Sources: BBC
Ten soldiers and one officer are killed during an attack at a checkpoint at a water pumping station in the Suez Canal, Egypt. 2022-05-7
Egypt unveils 59 coffins of priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago. 2020-10-3
Suspected ISIL militants attack checkpoints and an assembly center in the Egyptian city of Arish. Seven police officers are killed, along with a civilian. Four militants also died, including one that blew himself up. 2019-06-25
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
Large blasts occur in Cairo and Giza, Egypt, targeting the State Security agency and leaving six police officers injured. 2015-08-20
Egypt's highest court overturns and initiates a retrial on the only remaining conviction against former President Hosni Mubarak (a May 2014 sentencing of three years in prison for embezzlement). 2015-01-13
Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi's order to reopen parliament is rejected by the highest court, stating that its ruling dissolving the assembly is binding. 2012-07-9
Egyptian protesters march towards the Defense Ministry in Cairo, demanding the return of a civilian government. 2012-02-10
Egypt lifts its closure on the Gaza Strip, allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza via Rafah and Israel eases its blockade of the Gaza Strip for food items. 2010-06-9
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin makes history as he leads a 10-member delegation to Gaza via Egypt, becoming the first EU Foreign Minister to visit since the 2009 Israeli assault after having previously been refused entry by Israel. He calls on Israel to end the blockade. 2010-02-25