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At least 19 people are killed and 185 others are injured after two trains collide in Sohag, Egypt. Passengers triggered the emergency brakes on the first train; a second train following on the same track was not stopped.
2021-03-26

Islamist militants bomb a gas pipeline between Egypt and Israel in the northern Sinai Peninsula.
2020-02-2

Fifteen militants accused of carrying out attacks in 2013 during the Sinai Insurgency are hanged in Egypt. The last mass execution in the country took place in 2015, when six jihadists were executed.
2017-12-26

Qatar withdraws its ambassador from Egypt following disagreement over Egyptian Air Force strikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the execution of 21 Coptic Christian hostages by Islamic State.
2015-02-19

Twenty-three people are killed in a gunfight between feuding tribes near the Egyptian city of Aswan.
2014-04-5

President Barack Obama cancels joint military exercises between the United States and Egypt.
2013-08-15

Iran and Egypt describe each other as "strategic allies" at the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Iran.
2012-08-30

Voters in Egypt go to the polls for the first round of voting in parliamentary elections.
2011-11-28

Saboteurs attack Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan, destroying a section of the pipeline west of al-Arish in Sinai.
2011-11-28

New protests erupt in Egypt demanding a civilian leadership, an end to the emergency law and better pay.
2011-02-14