Sources: Naharnet
At least 1,119 pilgrims, more than half of whom are from Egypt, are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. 2024-06-21
The Institut Européen d'Archéologie Sous-Marine announces the discovery of the site of a temple to the god Amun and a Greek sanctuary devoted to Aphrodite in Thonis-Heracleion in the Abu Qir Bay in Egypt. 2023-09-19
Direct commercial flights between Russia and Egypt resume for the first time since the Metrojet Flight 9268 bombing in 2015, which killed 224 people, most of whom were Russian tourists. A Rossiya Airlines passenger plane landed in Sharm El Sheikh carrying 518 passengers, and was welcomed with a water cannon salute, roses and flags. 2021-08-9
Egypt and Greece sign a bilateral agreement which establishes a new exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Eastern Mediterranean between the two countries. The agreement prompts anger from Turkey, with the Turkish Foreign Ministry describing the deal as "null and void". 2020-08-6
Egypt's top administrative court upholds a 2013 lower court ruling on the short film "Innocence of Muslims". The court orders authorities to block YouTube for a month. An official says the movie denigrates Islam's prophet Muhammad. 2018-05-26
The Court of Cassation in Egypt upholds life sentences for three Muslim Brotherhood leaders including Mohamed Badie and five-year terms for fourteen others. 2018-04-14
A suicide bomber kills one person and injures 24 in an attack on a police station in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. 2015-03-10
One soldier and seven civilians, including two children, are killed in two successive mortar blasts in Egypt's city of Al-Arish in the Sinai Peninsula. 2014-07-14
Today's Friday protests take place in Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Yemen among other places. 2011-04-8
Israeli warships force the Gaza-bound aid ship "Amalthea" to change course to El Arish port in Egypt. 2010-07-14