Sources: Reuters
Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a building collapse in Damanhour, Beheira Governorate, Egypt. 2023-02-10
Egypt receives its first shipment of 50,000 of Sinopharm's vaccine, making it the first African country to receive COVID-19 vaccines. The shipment was provided as a gift from the United Arab Emirates, which recently announced that the vaccine had an 86% efficacy based on Phase III testing results. 2020-12-11
Egypt bans "Saturday Night Live Arabia" for using "sexual expressions that are inappropriate for viewers". 2018-02-12
Tests, by a team of international archaeologists, of mummified legs found in QV66 in Egypt's Valley of the Queens indicate they most likely belong to Queen Nefertari, Pharaoh Ramesses II's first and favorite wife. 2016-12-5
A massive sandstorm hits Lebanon and Syria as well as Jordan, Israel and Egypt. The Lebanese Health Ministry said the storm caused the deaths of two women, and sent hundreds to hospitals with breathing difficulties. Particularly hard hit were the 1.1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, many in flimsy tents in informal campsites. 2015-09-8
Three judges in Egypt chairing the trial of the leaders Muslim Brotherhood step down, citing reasons of conscience. 2013-10-29
Hundreds are reported dead - including 43 police - across Egypt as security forces disperse two pro-Morsi sit-ins; one at Rabaa Square and one at al-Nahda Square. 2013-08-14
The scheduled start date of the parliamentary elections Egypt is moved from April 29 to April 22. 2013-02-23
A man sets himself on fire outside the parliament building in Cairo, Egypt. Copycat burnings also take place in Algeria and Mauritania. 2011-01-17
There is controversy in Egyptian media after an Egyptian member of parliament who was on the Gaza-bound flotilla says that the flotilla participants overpowered three Israeli commandos and took their weapons from them. 2010-06-9