
Fears of violence as Egypt nears June 30 protests
Massive nationwide protests that Egypt's opposition plans for June 30 are taking on a dangerous edge. Opponents of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi ...

Rowhani's 'path of moderation' also shows limits
Iran's newly elected president showcased his reform-leaning image Monday by promising a "path of moderation" that includes greater openness on ...

Ethiopia: Egypt attack proposals 'day dreaming'
Egyptian officials tried to cool tensions with Ethiopia Wednesday over the new Nile River dam project by highlighting its "neighborliness" as the ...

Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release
The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months ...

ElBaradei: Egypt leader will need opposition help
Egypt's leading opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei said Tuesday he believes the Islamist president will eventually be forced to reach out to the ...
Egypt's opposition split over election boycott
A split erupted Thursday in Egypt's main liberal opposition bloc, the National Salvation Front, over whether to go ahead with a boycott of ...

After violence, Egypt opposition presses Morsi
After Egypt's worst sectarian violence in months left seven dead the past two days, Egypt's leading opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday ...

Egypt issues arrest warrant for TV satirist
Egypt's state prosecutors ordered the arrest Saturday of a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting Islam and the country's leader, in a ...

Protest, clashes in Cairo, 2 other Egyptian cities
Clashes erupted Friday in two cities in northern Egypt, and protesters rallied in Cairo in the latest demonstrations against Egypt's Islamist ...

Egypt top prosecutor orders arrest of 5 activists
After Egypt's Islamist president vowed action against opponents, the nation's top prosecutor on Monday issued arrest warrants against five prominent ...

After violence, Egypt groups blame each other
Egypt's political groups blamed one another on Saturday for one of the year's worst bouts of violence between supporters and opponents of the ...

Egypt vigilantes hang 2 thieves by feet in public
Egyptian vigilantes beat two men accused of stealing a motorized rickshaw on Sunday and then hung them by their feet while some in a watching crowd ...

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 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" ...

Fear of assassinations haunt Egypt opposition
Watching the events in Tunisia, where a leading anti-Islamist politician was shot to death this past week, members of Egypt's liberal opposition are ...

Protests turn to street clashes across Egypt
Egyptian security forces backed by water cannons fired tear gas at rock-throwing protesters outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday while ...

After fatwas, security hiked for Egypt opposition
One hardline Muslim cleric on an Egyptian TV station justified sexual assaults on women protesters. Others issued religious edicts saying opposition ...

Egypt opposition leader warns over death edict
Egypt's most prominent opposition leader criticized the Islamist government on Wednesday for its silence over a Muslim cleric's edict calling for the ...

At palace, Egypt protesters, police clash
Protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president hurled stones and firebombs through the gates of his palace gates on Friday, clashing with security ...

Who's who in Egypt's latest political crisis
Following are the main players in Egypt's latest political crisis, which began around the time of the second anniversary of the start of the uprising ...

Angry protests, clashes on Egypt anniversary
Egyptians delivered an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood on Friday, marking the second anniversary of the ...

Clashes in Egypt on eve of uprising anniversary
Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and protesters hurled stones and Molotov cocktails in a day-long demonstration on Thursday, raising fears of ...

AP Interview: Egypt liberal objects to charter
One of Egypt's leading opposition figures on Monday pledged continued resistance to his country's Islamist-oriented constitution even if it is ...