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At least 20 people are killed and three more are wounded after a bus overturns after being hit by a truck in Asyut, Egypt.
2021-04-14

Egypt launches a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 with the first doses of Sinopharm's vaccine given to healthcare workers in Ismailia.
2021-01-24

The Egyptian military says 14 terrorists attacked a Sinai military base today, with four of them blowing themselves up and killing eight soldiers.
2018-04-14

Former President of the United Nations General Assembly John William Ashe is charged with taking US$1.3 million in bribes from Chinese businessmen.
2015-10-6

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks of an offer suggested by an Egyptian official whom he didn't name, that implies Egypt donating 600 square miles of land in Sinai to be used as a solution to the problem of Palestinian refugees. Mahmoud Abbas said that he rejected that offer.
2014-09-3

Former Chinese Railways Minister Liu Zhijun is given a suspended death sentence for corruption.
2013-07-8

Bedouin men kidnap two tourists from the United States and their guide in Egypt's Sinai region and demand the release of a jailed tribesman for their return.
2012-07-13

A rocket fired from Egypt's Sinai desert hits the Israeli city of Eilat but causes no injuries or property damage.
2012-04-5

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

Egypt's general prosecutor imposes a travel ban on former President Hosni Mubarak and his family.
2011-02-28