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A bomb explosion ripped through the Rawda mosque roughly 40 kilometres west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish before gunmen opened fire.
Masked gunmen attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians on a visit to a monastery south of the Egyptian capital on Friday.
The attacks in the Nile Delta cities of Tanta and Alexandria followed a Cairo church bombing in December.
Egypt is enraged after footage showed 21 handcuffed hostages in orange jumpsuits being beheaded by black-suited captors on a beach.
A coalition has called for a boycott of Egypt’s vote for a new constitution, which some see as an "indictor" of the army chief’s presidential bid.
Ex-president Hosni Mubarak’s release has added new elements to Egypt’s political turbulence as members of the Muslim Brotherhood are rounded up.
Egypt’s hardline military leader has warned against further protests in the country as the EU prepares to hold talks on the crisis.
At least 74 supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president have been shot dead during clashes with security forces, officials said.
Tens of thousands of Islamists poured onto Egypt’s streets demanding ousted president Mohamed Morsi be put back in power.
Egypt’s new prime minister has gotten closer to forming a cabinet as supporters of Mohamed Morsi vow to keep fighting for his reinstatement.
President Mohamed Morsi has sworn in new ministers after a Cabinet reshuffle, in a move that falls short of opposition demands.
A majority of Egyptians have backed a controversial charter in a two-round referendum. This according to ruling Islamists and official media.
Egypt’s army has massed troops and carried out arrests to quell deadly militants in the Sinai Peninsula close to the borders with Gaza and Israel.
Egypt is braced for a showdown between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood as the electoral commission delayed announcing the election winner.
Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak is in a coma on life support in Cairo after suffering a stroke in prison, but officials deny reports that he is clinically dead.
Protesters and police have fought pitched battles at security headquarters as deadly clashes raged into a fourth day after Egypt’s deadly soccer riot.
Police fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters, as anger at Egypt’s ruling military boiled over after 74 people died in football-related violence.
While Egypt’s secular activists were outflanked in the parliamentary elections by Islamists, they are ready for heavy battle with military leadership.
Egypt’s caretaker premier has named a new Cabinet with increased powers to tackle worsening crime and a sliding economy.
Deadly clashes have broken out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for the second day running, kicking off a violent countdown to elections.
