Sources: AP
Egypt's Tourism Hajj Mission announces that at least eight Egyptian pilgrims have died during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. 2024-06-17
About 500 people, including injured Palestinians, foreigners and dual Palestinian–foreign nationals, are evacuated from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing to Egypt, marking the border crossing's first opening since the war began. 2023-11-1
Egypt reopens its airspace to Qatari aircraft, and will allow the resumption of direct flights between the countries, which have been suspended since 2017. 2021-01-12
Former Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adly is placed under house arrest on embezzlement charges. 2016-11-22
Militants attack an Egyptian security headquarters in the Sinai Peninsula, injuring several officers. Operation Sinai is extended "until its goals are achieved". 2012-09-16
2011 Egyptian revolution: Three American University in Cairo students are arrested after throwing firebombs at security forces amid ongoing protests in Cairo, Egypt. 2011-11-22
The headquarters of Egypt's Ministry of Interior burns to the ground as police officers protest outside about low wages. 2011-03-22
A stretch of beach in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, re-opens after a series of shark attacks. 2010-12-9
A report states that U.S. and European intelligence agencies believe Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is dying of stomach and pancreatic cancer, and has one year left to live. The report states that Mubarak will likely die before the country's next presidential election. 2010-07-19
Egyptian border guards fatally shoot an Eritrean woman in the stomach and leg as she tries to cross the border illegally into Israel. 2010-06-29