Sources: BBC
Egypt and Turkey exchange ambassadors as part of a restoration of diplomatic relations. 2023-07-4
Egypt receives their first shipment of 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States. 2021-09-30
Nine people are killed in two coordinated attacks targeting Coptic Christians in Egypt. Two of the victims are killed by a gunman in a Coptic-owned appliance store in the Helwan area of Cairo. The gunman then moves to a church where he kills a further six civilians and a policeman before being arrested. 2017-12-29
A United States Air Force drone strike kills a senior leader in the Syrian militant group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, Egyptian-born Abu al-Faraj al-Masri, in Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib Governorate. 2016-10-3
As a temporary security measure, effective Saturday, Russia bans incoming flights by Egypt's state-owned airline, EgyptAir, two weeks after an apparent terrorist bomb downed a Russian jet in the Sinai. 2015-11-13
An Egyptian court dissolves the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. 2014-08-9
Egyptian security forces arrested an alleged member of the Free Syrian Army in Giza's Imbaba. They also seized a number of explosives they claimed would allegedly be used in terror attacks in the country before the upcoming presidential elections. 2014-05-12
Protests break out in Egypt when envoys from the European Union visit the country, protesting for Morsi to be brought back to power. 2013-07-17
Iran and Egypt describe each other as "strategic allies" at the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Iran. 2012-08-30
Former Egyptian interior minister Habib al-Adli is sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on corruption charges. 2011-05-5