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Militants ambush a police convoy in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killing 18 police and wounding seven others.
2017-09-11

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

Egyptian security forces open fire on a Mexican tourist convoy in the Western Desert while pursuing militants with at least twelve people killed and 10 injured.
2015-09-13

An Egyptian court reaffirms the death sentence for 21 football fans for their role in the 2012 Port Said Stadium riot and sentenced two security officers to 15 years in jail for negligence.
2013-03-9

Egypt's President Mohammed Mursi fires general prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud.
2012-10-11

Voters in Egypt go to the polls for a presidential election, 15 months after former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a revolution.
2012-05-23

At least two people are killed and over 600 injured in violent clashes with police in Cairo's Tahrir Square, following mass protests against Egypt's post-revolutionary military leadership.
2011-11-19

The headquarters of Egypt's Ministry of Interior burns to the ground as police officers protest outside about low wages.
2011-03-22

More than 10,000 Palestinians, including many patients needing medical treatment, are reported to have crossed into Egypt via the Rafah border since its 1 June opening in the aftermath of the Gaza flotilla raid.
2010-07-3

The cruise ship MS "Costa Europa" crashes into a dock in the Egyptian port of Sharm al-Sheikh, killing three people.
2010-02-26