An Egyptian court has ordered that Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 supporters be put to death in a further crackdown on the movement.
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox church has chosen a new pope with the hope that he would help protect the Middle East’s biggest Christian community.
Islamist Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood has been declared Egypt’s first democratic president by the state election committee.
Prosecutors want the death sentence for former president Hosni Mubarak for his role in the killing of protesters in the uprising that unseated him.
Military police are battling demonstrators in Tahrir Square in the third day of clashes that have killed 10 people and injured hundreds.
Egyptians have voted in their first election since a revolt ousted Hosni Mubarak, amid fears the generals who replaced him would cling to power.
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/ 14 September 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood has warned Tayyip Erdogan against seeking to dominate the Middle East, despite an enthusiastic welcome at his regional tour.
Egypt and Israel are trying to defuse a diplomatic crisis over the killing of five Egyptian security personnel during an Israeli operation.
Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said on Monday he would reshuffle his Cabinet within a week, but protesters said they were not satisfied.
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/ 13 February 2011
The Egyptian military has given no timetable for the transition but says it is committed to civilian rule and democracy.
Egypt’s new military rulers told the nation on Saturday they were committed to civilian rule and democracy after Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow.
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/ 2 February 2011
Clashes broke out between opponents and supporters of President Hosni Mubarak in central Cairo on Wednesday.
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/ 30 January 2011
President Hosni Mubarak, clinging to power despite unprecedented demands for an end to his 30-year rule, met on Sunday with the powerful military.
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/ 28 January 2011
President Hosni Mubarak imposed a curfew and ordered troops to back up police as they struggled to control crowds who flooded the streets of Cairo.
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/ 7 December 2010
Egypt President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party has swept to a huge win in a parliamentary election that the opposition denounced as rigged.
An Egyptian bus driver shot dead six employees of a construction company and wounded six more as he drove them to work through on Tuesday.
Arab League ministers on Wednesday backed a United States call for indirect Palestinian-Israeli peace talks.