Sources: Reuters
Twenty-seven ancient artifacts housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, United States, are seized by federal investigators under the suspicion that they were looted. The artifacts will be repatriated to Italy and Egypt next week. 2022-09-3
The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry rejects an Arab League resolution calling for the UN Security Council to intervene in the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on behalf of Egypt and Sudan. 2021-06-16
A court in Ismailia grants the Egyptian Suez Canal Authority's request to seize CS "Ever Given" pending payment of a compensation claim of over US$900 million. 2021-04-13
Egypt begins disinfection on the Giza pyramid complex as an effort to contain COVID-19. 2020-03-25
Egypt, Senegal, Uruguay, Japan, and Ukraine are elected to two-year, non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council for 2016-17, replacing Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania, and Nigeria. [https:--www.nytimes.com-2015-10-16-world-ukraine-and-japan-among-latest-members-of-un-security-council.html?ref=world (New York Times) ] 2015-10-15
Egypt's state prosecutor Hisham Barakat dies in a bomb attack in Cairo. 2015-06-29
Egypt's main opposition demands an investigation into the referendum on the Draft constitution, citing "fraud and violations" in the voting. 2012-12-23
The Syrian opposition makes the Egyptian capital Cairo its headquarters. 2012-11-19
An Egyptian court bans forced virginity tests on female detainees in military prisons. 2011-12-28
At least 13 people are killed and as many as 900 injured as violent protests continue in Cairo's Tahrir Square against Egypt's ruling military government. Security forces attempt to disperse the crowds with tear gas and baton charges. 2011-11-20