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Ramses the Great ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1213 BC

Egypt reclaims 3,400-year-old stolen statue of pharaoh

Egypt has welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago.

News Lens • 22 Apr 24

Egyptair is planning to operate its newest A320 NEO on the route

Egyptair to operate year round Dublin-Cairo service

Egyptair is to launch a new year-round service between Dublin and Cairo.

Business • 24 Feb 22

The scene outside the National Cancer Institute

19 dead in Egypt car explosion caused by crash

Nineteen people died and 30 were injured in an explosion resulting from a car crash in central Cairo, Egypt's health ministry said.

World • 05 Aug 19

Amnesty claims the Egyptian authorities have pushed scores of detainees at Al-Aqrab prison to breaking point

Mass hunger strike at Egypt prison: Amnesty

About 130 inmates have been on hunger strike in an Egyptian prison for more than six weeks in protest at inhumane conditions and denial of family visits, according to Amnesty International.

World • 31 Jul 19

British Airways says its flights would be suspended for a week

BA suspends flights to Cairo over security concerns

British Airways has suspended flights to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, for seven days over security concerns.

World • 21 Jul 19

Train rammed into a barrier at Ramses station

25 dead in blaze at Cairo train station

At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a fire broke out at the main train station in Egypt's capital, two medical sources said.

World • 27 Feb 19

Some of the mummies were found wrapped in linen while others were placed in stone coffins or wooden sarcophagi

Egypt unveils Pharaonic tomb containing 50 mummies

Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a tomb related to the Pharaohs containing 50 mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era, in Minya, south of Cairo, the ministry of antiquities has said.

World • 02 Feb 19

Deportation comes just days ahead of election in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win a second term

Egypt criticised over British journalist's deportation

Egypt has deported a British journalist working for The Times, the newspaper said, describing an "increasingly oppressive environment" for media in the country ahead of next week's presidential election.

World • 24 Mar 18

Ibrahim Halawa was acquitted of all charges in Cairo last month

Govt 'shares frustration' at delay in Halawa's release

The Government has said that it shares the growing frustration over the delay in Ibrahim Halawa being released from prison in Cairo despite having been acquitted of all charges last month.

Ireland • 13 Oct 17

Ibrahim Halawa is still waiting for his release after his acquittal

Shatter in call over Halawa's release

Irishman Ibrahim Halawa has said that the past three weeks in a Cairo jail have been harder than the previous four years following his acquittal of all charges relating to mass protests in the Egyptian capital.

Ireland • 11 Oct 17

Ibrahim Halawa was 17 when he was first detained in Egypt

Taoiseach and Egyptian president to discuss Halawa case

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed that he will speak with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi about the case of Irishman Ibrahim Halawa.

News • 17 Aug 17

Hundreds of soldiers and policemen have been killed since the overthrow of president Mohammed Mursi

Egypt militant group claims police shootings

An Egyptian militant group said it had carried out an attack on an Egyptian police convoy in Cairo that killed three officers and wounded five.

News • 02 May 17

Pope Francis talks to journalists during a press conference he held on his return flight from Cairo to Rome

Pope calls for mediation to ease North Korea tensions

Pope Francis said a third country, such as Norway, should try to mediate the dispute between North Korea and Washington, to cool a situation that had become "too hot" and posed the risk of nuclear devastation.

World • 30 Apr 17

Four people have been arrested over the bombing

Islamic State claim responsibility for Cairo blast

The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people, in a statement circulated on social media.

Cairo • 13 Dec 16

EgyptAir Flight MS804 went down into the eastern Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo on 19 May

Data recorder from crashed EgyptAir plane repaired

Egyptian investigators said tonight that the flight data recorder of crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 has been successfully repaired.

News • 27 Jun 16

The Airbus A320 disappeared on 19 May with the loss of all 66 people on board

Voice recorder from EgyptAir flight recovered

The cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir flight MS804 has been retrieved by search teams in a breakthrough for investigators seeking to explain what caused the plane to crash into the sea killing all 66 people on board.

News • 16 Jun 16

Police are hunting for the perpetrators of the pre-dawn attack on the El-Sayad club and restaurant

16 killed in petrol-bomb attack on Cairo club

At least 16 people have been killed in a suspected petrol bomb attack at a club restaurant in Egyptian capital Cairo.

News • 04 Dec 15

It is not clear whether the newly engaged couple were among the dead

21 dead after cargo ship hits party boat on Nile

At least 21 people celebrating an engagement have been killed on the Nile north of Cairo after a cargo ship hit their chartered boat.

News • 23 Jul 15

The explosion was likely caused by a bomb planted in a car parked near the consulate

ISIS claims responsibility for Cairo blast

The so-called group Islamic State have claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in front of the Italian consulate in Cairo, Egypt which killed one person.

News • 11 Jul 15

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was declared the country's president last week

Sisi sworn in as Egyptian president

Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in as president of Egypt.

News • 08 Jun 14

Egyptian security officers and people inspect the scene of the explosion near Cairo University (Pic: EPA)

One person killed in Cairo bomb attacks

An Egyptian police brigadier-general has been killed in bombings outside Cairo University.

World • 02 Apr 14

Militants have launched scores of attacks on security forces since the army overthrew Mohammed Mursi in July

Six soldiers shot dead in Cairo

Gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint in Cairo this morning, killing five Egyptian soldiers, state television reported.

News • 15 Mar 14

Mohammed Mursi faces four separate trials

Mursi murder trial adjourned in Cairo

A Cairo court adjourned the trial which sees Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Mursi accused of inciting the killing of protesters.

News • 02 Feb 14

Security is tight in Cairo as Mr Mursi's trial gets under way

Gunmen kill Egyptian general in Cairo

A top Interior Ministry official has been killed in the Egyptian capital of Cairo.

News • 28 Jan 14

Egyptian security forces are deployed following the blast (Pic: EPA)

Six killed in Cairo explosions

A wave of bomb attacks across Cairo have killed six people and raised fears that an Islamist insurgency is gaining pace.

News • 24 Jan 14