Sources: AP
Three police officers are killed and two others are injured in a gas explosion at the police academy in Cairo, Egypt. 2024-12-29
Two people are killed and another person is injured when a roof collapses in Alexandria, Egypt. 2023-01-7
Egyptian authorities arrest Mahmoud Ezzat, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. He was serving a sentence "in absentia" and was detained in a hideout in Cairo. 2020-08-28
Egypt tries 237 activists, who face jail terms of up to three years, arrested for protesting without permits against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Thousands demonstrated this month following the Sisi government's decision to hand over two uninhabited islands in the Straits of Tiran to Saudi Arabia. Human Rights Watch says at least 382 had been arrested. 2016-04-30
Lebanese Customs seize five tonnes of Captagon amphetamine pills and Hashish, concealed in primary school desks that were to be shipped to Egypt, at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport. Meanwhile, security forces in northern Lebanon found two workshops producing Captagon and other drugs during a series of raids. The drug is infamous as being used by Islamist militants in the Syrian civil war. 2015-12-29
An Egyptian court sentences Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed each to three years jail for "aiding a terrorist organization" and falsifying news. Greste, who earlier was deported to Australia, was tried in absentia. Mohamed, an Egyptian, was sentenced to an additional six months for possession of a spent bullet casing; Fahmy is a Canadian national. 2015-08-29
The Egyptian government announces it will replace six cabinet ministers. 2013-05-2
Egypt's main opposition demands an investigation into the referendum on the Draft constitution, citing "fraud and violations" in the voting. 2012-12-23
Egypt: Supporters and opponents of president Mohamed Morsi clash in Tahrir Square, leaving more than 100 people injured. 2012-10-12
Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Tahrir Square against continuing military rule in Egypt. 2012-04-20