Israel wants Egypt’s new president to visit
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday he hoped Egypt’s new Islamist President Mohamed Mursi would soon visit the Jewish state to back up his reassuring words.
View ArticlePolitical crisis pushes up yield on Egypt T-bills
Yields on Egyptian treasury bills rose on Sunday after a flare-up of political unrest dashed hopes for stability since Islamist President Mohamed Mursi’s election in June.
View ArticleEgypt stocks plunge after Mursi power grab
Egypt’s stock market plunged on Sunday in its first day open since Islamist President Mohamed Mursi’s seizure of new powers set off street violence and a political crisis, unravelling efforts to...
View ArticleRival factions clash as Egypt referendum looms
Stone-throwing supporters and opponents of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi clashed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria today ahead of a referendum on a new constitution.
View ArticlePolice clash with Egypt demonstrators calling for Mursi’s resignation
Demonstrators calling for Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to resign and demanding early elections clashed with riot police in Cairo.
View ArticleFears of clashes between Mursi supporters, foes grow
“In Egypt, there is the Muslim Brotherhood on one side and the rest of Egyptians on the other,” says Mahmud Badr, who founded a campaign for the resignation of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
View ArticleEgypt showdown fears mount after deadly clash
Fears mounted of a bloody showdown between supporters and opponents of Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Friday after one activist was killed in the latest violence to cloud the Arab world’s...
View ArticleScores wounded, 4 dead in Egypt clashes
At least four people have been killed in Egypt, and nearly 200 wounded in clashes between supporters and opponents of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
View ArticleEgyptians flood streets to demand Mursi ouster
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians flooded into the streets on the first anniversary of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi’s inauguration on Sunday to demand that he resign.
View ArticleEgypt army moves in tanks, president isolated
Egypt’s army deployed tanks and troops close to the presidential palace in Cairo on Wednesday after a military deadline for Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to yield to street protests passed without...
View ArticleEgypt’s Brotherhood won’t work with ‘usurper’ govt
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood will not work with “the usurper authorities”, a member of its executive board said on Thursday, rejecting feelers from the newly sworn-in head of state after the military...
View ArticleEgyptian court sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison
An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison on Saturday, Egypt’s ON TV said, for inciting the violence that erupted after the army deposed Islamist President...
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