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A Russian national is killed by a tiger shark off the coast of Hurghada, Egypt. Following the attack, authorities closed a 46 mile stretch of the Red Sea coast until 11 June. The shark was later captured.
2023-06-8

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

Egypt bombs Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant targets in the city of Derna in Libya following the execution of 21 Coptic Christians recently.
2015-02-16

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

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

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

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

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

Environmentalists said that an oil spill near Hurghada Egypt in the Red Sea is continuing even after the government said it had been contained, leaving turtles and sea birds covered in oil.
2010-06-22