Egyptian prosecutors on Wednesday questioned a stand-up comedian on blasphemy charges following a guest appearance on the show of popular satirist Bassem Youssef, himself the subject of an investigation.
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After Egypt voters approved a new constitution, The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) says Israel was unhappy with the preliminary constitutional referendum results
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So why did Morsi resort to this new constitutional arrangement? Is he looking to make a gentle transition to a new period of dictatorship? Or is Morsi justified in his actions?
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The anti-Morsi protests turned into a second 'Battle of the Camel,' in reference to 2 February 2011, when Mubarak loyalists converged on Cairo's Tahrir Square where they viciously attacked anti-regime demonstrators.
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Egypt's mainly secular opposition rejected an offer of dialogue from Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on Friday raising the prospect of further escalation of a crisis that already turned bloody earlier this week.
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An Egyptian opposition figure has said protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square will continue until President Mohamed Morsi reverses a decree granting himself extra powers.
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Defiant Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders Thursday expressed satisfaction with the Egyptian-brokered cease-fire agreement and warned Israel against attacking the Gaza Strip again.
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It seems the truce negotiations in Cairo to put an end to Tel Aviv’s aggression against the Gaza Strip have failed as the Israeli cabinet announced it is not interested in de-escalation of violence against the enclave, Israeli media report.
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The Obama administration is close to a deal with Egypt's new government for $1 billion in debt relief however the Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi chose China for his first state visit outside the Arab world to win investment and expand diplomatic ties.
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The leaders of Egypt and Iran have held the first presidential-level talks between the two countries in more than 30 years. It signals a major shift in foreign policy for both countries, Deutsche Welle reported on Thursday.
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When Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dismissed the country's top generals over the weekend, some warned of an Islamic takeover of the Arab world's most populous country. Morsi, elected from the Muslim Brotherhood, certainly bears watching. But appearances can be deceiving in Egypt.
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Tawfiq Okasha's Faraeen satellite television channel, which is known for its ultra-nationalist, anti-revolutionaries, anti-Brotherhood stances, ceases transmission on Thursday evening on orders of Egyptian state authorities
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Egypt's Morsi must co-rule with, confront army. His leadership is limited by the entrenched powers of the military.
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Egypt has been under military rule for 60 years, not 16 months
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Egyptian President-elect Mohammed Morsi on Monday moved into the palace of the man who once jailed him.
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Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood's winning candidate, benefits from unprecedented electoral legitimacy, but analysts say his leadership will be limited by the entrenched powers of the military.
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Egypt's President-elect Morsi is holding negotiations with the SCAF, ElBaradei and other political forces regarding a future cabinet, vice president, and the fate of parliament
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Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi began selecting a new government on Monday as his supporters pursued a sit-in to pressure the ruling military to hand over full powers to the Islamist.
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Egyptians in Tahrir Square erupted in cheers after Muslim Brotherhood-backed candidate Mohamed Morsi was declared the winner of the country’s election Sunday morning, becoming the Arab world’s first elected Islamist head of state after more than a year of popular uprisings
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Islamist Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner Sunday in Egypt’s first free presidential election in history, closing the tumultuous first phase of a democratic transition and opening a new struggle with the still-dominant military rulers who recently stripped the presidency of most of its powers.
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Mohamed Morsy’s strength, many said, was not charisma. He benefited from Egypt’s strong Muslim Brotherhood, as a key figure among those leading it.
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He won’t attack Israel and he’s unlikely to tear up the peace treaty, at least initially. But Israelis are worried that Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader and newly elected president of Egypt, will lead an isolation campaign against the Jewish state, shore up Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and bring relations between the two states to their lowest point in more than 30 years.
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