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.
'We share concerns regarding terrorism, violence and loss of civilian lives. We agree on the need for early restoration of peace and stability and facilitating humanitarian assistance'
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".
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Two Indian journalists find themselves in the midst of action the moment they stepped foot in revolution-hit Cairo. They share their experiences.
Indian men managed to beat a spirited Egypt in the eighth round to help themselves from occupying the bottom place in the World Team Chess Championships in Ningbo, China.
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Indian Ambassador to Egypt Chinmaya Gharekhan, a former special envoy of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for West Asia, tells Sheela Bhatt that India should welcome the changes taking place in Egypt and it should not be doubting the Muslim Brotherhood at all.
A Russian civilian Airbus plane carrying 224 people, mostly tourists, crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday with most of those on board feared dead as the jet's wreckage was found in a mountainous area.
Nobel Peace laureate and ex-IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei returned home on Friday to join the largest anti-government demonstrations in decades giving a boost to Egypt's mass protest movement, as authorities braced for a new wave of protests, which has left seven persons dead.
'The strength of an uprising is directly proportional to the level of anger simmering among the people. Wherever this anger spills over, people will rise up in revolt. People will not tolerate despotic regimes for long; once they have raised their voice the regime has to listen to them.'
The death toll of Indians killed in the massive fire in Kuwait has risen to 46 with one more person succumbing to injuries as authorities said that an electrical short circuit in the room of the guard on the ground floor of the building caused the blaze that killed 50 people.
Backing a move for a "representative and responsive government" in Egypt, United States President Barack Obama has played down the prospects of Muslim Brotherhood taking a major role in the new set up in the strife-torn Arab nation.
During his hectic visit to Egypt, Narendra D Modi found time to visit the Great Pyramid of Giza on Sunday, June 25, 2023.
India has pulled out of the World Cadet Chess Championship scheduled to be held in Egypt from October 14 to 23 in view of the situation in Gaza
Former premier Kamal Ganzouri has been appointed Egypt's new prime minister but protesters vowed to step up pressure on the country's military rulers and called for renewed agitation to demand the army quit power.
Egypt's moderate Islamist force Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in the presidential poll on Monday and promised to build a modern democratic state, but the landmark election stood overshadowed by uncertainty as the ruling military took over legislative powers.
Egypt and Ghana have advanced to the African Nations Cup final, maintaining their records as the tournament's most successful teams.
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.
Mostafa did not speak in the court, but flashed a victory sign as he left in a police car.
Debutant Sonam Maskar bagged a silver medal for India in the women's 10m air rifle event of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Cairo.
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Defaint supporters of Egypt's deposed president Mohammed Morsi of Friday staged defiant protest rallies against his removal, with police firing teargas at demonstrators, amidst raising fears of renewed violence as the interim government authorised police to disperse them.
FIFA has requested a full report from Egyptian authorities into the violence at a soccer match in Port Said that left 74 people dead, world soccer's governing body said on Thursday.
Egypt successfully defended the African Nations Cup when they beat Cameroon 1-0 in Sunday's final with a goal 13 minutes from time by Mohamed Aboutrika. The Egyptians extended to six their record number of titles but not before overcoming a physically tough challenge from four-times champions Cameroon.
The Israeli military has begun preparations to attack the Gaza Strip soon with tens of thousands of soldiers ordered to capture Gaza City and destroy the current leadership of Hamas, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
Bollywood's hottest on-screen couple were spotted in Egypt, where they were shooting for a song for their film, Singh is Kinng.
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.
Egypt captain Ahmed Hassan scored three times, including a first-half own goal, as the holders overcame Cameroon 3-1 after extra-time on Monday to advance to the African Nations Cup semi-finals.
The navy has also found some of the passengers' belongings and was sweeping the area in search of the plane's black box, the military said.
Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt with an iron hand for over three decades, stepped down as President on Friday evening and handed over power to the army capitulating under mass protests sweeping the country's streets for the last 18 days. President Hosni Mubarak resigned and handed over power to the military, announced the recently appointed vice president Omar Sulaiman on state television.
As anti-regime rallies in Egypt entered their third week, embattled President Hosni Mubarak attempted to defuse mounting public anger by setting up a panel to oversee key constitutional and legislative amendments that will change election rules and limit presidential term to enable a "peaceful" power transition.
Russia continued as India's main arms supplier, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said.
With the civil unrest in Egypt showing no signs of abating, the Indian government has sent a special aircraft to fly back the hundreds of Indians stranded in the troubled country, where over a 100 protestors have been killed in the clashes with the police over the last one week.
The uncertainty surrounding the Liverpool forward's participation after he suffered shoulder ligament damage in last month's Champions League final, had a huge impact on both preparations and team confidence coming into the tournament.
No-frill Gulf carrier Air Arabia on Monday special holiday fares from India to Egypt, Greece, Turkey and Jordan for the up coming holiday season to attract woo domestic travellers.
Thousands of defiant supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi on Sunday staged a sit-in at Cairo, a day after the Muslim Brotherhood claimed that security forces killed nearly 200 Islamists, opening a deadly new phase of conflict in the deeply polarised country.
Debutant Anuradha Devi won a silver medal in the women's 10m air pistol event behind Rio Olympic champion Anna Korakakki of Greece at the ISSF World Cup in Cairo, Egypt.
