Tag: Egypt

Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi and the opposition defy the military’s coup threat as they underline the importance of a political solution. Meanwhile, the president has been shaken by further resignations. ...

The Arab Spring gave the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates the chance to play vital roles in the Egyptian, Tunisian and Libyan revolutions. But now the organisation has itself become the target of violent ...

A court in Egypt has ordered a retrial for ex-President Hosni Mubarak after accepting an appeal against his life sentence over the deaths of protesters. Mubarak, 84, was overthrown in ...

Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered an inquiry into three prominent opposition leaders. The men will be investigated over charges they "incited the overthrow" of President Mohammed Morsi. The three men ...

The crisis over the Egyptian constitution triggered by President Mohamed Morsy's adoption of sweeping powers is just the latest chapter in a long-standing ideological struggle in the Middle East. Morsy, ...

Main opposition bloc calls for citizens to vote against draft constitution, rather than boycotting poll. Egypt's opposition has called for citizens to vote "no" in a referendum due this week ...

Despite concrete barricades and a heavy military presence in the Egyptian capital Cairo, opposition leaders say they will keep up the pressure on the president to cancel Saturday's constitutional referendum. ...

Egypt's President Morsi has ordered the military to maintain security and protect state institutions in the run-up to a referendum on the constitution. The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says ...

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi late Saturday annulled a controversial decree that had granted him sweeping powers, in a bid to ease tensions that have gripped the country over the past ...

Morsi, with his newly earned momentum, intervened in the tutelary powers of the judiciary in the aftermath of Gaza. “A disaster in the history of the Egyptian judiciary.” “Respect for ...