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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni tells the Cairo Peace Summit the international community must avoid an escalation in the war in Gaza and set a roadmap towards a two-state solution.
2023-10-20

The remains of 22 pharaohs are transferred from Cairo's Egyptian Museum to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, which is set to fully open the following day, in a procession dubbed "The Pharaohs' Golden Parade".
2021-04-3

German airline Lufthansa resumes flights between Cairo and Frankfurt and Munich, while British Airways flights to Cairo remain cancelled for six more days. The UK Foreign Office warns against "all travel" to certain parts of Egypt, but its standard advice for Cairo is for passengers to check for changes.
2019-07-21

An Egyptian excavation team discovers the remains of a pyramid dating back 3,700 years to the thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt at the Dahshur necropolis 40km south of Cairo.
2017-04-3

Gunmen kill eight policemen in an ambush outside Cairo. The attack is claimed by Islamic State.
2016-05-8

Voters in many parts of Egypt including Cairo go to the polls for a parliamentary election.
2015-11-22

Egypt's Interior Ministry announces the death of a senior figure in the Islamic State’s “Sinai province.” Ashraf Ali Hassanein al Gharabli, killed in a Cairo shootout with police, was also linked to other extremist groups and terrorist activities.
2015-11-10

Supporters of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood clash with police at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. One person is killed and two campus buildings are set on fire.
2013-12-28

The Prime Minister of Egypt Essam Sharaf to discuss fatal clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Imbaba district of Cairo.
2011-05-8

The ban given following the Togo national football team attack ahead of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola is lifted with immediate effect as confirmed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) at a meeting in Cairo.
2010-05-14