At least one protester was shot dead and dozens wounded today when riot police clashed with demonstrators demanding the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, witnesses said.
Thousands of Egyptians marched and chanted against Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in cities across the country today, scores of them assaulting the presidential palace with petrol bombs and rocks
A man was shot dead today in a fifth day of violence in Egypt that has killed 50 people and prompted the Islamist president to declare a state of emergency in an attempt to end a wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world's biggest nation.
Two men were shot dead in Egypt's capital today, a security source said, raising the death toll to at least 54 in seven days of clashes, the deadliest violence since President Mohamed Mursi took office last June.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Egypt's Islamist president today to open a dialogue with all political forces in the crisis-ridden Arab country after a week of violence that has killed more than 50 people.
Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi fired his finance and interior ministers, cabinet sources said today, in a government reshuffle he had promised to assuage public anger at an economic crisis.
Seven people were shot dead in the Egyptian city of Suez during nationwide protests against President Mohamed Mursi today, underlining the country's deep divisions on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt's cabinet has approved a draft law giving the army the right to arrest civilians and assist the police in providing security, a cabinet source told reporters today after the death toll in five days of anti-government protests rose to 50.
Egyptian judges were investigating opposition accusations of voting irregularities before declaring the result of a referendum set to show that a contentious new constitution has been approved.
Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved a constitution drafted by President Mohamed Mursi's allies, results announced today showed, proving that liberals, leftists and Christians have been powerless to halt the march of Islamists in power.
President Mohamed Mursi admitted today that Egypt's economy faces serious problems after he enacted a new, bitterly contested constitution that is supposed to help end political unrest and allow him to focus on the financial crisis.
Egypt's army chief called for talks on national unity to end the country's mounting political crisis after a vital loan from the IMF was delayed and thousands of pro- and anti-government demonstrators took to the streets.
Egypt's opposition plans new protests on Tuesday against a planned Islamist-backed constitution that looks set to be approved in the second round of a referendum next weekend.
Supporters of President Mohamed Mursi and his opponents hurled rocks at each other in Egypt's second city on the eve of a final vote on a new constitution shaped by Islamists.
Islamists battled with protesters outside Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's palace today, after his vice president suggested amendments could be agreed to the draft constitution that has divided the nation.
Egypt's president has given the army temporary power to arrest civilians during a constitutional referendum he is determined to push through despite protests accusing him of a power grab.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied against President Mohamed Mursi in one of the biggest outpourings of protest since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow, accusing the Islamist leader of seeking to impose a new era of autocracy.
Hundreds of protesters were in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a sixth day today. demanding that Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi rescind a decree they say gives him dictatorial powers.
Tens of thousands of Islamists demonstrated in Cairo on Saturday in support of President Mohamed Mursi, who is racing through a constitution to try to defuse opposition fury over his newly expanded powers.
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi denounced Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip as "a blatant aggression against humanity" and said Cairo "would not leave Gaza on its own", the state news agency MENA reported.
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decision to assume sweeping powers caused fury amongst his opponents and prompted violent clashes in central Cairo and other cities today.
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi negotiated with senior judges to try to defuse a crisis over his seizure of new powers which set off violent protests reminiscent of an uprising last year that led to the rise of his Islamist movement.
President Mohamed Mursi sacked the intelligence chief and Egyptian aircraft hit targets on the border with Israel in the biggest assault in the area in nearly 40 years after a deadly attack by militants on Egyptian border police.
Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi dismissed Cairo's two top generals and quashed a military order that had curbed the new leader's powers, in a move that further stamped his authority on the country and its army.
Opponents and supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clashed in Cairo in the first street violence between rival factions since the Islamist leader took office.