
Egypt's opposition urges "no" vote in referendum
Egypt's opposition called on its followers Wednesday to vote "no" in a crucial referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters ...

Egypt political crisis threatens to worsen economy
Egypt's political crisis is threatening to plunge its ailing economy even deeper into distress after the government delayed a request for a $4.

Egypt opposition urges 'No' vote on constitution
Egypt's main opposition alliance called for a "No" vote in the referendum on a disputed constitution rather than a boycott, hours after Islamist ...

Egypt judges say most will boycott referendum
Most Egyptian judges rejected any role Tuesday in overseeing the country's constitutional referendum, a move likely to cast further doubt on the ...

Egypt opposition fears violence from Brotherhood
They showed a military-style precision: Crowds of bearded Islamists proclaiming allegiance to Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi and chanting "God is ...
Egypt asks IMF to delay loan due to turmoil
Egypt has asked for a one-month delay for a $4.8 billion loan it had agreed with the International Monetary Fund because of the current political ...

Egypt's military takes over security ahead of vote
Egypt's military assumed responsibility Monday for protecting state institutions and maintaining security ahead of a Dec. 15 constitutional ...

Egypt opposition urges more protests
Egypt's opposition said Sunday it will keep up protests against a referendum on a disputed draft constitution but stopped short of advocating either ...

Islamist-leaning draft constitution divides Egypt
President Mohammed Morsi is unlikely to worry if Egypt's Islamist-leaning draft constitution passes by only a small margin in a Dec. 15 referendum, ...

Egypt's military returns to the political fray
Egypt's powerful military, sidelined last summer by the newly elected Islamist president, edged back Saturday into a political fray boiling over with ...

Egypt delays early voting on new constitution
Egypt postponed early voting on a contentious draft constitution, and aides to President Mohammed Morsi floated the possibility of canceling the whole ...

Charter enshrining Shariah at core of Egypt crisis
One of Egypt's most prominent ultraconservative Muslim clerics had high praise for the country's draft constitution. Speaking to fellow clerics, he ...

Egypt's president offers nothing to defuse crisis
An angry Mohammed Morsi refused Thursday to call off a referendum on a disputed constitution that has sparked Egypt's worst political crisis in two ...

Egypt crisis tests opposition ahead of key votes
Egypt's latest political crisis over a disputed constitution is posing a difficult test for the mostly secular opposition: Can it maintain its ...

Islamists battle opponents as Egypt crisis grows
Egypt descended into political turmoil on Wednesday over the constitution drafted by Islamist allies of President Mohammed Morsi, and at least 211 ...

Egypt descends into political turmoil
Supporters and opponents of Egyptian leader Mohammed Morsi fought with rocks, firebombs and sticks outside the presidential palace in Cairo on ...

100,000 protest at Egypt's presidential palace
More than 100,000 Egyptians protested outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday, fueling tensions over Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi's ...

Egypt's crisis widens with planned march, strikes
Egypt's political crisis is widening, with plans for a huge march and a general strike Tuesday to protest the hurried drafting of a new constitution ...

Egypt's highest court joins judicial strike
Egypt's highest court has joined a judicial rebellion against President Mohammed Morsi by declaring an open-ended strike on the day it was supposed ...

Egypt's president sets date for constitution vote
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi called Saturday for a referendum in two weeks on a contentious draft constitution, setting a date for another ...

Egypt draft constitution sparks mass protest
Protesters flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in the second giant rally this week, angrily vowing to bring down a draft constitution approved by ...

Egypt Islamists hurriedly approve new constitution
Islamists approved a draft constitution for Egypt early Friday without the participation of liberal and Christian members, seeking to pre-empt a court ...

Egypt crisis raises fears of 'second revolution'
Faced with an unprecedented strike by the courts and massive opposition protests, Egypt's Islamist president is not backing down in the showdown over ...

Egypt court sentences 8 to death over prophet film
An Egyptian court convicted in absentia Wednesday seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor, sentencing them to death on ...

Egyptian courts suspend work to protest Morsi move
Egypt's highest appeal courts suspended their work Wednesday to protest presidential decrees that gave the country's Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi ...