Egypt's powerful military has signaled its acceptance of President Mohamed Morsi's surprise decision to sack the defence minister and chief of staff and wrest power from the armed forces.
Islamic State militants detonated a powerful car bomb outside the Italian consulate in Cairo, killing a civilian and injuring 10 people, the first assault on a foreign mission in Egypt since militants launched a campaign against security forces after Mohammed Morsi's ouster in 2013.
At least three policemen and four civilians were injured on Friday when a roadside bomb went off in Egypt's restive North Sinai Governorate.
Ousted Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak's two sons and his last Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq were on Thursday acquitted of corruption charges by a criminal court in Cairo.
Egypt is bracing itself for mass protests by members of an Islamist coalition-led by Muslim Brotherhood after the Friday prayers in support of deposed President Mohamed Morsi.
Interim Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has put forward a proposal to legally dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood.
At least nine persons, including four policemen, have been killed and 20 others injured in a powerful blast near the ancient pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
Post his resignation, the former leader was jailed for years after the uprising but was freed in 2017 after he was acquitted of corruption charges and abuse of power.
Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi was put under detention on Thursday by the army, which launched a massive crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood movement, arresting its senior leaders, even as a top jurist took over as the interim head of state.
An Egyptian court on Saturday ordered the dissolution of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the already banned Muslim Brotherhood movement, in yet another crushing blow to Islamists after the ouster of president Mohammed Morsi last year.
A 10-member panel to amend Egypt's Constitution met for the first time on Sunday amid political turmoil over the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and rebuffed claims that it has devised ready-made amendments.
Will he take Modi's 'sab ka saath, sab ka vikas' route? Or will he turn UP into Egypt under Morsi, asks Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Three masked men on motorcycles threw the firebombs into the club in the Agouza district early Friday morning and fled.
Egypt on Wednesday ordered the arrest of top leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, including its chief, for inciting violence that killed 55 people, even as the authorities said ousted President Mohammed Morsi is at a "safe place".
Egypt's new prime minister was faced with road blocks in forming a new cabinet and steering the deeply polarised nation through a transition phase, as the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday vowed to continue protests against the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi by the army.
Egypt on Tuesday denounced as "negative, biased and ignorant" a report by Human Rights Watch that blamed the government for the mass killing of protesters in Cairo a year ago.
Egypt's military-backed government on Tuesday intensified its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood by arresting the group's spiritual leader, delivering a major blow to the Islamists demanding reinstatement of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered the release of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
The Egyptian embassy in Bangladesh will remain closed for 11 days from Wednesday over "security reasons".
Hazem el-Beblawi, a liberal economist and Egypt's former finance minister, was on Tuesday appointed as the country's new prime minister in a transitional government as the interim president unveiled a roadmap for fresh polls by early next year to end the raging political crisis.
Daring the military-backed government, supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have called for a "million person march" tomorrow against his ouster, even as police today arrested two top leaders of an Islamist party in a widening crackdown on protesters.
The three -- Canadian national Mohammed Fahmy, Australian journalist Peter Greste and Egyptian producer Baher Mohammed -- were sentenced after a lengthy retrial.
Egypt has taken strong objection to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments that "Rabaa sign" adopted by the supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi is a symbol of denouncing injustice.
Al-Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were among the pardoned group.
Egyptian security forces killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, and injured 10 others when they mistakenly targeted their convoy while chasing terrorists in Egypt's western desert.
At least 13 people were killed on Tuesday and over a hundred injured when a powerful car bomb ripped through a police headquarters, an attack blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood aimed at derailing Egypt's democratic transition.
Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for taking part in killing over 200 protesters during the 18-day revolt which began on January 25, 2011, but a retrial was ordered on appeal.
A huge explosion on Friday hit the police headquarters in the Egyptian capital, killing three persons and wounding 40 others.
Egypt's military-backed interim government led by Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi on Monday resigned, in a surprise move just weeks before presidential polls in which the country's powerful army chief is expected to run.
Expressing concern over recent course of events in Egypt that saw ouster of Mohammed Morsi, the United States has asked the country's military to hand over powers to a democratically elected government as soon as possible.
Deposed Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was released from prison today, over two years after he was jailed on charges of corruption and killing protesters, but will remain under house arrest at a military hospital pending trials.
The bomber was killed outside the popular Karnak temple which is the second largest ancient religious site in the world.
An Egyptian court on Tuesday upheld the death sentences against 11 people for their involvement in the country's worst-ever soccer violence that killed 74 fans after a top-league game in the coastal Port Said city.
Pakistan still has to acquire the patience you need in a democracy. The patience to accept that even if I do not like the government I have, I must wait till the next election to change it, explains Shekhar Gupta.
Officials suspect Islamic State to be responsible for the attack.
The Egyptian government has ordered military special forces to assist the police in securing vital state facilities across the country.
Its promise has fallen short before the onslaught of the votaries of the old order and ruthless extremist forces, notes Talmiz Ahmad.
The explosion took place at St Mark's Cathedral, main Coptic Christian cathedral, in Abbassyia district of central Cairo around 10:00 am when the prayers were on, according to a statement by the ministry of health.
Two powerful blasts triggered by Islamic State in two churches packed with worshippers celebrating Palm Sunday in Egypt's Tanta and Alexandria cities.
The gunmen in four off-road vehicles opened fire on the people who tried to exit the mosque after the explosion.
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