Sources: BBC
A double–decker bus overturned on the Gala road between Cairo, Egypt and Suez Governorate, killing eight and injuring 38. 2022-09-2
An Egyptian court sentences former acting Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahmoud Ezzat to life imprisonment for murder and terror offences connected to 2013 clashes in Cairo. 2021-04-8
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
During a two-day visit by an Egyptian delegation in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow and Cairo have agreed to speed up work on drafting agreements on military-technological cooperation. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu added that this could include joint military exercises and training of Egyptian officers in Russian military academies. 2014-02-13
Large crowds gather in Cairo, Egypt to protest against the presidency of Mohammed Morsi 2013-06-29
Violent clashes occur in Cairo between supporters and opponents of the President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi. 2012-12-5
Syrian civil war: The UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi states in Cairo that the Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire during the four-day Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha. 2012-10-24
A Cairo court rules in favour of calls by anti-regime protesters and rules Egypt's local councils elected under the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak are to be dissolved. 2011-06-28
Clashes occur in Cairo and Alexandria between supporters and opponents of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak with one person dead and 700 injured. 2011-02-2
Dozens of people gather in central Cairo in a rare protest against the use of force on pro-democracy demonstrations which "pose a threat to the national security". 2010-04-20