Egypt army moves in tanks, president isolated
Egypt’s army deployed tanks and troops close to the presidential palace in Cairo on Wednesday after a military deadline for Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to yield to street protests passed without...
View ArticleEgypt’s Brotherhood won’t work with ‘usurper’ govt
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood will not work with “the usurper authorities”, a member of its executive board said on Thursday, rejecting feelers from the newly sworn-in head of state after the military...
View ArticleEgypt braces for more protests, prays for calm
Supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi called for protests on Friday and Egyptians prayed there would be no repeat of clashes that have killed more than 90 people in the last week in the bitterly...
View ArticleEU envoy allowed to meet Egypt’s Mursi, says he is in good health
Egypt’s rulers allowed an EU envoy to meet deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the first time an outsider was given access to him since the army overthrew him and jailed him a month ago, and she said she...
View ArticleEgypt presidency says talks fail, blames Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt’s army-installed government said on Wednesday diplomatic efforts to resolve the political crisis had failed and signalled it was gearing to take action against supporters of deposed President...
View ArticleAt least 60 dead in raid on Cairo protest camp: nurse
The death toll from an Egyptian police raid on supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi at a Cairo protest camp has climbed to 60 at one hospital, according to a nurse who said she counted the...
View ArticleEgypt imposes state of emergency after 95 people killed
At least 95 Egyptians were killed on Wednesday after security forces moved in on protesters demanding the reinstatement of President Mohamed Mursi, and the government imposed a state of emergency as...
View ArticleEgypt government dissolves Muslim Brotherhood as NGO
Egypt’s army-backed government has decided to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as a registered non-governmental organisation, a state-run newspaper reported on Friday, pressing a crackdown on deposed...
View ArticleEgypt’s Muslim Brotherhood banned
An Egyptian court on Monday banned deposed President Mohamed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its funds seized, a crippling strike in the campaign to crush the Islamist movement.
View ArticleEgyptian court sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison
An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison on Saturday, Egypt’s ON TV said, for inciting the violence that erupted after the army deposed Islamist President...
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