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Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates formally join the BRICS group as new members.
2024-01-1

Egypt invites rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to meet in Cairo in a bid to halt violent protests at the Israeli-Gazan border.
2018-04-17

Fifteen militants accused of carrying out attacks in 2013 during the Sinai Insurgency are hanged in Egypt. The last mass execution in the country took place in 2015, when six jihadists were executed.
2017-12-26

Voters in many parts of Egypt including Cairo go to the polls for a parliamentary election.
2015-11-22

Egyptians residing abroad begin casting votes in the country's first parliamentary election since the 2013 military overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi. Embassies and consulates in 139 countries will be open for two days of voting.
2015-10-17

Egypt's new Cabinet is sworn in before President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, a week after the previous administration resigned following a corruption scandal, and a month before parliamentary elections. The 33-member body has 16 new ministers, including two women. Sherif Ismail, petroleum minister in the last cabinet, is the new prime minister.
2015-09-19

Voters in Egypt will go to the polls for parliamentary elections starting in October 2015.
2015-08-30

Hillary Clinton, the United States Secretary of State, announces plans to visit Egypt and Tunisia this week.
2011-03-10

Clashes between Christian Copt and Muslims in the Egyptian capital Cairo kill 13 people and injure 140.
2011-03-9

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refuses to resign in an address to the nation.
2011-02-10