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President Salva Kiir’s government and the rebels backing Riek Machar have signed a ceasefire deal, a "critical first step" in peace negotiations.
Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi has declared a state of emergency in three of the country’s cities after dozens of people were in killed in protests.
Protesters furious at an anti-Islam film have clashed with police near the US embassy in Cairo before a protest called by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Protesters have marched on US embassies across the Middle East over a film deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad.
President Mohamed Morsi has dismissed two top generals and quashed a military order curbing his powers, further stamping his authority on the country.
Speculation about Hosni Mubarak’s health has riveted Egyptians since he was sent to jail, a reminder that his legacy still looms ahead of elections.
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, will hear a judge rule on whether he is guilty of graft and complicity in the killing of protesters.
Egyptians have queued patiently at polling stations nationwide to pick their leader for the first time in national history dating to the pharaohs.
Egyptian activists have called a mass rally in Cairo against the army’s handling of protests that killed 17 people and drew international criticism.
Egyptians have gone to the polls in parliamentary elections after six days of violence in Cairo that has cast a pall over the transition to democracy.
The Muslim Brotherhood says it is leading Egypt’s election, which would give the nation’s oldest Islamist group a powerful parliamentary platform.
A US diplomat says officials have met members of the Brotherhood after Washington claimed it would have contact with Egypt’s biggest Islamist group.
Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will be held to account by the people he ruled for three decades in a trial starting on Wednesday.
Saboteurs blew up a gas pipeline, state television said on Saturday, adding fresh turmoil to Egypt during unprecedented protests.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Tuesday he would surrender power in September, angering protesters who want an immediate end to his rule.
At least two million people rallied across Egypt on Tuesday clamouring for President Hosni Mubarak to give up power.
Egypt’s president gave the first indication on Saturday he was preparing an eventual handover of power by naming a vice-president.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak clung to power on Saturday as protesters took to the streets again to demand that he quit.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused on Saturday to bow to demands that he resign after ordering troops and tanks into cities.
Iran and the representative of six world powers talked by telephone on Monday over Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme.
