Sources: BBC
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
Two people are killed and another person is injured when a roof collapses in Alexandria, Egypt. 2023-01-7
Five soldiers are killed and four others are injured during a shooting at a security post in North Sinai, Egypt. 2022-05-11
Egyptian and American archaeologists discover an ancient mass-production brewery in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos, likely dating back to the Early Dynastic Period. Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, believes it to be "the oldest high-production brewery in the world". 2021-02-13
Egypt reopens the Pyramid of Djoser after a 14-year restoration. The pyramid is deemed the oldest stone structure of its size in the world. 2020-03-5
The government of Egypt resign "en masse", allowing Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to run for President. 2014-02-24
Over 100 people are killed and around 1,500 injured in a violent crackdown against protesters in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. 2013-07-27
An apartment block collapses in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, killing at least 25 people. [http:--www.dailystar.com.lb-News-Middle-East-2013-Jan-16-202486-collapse-of-apartment-building-in-egypt-kills-14.ashx ("The Daily Star")] [http:--en.ria.ru-world-20130117-178825752-Egypt_Building_Collapse_Leaves_At_Least_25_Dead.html (RIA Novosti)]date=August 2019 2013-01-16
Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil al-Araby calls on the United States to support an independent Palestine, stating that the U.S. should consider a re-united Palestinian movement as a positive development and that Israel ought to negotiate with Palestine. 2011-05-2
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) alleges the Egyptian interior ministry manipulated the legal system to target blogger Wael Abbas who posted videos of police corruption and abuse online and has been jailed for six months for "providing a telecommunications service to the public without permission". 2010-03-12