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Egypt and Turkey exchange ambassadors as part of a restoration of diplomatic relations.
2023-07-4

Egypt's highest civilian court upholds the death sentence of 12 members of the Muslim Brotherhood over a 2013 sit-in, which ended with security forces opening fire and killing several hundred pro-Brotherhood protesters. The ruling, which cannot be appealed, leaves the men closer to execution with a pending approval by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
2021-06-14

Former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril dies in Egypt from COVID-19 at the age of 67.
2020-04-5

Archaeologists in Egypt display items, including figurines, masks and a mummy, from one of two previously unexplored tombs, Kampp 150 and Kampp 161, in the ancient Nile city of Luxor.
2017-12-9

Egypt's military-backed interim government selects economist Hazem Al Beblawi as the interim Prime Minister.
2013-07-9

Massive protests against Mohamed Morsi develop all over Egypt on the second anniversary of the 2011 revolution, including in Tahrir Square, where thousands of protesters gathered. At least 6 civilians and 1 police officer are shot dead in the Egyptian city of Suez, while 456 others are injured nationwide.
2013-01-25

An Egyptian court bans forced virginity tests on female detainees in military prisons.
2011-12-28

Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party claims to have won a majority of seats in the runoff election.
2011-12-7

Mohamed ElBaradei, of the Egyptian opposition, raises concerns that clashes in Cairo could escalate into a "bloodbath".
2011-02-2

Teenager from the Gaza Strip who was alleged to have been killed by IDF soldiers last week, released from an Egyptian prison, after infiltrating the Egyptian border through an underground tunnel and saying that he and several Palestinian teenagers who were with him were tortured by Egyptian soldiers while in prison.
2010-04-6