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Number of Egyptian expats voting exceeds January referendum Presidential Election Commission announced that over 100,000 voters have cast their ballot in polling stations overseas, with two more days of overseas voting left The number of Egyptian expatriates casting their ballots so far in the...

CAIRO — Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, the defense minister and military officer who led last summer’s takeover of the elected government in Egypt, formally announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from the army and running for president, taking a critical step in his consolidation of power. Field...

Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy gave Ethiopia the harshest Egyptian warning to Ethiopia in relation to the dispute over Adis Ababa's dam on the Nile River. In an interview with Tahrir satellite channel late Friday, Fahmy waved “a decisive response” concerning its Renaissance Dam, which Cairo fears...

As Egyptians vote in a two-day referendum on a new constitution, BBC correspondents report on the mood around the country. Marwa Amer, Shubra, north Cairo Women started queuing at this polling station two hours before it was due to open. Outside, a car is playing nationalistic songs to encourage...

CAIRO – Egypt's military-backed interim government on Wednesday declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, criminalizing all its activities, its financing and even membership to the group from which the country's ousted president hails. The announcement is a dramatic escalation of the...

Earlier this week, Egypt’s Committee of 50, its Constituent Assembly charged with amending the suspended 2012 constitution, finished its work and submitted its draft constitution to interim President Adly Mansour for his eventual adoption and holding of a national referendum. This referendum...

EGYPT BROTHERHOOD BAN OPENS WAY TO WIDER CRACKDOWN CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the banning of the Muslim Brotherhood and the confiscation of its assets, opening the door for authorities to dramatically accelerate a crackdown on the extensive network of schools...

Egyptian officials: Israeli drone strikes Sinai rocket-launching site, kills five Drone strike reportedly in cooperation with Egyptian authorities; Palestinian news agency reports Israeli army ordered Eilat airport to close briefly Thursday after Egypt warned of terror attack. Egyptian security...

Egypt Shows How Political Islam Is at Odds With Democracy CAIRO — Egypt’s top military commander, Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, went on the air Sunday to defend the army’s decision to oust Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, on July 3. The armed forces...

Massive protests in Egypt begin CAIRO Thousands of opponents and supporters of Egypt's Islamist president began massing in city squares in competing rallies Sunday, gearing up for a day of massive nationwide protests that many fear could turn deadly as the opposition seeks to push out...

Egypt launches first direct flight to Iran in more than three decades Flight from Cairo to Tehran signals further thaw between the two countries. Egypt on Saturday launched the first direct commercial passenger flight to Iran in more than 30 years, signaling improved ties between the two...

Bread, freedom and social justice were the demands of the revolution. Instead Mohamed Morsi delivered bloodshed Mohamed Morsi cancelled the decree that gave him sweeping powers but is still intent on pushing through a referendum on a new constitution. Photograph: Maya Alleruzzo/AP On...

(Reuters) - Egyptian police battled thousands of protesters outside President Mohamed Mursi's palace in Cairo on Tuesday, prompting the Islamist leader to leave the building, two presidential sources said. Police fired teargas at demonstrators angered by Mursi's drive to hold a referendum on...

(Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decree exempting all his decisions from legal challenge until a new parliament was elected caused fury amongst his opponents on Friday who accused him of being the new Hosni Mubarak and hijacking the revolution. Thousands of chanting protesters...

CAIRO — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi assumed sweeping powers on Thursday, prompting prominent opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei to accuse him of usurping authority and becoming a "new pharoah". "The president can issue any decision or measure to protect the revolution," according to a...

The grave of the former Israeli defence minister and military chief-of-staff, Gen Moshe Dayan, has been vandalised on the 31st anniversary of his death. Graffiti spray-painted on the grave in the town of Nahalal read: "The minister of failure, in the name of the fallen." Police are...

President Obama described Egypt as neither a friend nor a foe in a televised interview that aired first on The Rachel Maddow Show Wednesday. "I don't think we would consider them an ally. But we don't consider them an enemy," Obama told Telemundo's Jose Diaz-Balart. "They are a new government...

(Reuters) - Officials from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran will meet in Cairo on Monday to discuss the Syrian crisis, but analysts said the regional powers were unlikely to agree on any tangible steps. Iran is a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is fighting an...

Qatar pledges to invest $18 billion in Egypt over the next 5 years to help boost economy CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's prime minister says Qatar has agreed to invest $18 billion in Egypt over the next five years to help boost the country's ailing economy. Hesham Kandil announced the agreement Thursday...

The Egyptian Minister of Legal Affairs and parliamentary councils Mohamed Mahsoub said "Egypt does not have to be neutral in a Sunni/Shiite sectarian issue, and its role is to be a leader to unite the Ummah, and to bring Muslim Sects closer, while still being a proud Sunni Muslim country and...