Egypt: Morsi's government appeals vote suspension
A government legal agency representing Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi appealed on Wednesday the court-ordered suspension of a controversial ...

New storm in Egypt over citizen arrests
An official statement encouraging Egyptian civilians to arrest lawbreakers and hand them over to police has set off a new political storm in a country ...

Police strikes in Egypt accelerate, adding turmoil
After months of battling with angry young protesters, many in Egypt's police forces say they have had enough. Strikes and protests spread around the ...

Egypt's police protest against Muslim Brotherhood
Thousands of low-ranking policemen on strike across Egypt on Thursday refused orders to work and protested what they claim is the politicization of ...

Court suspends Egypt's parliament election
An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered the suspension of parliamentary elections scheduled to begin in April, opening a legal battle likely to delay ...

Egypt's leader mulls army takeover of restive city
A security agency headquarters was set on fire as protesters battled police for a third straight day in Port Said on Tuesday, and Egypt's Islamist ...

Unrest in Egyptian city draws in military
Clashes between protesters and the police in in the restive Egyptian city of Port Said that entered their second day Monday have dragged in the ...

Egypt's army intervenes in Port Said clashes
The military intervened in clashes between thousands of protesters and police in a restive Egyptian canal city on Sunday, the latest in a cycle of ...

Kerry says US releasing millions in aid to Egypt
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday rewarded Egypt for President Mohammed Morsi's pledges of political and economic reforms by releasing $250 ...

Violent protests outside Cairo as protests spread
Violent protests erupted outside Egypt's capital on Saturday as activists accused police of using excessive force in two cities and running over ...

Egypt's main opposition coalition to boycott vote
Egypt's main opposition coalition said Tuesday it will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections, a decision likely to push the country into a new ...

Egypt's Morsi uses TV interview to burnish image
During a more than 2-hour television interview, Egypt's Islamist president sought to depict himself as a man of the people, his voice rising and tears ...

Egypt's vote won't calm turbulent streets
Egypt's streets are turning into a daily forum for airing a range of social discontents from labor conditions to fuel shortages and the casualties of ...

Egypt opposition leader calls for election boycott
Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei called Saturday for a boycott of parliamentary elections, drawing immediate criticism from some within ...

Egypt opposition: Election will add to tensions
Egypt's president set parliamentary elections to begin in April — a decision that an opposition leader denounced Friday as "a recipe for disaster" ...
Voting in Egypt since the 2011 uprising
A list of when Egyptians have gone to the polls to vote since the 2011 uprising that ousted former autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak. —March 19, 2011: ...

Egypt's Brotherhood still operates secretively
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi says he has firsthand knowledge of opponents allegedly plotting against him at a meeting. A few months earlier, the ...

Egypt's military signals impatience with president
Egypt's powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country's Islamist leaders, indirectly criticizing their policies and ...

Egypt rights groups allege rising police brutality
Egyptian rights groups alleged Wednesday that police abuse and brutality are on the rise in detention centers and at demonstrations, which have ...

Strike, protests hit Egypt's Port Said for 3rd day
A third day of protests and strikes brought the restive city of Port Said to a halt on Tuesday, as demonstrators demanded security officials be held ...

Egypt's police to get 100,000 9mm pistols
An Egyptian security official said Saturday that the interior ministry has agreed to purchase 100,000 new 9mm pistols after low-ranking policemen went ...

Egypt: Islamists rally in Cairo against opposition
Several thousand hard-line Islamists rallied in Cairo on Friday against a recent wave of violent anti-government protests, while liberal activists ...

Egyptian officials accused of covering up torture
An Egyptian opposition group accused the government on Wednesday of covering up torture at the hands of security forces. The charge came after a ...

Egypt's women fighting back against sex assaults
Egyptian women are growing increasingly angry and militant as they deal with one of the unintended consequences of the Arab Spring: an epidemic of ...

Egypt women protest sex assault at site of attacks
Washington's envoy on human rights cautioned Tuesday against the failure of Egypt's government to identify the perpetrators behind a growing number ...