Sources: Al Jazeera BBC
Egypt receives a shipment of 1.7 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX initiative, bringing the total number of COVAX-donated doses to 4.3 million. 2021-08-13
The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry of Egypt states that they have discovered ancient coffins at the necropolis in Saqqara. 2020-10-19
Egypt opens the Rafah Crossing into the Gaza Strip for three days, saying it is to be used by students, those requiring medical assistance, and people with permits to enter Egypt. 2018-04-28
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
Gunmen killed an Egyptian intelligence officer and a policeman on a desert road outside Cairo in a late-night firefight. 2014-04-20
Egypt's tax authority building in Cairo is set alight as protests against the continuation of military rule carry on. 2012-02-4
Five people are killed and 1,700 injured in clashes resulting from the incident in Port Said. 2012-02-3
Ali Gomaa, the Islamic Grand Mufti of Egypt, warns of the potential of civil war because of "outlaws who want to defy the authority of the state". 2011-05-9
More than 80 per cent of votes in the Egyptian constitutional referendum support liberal reforms. 2011-03-20