Sources: Al Jazeera BBC
Egypt and Jordan both urge Bashar al-Assad and his family to leave Syria, saying that Assad can no longer stop the rebel offensive. 2024-12-6
Two Egyptian Air Force officers are killed when a helicopter crashes during a training exercise in Suez Governorate, Egypt. 2024-11-5
Direct commercial flights between Russia and Egypt resume for the first time since the Metrojet Flight 9268 bombing in 2015, which killed 224 people, most of whom were Russian tourists. A Rossiya Airlines passenger plane landed in Sharm El Sheikh carrying 518 passengers, and was welcomed with a water cannon salute, roses and flags. 2021-08-9
Shelling in Bir Al Abd, Egypt kills nine members of the same family. A further six people are wounded. 2019-10-12
The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) has claimed that it sank an Egyptian patrol boat in the Mediterranean, just off the coast of Rafah. The Egyptian military claimed the ship sank from a fire not caused by attacks. 2015-07-16
An Egyptian court hands down a death sentence to Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and thirteen others. 2015-03-16
At least 73 people are killed as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in the city of Port Said. 2012-02-1
At least two people are killed and over 600 injured in violent clashes with police in Cairo's Tahrir Square, following mass protests against Egypt's post-revolutionary military leadership. 2011-11-19
Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil is sentenced to three years in prison by a military court for criticising the army. 2011-04-11
More than 80 per cent of votes in the Egyptian constitutional referendum support liberal reforms. 2011-03-20