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Thousands of Sudanese refugees are reported to have entered South Sudan and Egypt.
2023-04-23

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announces the rediscovery of Aten, a 3,000-year-old "lost golden city", near Luxor. Unearthed by a team led by Zahi Hawass, the site is the largest city ever found in Egyptian history.
2021-04-8

The Egyptian military says 14 terrorists attacked a Sinai military base today, with four of them blowing themselves up and killing eight soldiers.
2018-04-14

Muslim cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head of al-Azhar in Egypt, says violence has no link to authentic Islam, terrorism is a life philosophy whose adherents were willing to die and is an intellectual and psychological disease that uses religion as a front.
2015-11-21

An unspecified-type Egyptian military aircraft crashes due to a 'technical failure' near the Libyan border killing four crew members and injuring two others.
2015-08-13

A car bomb explodes outside the Italian consulate in the Egyptian capital Cairo, resulting in at least one death and four people injured; ISIS claims responsibility.
2015-07-11

Egypt's security forces kill nine 'terrorists' during a raid in a Western Cairo suburb. The group were among "the most dangerous terrorists" wanted in Egypt according to Giza deputy security director Magdy Abd El-Aal. It has also been reported that Nasser al-Hafi, a former MP and a leading lawyer for the Muslim Brotherhood was among those killed.
2015-07-1

Israel and Hamas enter a 72-hour ceasefire brokered by Egypt.
2014-08-4

Egypt's Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki resigns in protest of perceived attacks on judiciary by the nation's leadership.
2013-04-21

A stretch of beach in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, re-opens after a series of shark attacks.
2010-12-9