Egypt has announced a criminal investigation will be opened against its deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Egypt’s new prime minister has gotten closer to forming a cabinet as supporters of Mohamed Morsi vow to keep fighting for his reinstatement.
More than 100 women have been seriously attacked since the end of June, usually in a manner that is as arbitrary as it is cruel.
Secular and fundamentalist friction rages as Egyptian military cracks down on coup backlash.
Egypt’s new leadership has been seeking to push forward with forming a new government as police sought to arrest the leader of the Islamist movement.
The Muslim Brotherhood movement of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi says it will spurn an offer to join a new interim government.
The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected a plan announced by the military-backed interim leadership that sets a fast track for amending the constitution.
Egypt’s embassy in Pretoria says it is safe to travel to the North African nation, despite political upheaval after the ousting of its president.
Egyptian forces have clashed with protesters in bloodshed that left 51 protesters and three members of the security forces dead, say officials.
Violent clashes that led to at least 42 deaths at Egypt’s Republican Guard will not stop efforts to form a new interim government, says an official.
Egypt’s security forces have shot dead 16 Islamist activists during a protest in Cairo calling for ousted president Mohamed Morsi to be reinstated.
Egypt’s new leadership has wrangled over the naming of a prime minister, as both the Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents call for new mass rallies.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said that Egypt risks slipping into civil war following the military overthrow of president Mohamed Morsi.
Egypt’s transition has stumbled after the choice of Mohamed ElBaradei as interim prime minister was thrown into doubt by Islamist objections.
Egypt’s women increasingly at risk of rape and sexual assault as rights groups warn of a step up in attacks.
The interim Egyptian head of state who was appointed after the army ousted president Mohamed Morsi has dissolved parliament by decree, says a report.
The AU has suspended Egypt from all its activities after the Egyptian military overthrew elected president Mohamed Morsi, says an AU official.
Morsi supporters are planning a protest against the ousting of Egypt’s first democratically elected president.
The army’s "road map" is for a civilian, technocratic government and a short transitional period to be followed by new elections.
News broadcaster Al Jazeera has called for the immediate release of staff members detained in Cairo after the army toppled president Mohamed Morsi.
The South African government will withdraw all non-essential personnel from its embassy in Cairo, says the international relations department.
Adli Mansour, Egypt’s chief justice, is due to be sworn in as interim president later after the ousting of Mohamed Morsi by the country’s army.
The UN has been left to ponder the validity of the ouster of Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi, while the West considers placing sanctions on aid.
President Mohamed Morsi has been overthrown by the Egyptian army following protests in the North African country.
Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi’s national security adviser has said that a "military coup" is under way in the North African country.
With Egypt’s president looking increasingly isolated after being pressured to step down, here are three possible scenarios for the country.
Egypt’s army commander and president has each pledged his life to defy the other as the hour approached that would trigger a military takeover.
Egypt’s presidency has rejected an ultimatum issued by the army, saying it would continue with its own plan for national reconciliation.
A new wave of sexual assaults by groups of men targeting women during anti-government protests in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square has been reported.
Mass demonstrations across Egypt on Sunday may determine its future, two and half years after people power toppled a dictator they called Pharaoh.
Iran’s foreign ministry has criticised the killing of four Shi’ite Egyptians by a hostile crowd, saying such extremism violated the tenets of Islam.
Egypt’s army says it will step-in if demonstrations turn riotous because protests against Mohamed Morsi are "an attack on the will of the people".