Sources: BBC
Hamas announces the end of ceasefire talks held in Cairo, Egypt, while Israel vows to continue its military operations. 2024-05-5
At least 18 people are killed and 24 others are injured when an apartment complex building collapses in Cairo, Egypt. 2021-03-27
Egypt invites rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to meet in Cairo in a bid to halt violent protests at the Israeli-Gazan border. 2018-04-17
King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud announces, during his trip to Cairo, that a bridge crossing the Red Sea will be built, linking Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says the bridge will be named after the Saudi monarch. A Saudi–Egypt Causeway project has been in the works for years. 2016-04-8
The storm spreads to Egypt with some Cairo suburbs seeing snowfall. Local news reports claimed it was the capital's first snowfall in 112 years. Night temperatures are expected to drop as low as 2°C - 36°F. 2013-12-13
300 people are arrested in Egypt following yesterday's violent clashes outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo. 2012-05-5
Egypt's tax authority building in Cairo is set alight as protests against the continuation of military rule carry on. 2012-02-4
Clashes take place between pro-democracy protesters and security forces in Cairo, Egypt. 2011-12-16
At least 25 people are killed and many more injured after protesters and security forces clash in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, during a protest in response to an attack on a Coptic church. 2011-10-9
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a leading Islamic preacher associated with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, is to lead public prayers in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the first time in thirty years. 2011-02-18