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.
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.
A US diplomat says officials have met members of the Brotherhood after Washington claimed it would have contact with Egypt’s biggest Islamist group.
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/ 1 February 2011
At least two million people rallied across Egypt on Tuesday clamouring for President Hosni Mubarak to give up power.
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 said on Tuesday it is ready to start immediately what it called "serious" talks with six world powers about their offer to defuse Tehran’s nuclear stand-off with the West. Chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani delivered Iran’s formal response to the offer at a meeting with foreign envoys from the six world powers in Tehran.