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• Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on a Sinai funeral

  May 21, 2013 11:40 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptian officials say troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai during a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. A security official said a senior military officer offered an apology to the family of the dead man, who had drowned. Security... more »

• Mubarak retrial in Egypt to include new evidence

  May 11, 2013 4:36 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptian prosecutors say they are presenting new evidence in the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak, all in white and wearing sunglasses, attended the hearing in the courtroom defendants' cage alongside his two sons and former interior minister, who was in charge of police at the time.... more »

• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood rallies against Israel

  May 10, 2013 8:38 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood staged an anti-Israel rally in Cairo on Friday, the first such protest by the main backers of President Mohammed Morsi since they rose to prominence in the wake of the country's 2011 uprising. Emerging from weekly services at Al-Azhar mosque the centuries-old seat of Sunni... more »

• Egypt tries 5 over torching of candidate's office

  May 9, 2013 5:45 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Five rights activists are on trial in Egypt over the torching of the campaign headquarters of a front-runner in the country's 2012 presidential election. A court official says the proceedings opened on Thursday at the Criminal Court in Cairo but were later postponed to Sept. 3. The official... more »

• Egypt appoints 9 ministers in limited reshuffle

  May 7, 2013 4:44 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's state-run news agency says Prime Minister Hesham Kandil named nine new ministers in the second cabinet reshuffle since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi assumed his post in August last year. MENA reported the shuffle on Tuesday. New ministers include the finance, oil and investment portfolios. At least two... more »

• Mubarak appears in Egypt court; retrial adjourned

  April 13, 2013 3:52 AM

  CAIRO (AP) An upbeat and alert-looking Hosni Mubarak was wheeled into a Cairo courtroom on Sunday for his retrial for alleged complicity in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 revolt that ousted him, but the session quickly ended when the judge recused himself. The 84-year-old ousted Egyptian president, wearing... more »

• Egypt's Christian pope blasts Islamist president

  April 9, 2013 11:48 AM

  CAIRO (AP) The leader of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church on Tuesday blasted the country's Islamist president over his handling of recent deadly sectarian violence, including an attack on the main cathedral in Cairo. The remarks by Pope Tawadros II underscore rising Muslim-Christian tensions in Egypt. They were his first direct... more »

• Egypt's train drivers, conductors go on strike

  April 7, 2013 4:56 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptian train drivers and conductors announced they were on strike on Sunday to press demands for better pay, the latest in a seemingly endless series of work stoppages to hit the country in the past two years. The strike began only hours after Transport Minister Hatem Abdel-Lateef approved... more »

• Egypt's train drivers, conductors go on strike

  April 7, 2013 3:39 AM

  CAIRO (AP) A union of Egypt's train drivers and conductors announced they have gone on strike, the latest in a seemingly endless series of work stoppages to hit the country in the past two years. The strike began Sunday, hours after authorities approved a 10 percent hike in the allowance... more »

• Egyptian court drops lawsuit to ban comedy show

  April 6, 2013 4:51 AM

  CAIRO (AP) A Cairo court has turned down a lawsuit demanding that a popular Egyptian satirist's TV show be banned. The Administrative Court said on Saturday that the lawsuit against Bassem Youssef's "El-Bernameg," or "The Program," was dropped because the plaintiff did not have an interest in the case. Youssef... more »

• Egypt: Prominent blogger hands himself in

  March 26, 2013 8:10 AM

  CAIRO (AP) A prominent Egyptian blogger has handed himself in to authorities, a day after the country's prosecutor general ordered his arrest over his alleged role in instigating violence during clashes between supporters and opponents of the country's Islamist president. Alaa Abdel-Fattah arrived Tuesday at the Cairo office of Prosecutor... more »

• Egyptians clash at Muslim Brotherhood offices

  March 22, 2013 2:14 PM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptian protesters clashed with the president's Muslim Brotherhood backers and ransacked three offices nationwide Friday as anger over allegations of beatings and power-grabbing boiled over into the largest and most violent demonstrations yet on the doorstep of the powerful group. Anger erupted a week ago when Brotherhood members... more »

• Egypt's president praises police despite criticism

  March 15, 2013 8:36 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's president praised the country's policemen on Friday despite public criticism over their violent response to anti-government demonstrations, and warned officers who are also protesting his rule against breaking ranks. President Mohammed Morsi spoke ahead of traditional Islamic Friday prayers, which he attended at a Cairo-based camp for... more »

• Egypt: 38 soccer fans charged with violence

  March 14, 2013 11:43 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptian lawyers say police have arrested 38 members of a die-hard soccer fan club on charges of belonging to an illegal group, attempting to set fire to a provincial court house and insulting police officers. The charges Thursday are the first signs of a crackdown on the soccer... more »

• Egypt: Angry fans torch soccer federation

  March 9, 2013 5:16 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Fans of Cairo's Al-Ahly club have stormed Egypt's soccer federation headquarters, setting it ablaze in anger after a court acquitted seven of nine police officials on trial for their alleged role in a deadly stadium melee last year. Fire also swept through a nearby police club, but it... more »

• Court suspends Egypt's parliament election

  March 6, 2013 8:16 AM

  CAIRO (AP) An Egyptian administrative court has ordered the suspension of parliamentary elections scheduled to begin next month, throwing the country's politics deeper into confusion. The court says in its Wednesday ruling that the law organizing the elections must be reviewed by the Supreme Constitutional Court to determine its conformity... more »

• Egypt: Troops move to stop clashes in restive city

  March 6, 2013 5:46 AM

  PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) Clashes between protesters and police have broken out in this restive Egyptian port city despite efforts by the military to separate the two sides. Military police deployed Wednesday around a government complex where demonstrators have been camped out for weeks. The military removed protester tents to... more »

• Egypt's leader mulls army takeover of restive city

  March 5, 2013 2:42 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Officials say the Egyptian president is considering whether to give the military full control of the restive city of Port Said after days of deadly street clashes stoked by excessive force used by riot police. The officials say Mohammed Morsi met Tuesday with his security chief and top... more »

• Egypt's main opposition coalition to boycott vote

  February 26, 2013 8:40 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's main opposition coalition has announced it will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections. The decision by the liberal and secular National Salvation Front was announced in a televised news conference by leading member Sameh Ashour, who also heads Egypt's lawyers' union. The elections were called last weekend by Islamist... more »

• Egypt opposition calls for election boycott

  February 23, 2013 4:49 AM

  CAIRO (AP) An Egyptian opposition leader is calling for a boycott of upcoming parliamentary elections, a day after he said the vote will inflame the country's political tensions. Mohamed ElBaradei, who leads the main opposition National Salvation Front, wrote on Twitter Saturday that he is calling for the boycott "to... more »

• Egypt's police to get 100,000 9mm pistols

  February 16, 2013 11:35 AM

  CAIRO (AP) An Egyptian security official says the interior ministry will supply policemen with 100,000 new 9mm pistols, after many complained about a lack of firepower. The official says the decision was made after studying the demands of policemen who said they could not properly defend themselves against increased lawlessness... more »

• Egypt: Gunmen steal central bank chief's car

  February 13, 2013 3:55 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's state news agency says three masked gunmen have attacked the car of the central bank governor, killing his bodyguard and stealing the vehicle. The bank chief was not in the car. MENA says the bodyguard and the driver were on their way to pick up newly-appointed central... more »

• Masked men block Egypt subway, scuffles break out

  February 11, 2013 8:11 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptian witnesses say masked men blocked trains at a central Cairo subway station, standing on tracks and getting into fistfights with some waiting passengers who tried to stop them. Meanwhile, protesters locked shut the doors of the main administrative building for state services just outside the station at... more »

• Egypt: Top Mubarak associate leaves prison

  February 7, 2013 5:22 PM

  CAIRO (AP) An Egyptian security official says one of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak's most trusted men has been released from prison pending further investigation into corruption charges. Safwat el-Sherif, the country's former parliament speaker, has walked out of Torah prison late Thursday, the official says. He spoke on condition of... more »

• Egypt's government condemns death fatwas

  February 7, 2013 8:27 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's prime minister has condemned religious edicts by hardline Muslim clerics calling for the killing of opposition leaders and says the government is considering legal action against them. The state news agency says Hesham Kandil warned on Thursday that such fatwas could lead to "sedition and disturbance." A... more »

• Egypt opposition: Police torture activist to death

  February 4, 2013 5:27 AM

  CAIRO (AP) An Egyptian opposition party on Monday claimed police tortured one of its members to death, electrocuting him and beating him repeatedly on the head the latest case alleging police brutality in a crackdown on anti-government protesters. Mohammed el-Gindy, a 28-year-old activist, died of his wounds early Monday at... more »

• Egypt opposition: Police torture activist to death

  February 4, 2013 4:08 AM

  CAIRO (AP) An Egyptian opposition party alleges that one of its activists has died of wounds sustained during police torture while in custody. It's the latest case highlighting the brutality of the Egyptian police in cracking down on anti-government protesters, which has enflamed public anger over the past week. More... more »

• Egypt prime minister says chaos threatens economy

  February 2, 2013 8:15 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's prime minister says the street violence and political unrest that has engulfed the country for more than a week is threatening the nation's already ailing economy. In a brief statement on TV Saturday, Hisham Kandil also condemned recent attacks by protesters on state property and said no... more »

• Egyptians march in protest in restive canal city

  February 1, 2013 6:00 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Thousands of Egyptians are marching in protest in the restive Suez Canal city of Port Said, calling for retribution a week after they saw the worst of street violence that left up to 60 dead across the country. Egypt's opposition has called for rallies on Friday to pressure... more »

• Egyptian mourners bury 35 killed in Port Said riot

  January 27, 2013 5:53 AM

  PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) Thousands of people who have turned out for a mass funeral for 35 people killed in rioting in the coastal city of Port Said are chanting against Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Mourners in the funeral procession were shouting "There is no God but Allah, and... more »

• Egyptian city buries its dead after deadly riot

  January 27, 2013 5:17 AM

  PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) Port Said residents were burying their dead Sunday in mass funerals that could erupt into another wave of violent protests, a day after rioting in the Egyptian coastal city left at least 37 dead and hundreds wounded. Army troops backed by armored vehicles staked out positions... more »

• Egypt army to deploy after soccer verdict riot

  January 26, 2013 5:58 AM

  CAIRO (AP) An Egyptian court sentenced 21 people to death Saturday on charges related to one of the world's deadliest incidents of soccer violence, touching off an attempted jailbreak and a riot that killed another eight in the Mediterranean port city that is home to most of the defendants. The... more »

• Egypt army to deploy after soccer verdict riot

  January 26, 2013 5:44 AM

  CAIRO (AP) An Egyptian court sentenced 21 people to death Saturday on charges related to one of the world's deadliest incidents of soccer violence, touching off an attempted jailbreak and a riot that killed another eight in the Mediterranean port city that is home to most of the defendants. The... more »

• Egypt army to deploy after soccer verdict riot

  January 26, 2013 4:48 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptian security officials say the military is being deployed to the Mediterranean city of Port Said after eight people were killed in riots outside the main prison following a controversial verdict related to one of the world's deadliest incidents of soccer violence. A Cairo judge sentenced 21 people... more »

• Death penalty for some for Egypt soccer violence

  January 26, 2013 2:25 AM

  CAIRO (AP) An Egyptian court has handed down death sentences for 21 people accused of taking part in soccer violence last year that killed 74. In the courtroom, families of the deceased wailed in disbelief and raised their hands in the air shouting "Allahu Akbar", Arabic for God is great.... more »

• With protests, Egyptians mark uprising anniversary

  January 25, 2013 8:56 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Two years after Egypt's revolution began, the country's schism was on display Friday as the mainly liberal and secular opposition held rallies saying the goals of the pro-democracy uprising have not been met and denouncing Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. With the anniversary, Egypt is definitively in the new... more »

• 4 die in Egypt clashes after man killed by police

  January 20, 2013 5:46 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's Health Ministry says overnight clashes between police and residents of a densely populated district just north of Cairo have left four people dead. Security officials say the clashes began when a bystander in Shubra al-Kheima was hit by a stray bullet fired by police chasing an alleged... more »

• Egypt's ex-VP named ambassador to the Vatican

  January 17, 2013 11:21 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's president has appointed his former deputy as the country's ambassador to the Vatican. Mahmoud Mekki's appointment came in a brief statement issued Thursday by President Mohammed Morsi's office. A career judge, Mekki resigned last month shortly before a new constitution that eliminated the vice presidency was ratified... more »

• Court clears Egypt's ex-culture minister of graft

  January 5, 2013 11:33 AM

  CAIRO (AP) A court has acquitted Egypt's former culture minister on charges he failed to account for $3 million of his wealth. Farouq Hosni, culture minister for most of Hosni Mubarak's 29 year-rule, is among dozens of former officials who have faced corruption trials since the 2011 ouster of the... more »

• Egyptians vote on Islamist-backed constitution

  December 22, 2012 11:38 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptians voted on Saturday in the second and final phase of a referendum on an Islamist-backed constitution that has polarized the nation, with little indication that the result of the vote will end the political crisis in which the country is mired. For some supporters, a 'yes' vote... more »

• Egypt's top prosecutor submits resignation

  December 17, 2012 2:56 PM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's prosecutor general has submitted his resignation, less than a month after he was swiftly sworn in by the president. If his resignation is accepted, it will be a blow to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, who has been engaged in a power struggle with the judiciary since late... more »

• Egyptians vote on Islamist-backed constitution

  December 15, 2012 5:28 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptians were voting Saturday on a proposed constitution that has polarized their nation, with President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist supporters backing the charter, while liberals, many secular Muslims and Christians oppose it. With the nation divided by a political crisis defined by mass protests and deadly violence,... more »

• Egyptian protesters clash over draft charter

  December 14, 2012 11:34 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptian Islamists brandishing swords clashed with opponents of a draft constitution Friday in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria as tensions rose on the eve of a referendum on the sharply disputed charter that has plunged the country into weeks of turmoil. At least 19 people were reported injured... more »

• Egyptian protesters clash over draft charter

  December 14, 2012 8:06 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptian Islamists have clashed with opponents of a draft constitution in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria after an ultraconservative cleric called on worshippers to approve the charter in a referendum. Witnesses say a number of people were injured as the fighting spread from the mosque where Friday prayers... more »

• Egypt's military warns against political disputes

  December 8, 2012 5:25 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's military has warned of 'disastrous consequences' if the political crisis gripping the country is not resolved through dialogue. The military said in a statement read on state TV on Saturday that serious dialogue is the "best and only" way to overcome the nation's deepening political dispute. Violent... more »

• Egypt opposition calls protests against president

  December 7, 2012 5:45 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets after Friday midday prayers in rival rallies and marches across Cairo, as the standoff deepened over what opponents call the Islamist president's power grab, raising the specter of more violence. President Mohammed Morsi responded to bloody clashes outside his palace with... more »

• Egyptian army deploys tanks at presidential palace

  December 6, 2012 5:39 AM

  CAIRO (AP) The Egyptian army deployed tanks outside the presidential palace Thursday following fierce street battles between supporters and opponents of Mohammed Morsi that left five people dead and more than 600 injured in the worst outbreak of violence between the two sides since the Islamist leader's election. The intensity... more »

• Egyptian papers suspend publication in protest

  December 4, 2012 2:42 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Several influential Egyptian newspapers have suspended publication to protest what many journalists see as restrictions on the freedom of expression in a draft constitution adopted by an Islamist-led panel. Tuesday's protest involved at least eight independent newspapers. It comes as opponents of President Mohammed Morsi plan a massive... more »

• Egypt's president sets date for constitution vote

  December 1, 2012 2:41 PM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi called Saturday for a referendum in two weeks on a disputed draft constitution, as tens of thousands of his supporters celebrated the decision. Morsi set the date as Dec. 15 in a nationally televised speech to the Islamist-led assembly that hurriedly approved the draft... more »

• Protests erupt after new Egypt constitution passed

  November 30, 2012 8:37 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Tens of thousands of protesters took the streets in Egypt denouncing President Mohammed Morsi and a draft constitution that his Islamist allies approved early Friday in a rushed, all-night session without the participation of liberals and Christians. Anger at Morsi even spilled over into a mosque where the... more »

• Egypt mass protests challenge Islamist president

  November 27, 2012 11:52 AM

  CAIRO (AP) More than 100,000 people flocked to Cairo's central Tahrir square on Tuesday, chanting against Egypt's Islamist president in a powerful show of strength by the opposition demanding Mohammed Morsi revoke edicts granting himself near autocratic powers. Waving Egypt's red, white and black flags, crowds of protesters marched across... more »

• Rallies for, against Egypt president's new powers

  November 23, 2012 4:48 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Demonstrators for and against sweeping new powers assumed by Egypt's Islamist president are gathering in different parts of Cairo, a clear show of the deep polarization plaguing the country. President Mohammed Morsi's decree puts himself above the judiciary and also exempts the Islamist-dominated constituent assembly writing Egypt's new... more »

• Egyptian Islamists rally for Shariah law

  November 9, 2012 8:46 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Over 10,000 ultraconservative Muslims demonstrated Friday in downtown Cairo to demand that Egypt's new constitution be based on the rulings of Islamic law, or Shariah, in the latest tussle over the role of religion in the country's future. The writing of the constitution has been fraught with controversy... more »

• Egypt probes military rulers for protest deaths

  October 15, 2012 7:48 AM

  CAIRO (AP) An Egyptian court official says authorities have launched a civilian investigation of the country's former military transitional rulers for their alleged role in the killing of protesters during their 18 months in power. The official said Monday that an investigative judge was assigned to look into accusations against... more »

• Backers, critics of Egypt president clash in Cairo

  October 12, 2012 11:37 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egypt's new Islamist president clashed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, hurling stones and concrete and swinging sticks at each other in the first such violence since Mohammed Morsi took office more than three months ago. The melee erupted between two competing... more »

• TV critic of Egypt's Islamist president freed

  October 1, 2012 4:36 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Security officials say the owner of a TV station on trial for incitement following his call for the killing of Egypt's Islamist president has been released after being briefly detained over allegations of theft of electrical power and bounced checks. The officials say Tawfiq Okasha was released late... more »

• Egyptian protesters scale US Embassy wall in Cairo

  September 11, 2012 5:50 PM

  CAIRO (AP) Mainly ultraconservative protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Egypt's capital Tuesday and brought down the American flag, replacing it with a black Islamist flag to protest a U.S.-produced film attacking the Prophet Muhammad. Hours later, armed men in eastern Libya also stormed the US consulate... more »

• Egypt: 4 top police cleared of killing protesters

  September 6, 2012 7:50 AM

  CAIRO (AP) A Cairo court has found four senior policemen not guilty of the killing of protesters during last year's popular uprising, the latest acquittal of officials charged in connection to the 850 deaths caused by the crackdown. The court on Thursday acquitted the four, all of whom held the... more »

• Egypt military shows no sign of opposing president

  August 13, 2012 8:01 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's military has shown no sign of opposing the president's surprise decision to retire the defense minister and chief of staff and seize back the powers the military grabbed from his office. Nearly a full day after the order, no unusual military movements were reported anywhere across the... more »

• Egypt's Morsi heads to Ethiopia for AU summit

  July 15, 2012 4:12 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's newly elected President Mohamed Morsi has left for Ethiopia to attend an African Union summit, his second foreign trip since taking office two weeks ago. Morsi will be the first Egyptian leader to attend an African summit since 1995, when deposed leader Hosni Mubarak survived an assassination... more »

• Egypt's top court says ruling on parliament final

  July 9, 2012 8:32 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's state television says the country's highest court has asserted its ruling that led to the disbanding of parliament is final and binding, setting up a showdown with the new president. President Mohammed Morsi has recalled the parliament dissolved by the tribunal last month. Monday's brief TV report... more »

• Egypt president-elect starts consultations on team

  June 25, 2012 4:08 AM

  CAIRO (AP) An aide to Egypt's president-elect says Islamist Mohammed Morsi has moved into the office once occupied by ousted leader Hosni Mubarak and has started consultations on forming his team and a new government. Yasser Ali, a spokesman for the presidential campaign, said the 60-year-old Morsi arrived at the... more »

• Islamist claims victory in Egypt president vote

  June 17, 2012 11:57 PM

  CAIRO (AP) The Muslim Brotherhood declared early Monday that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election, which would be the first victory of an Islamist as head of state in the stunning wave of protests demanding democracy that swept the Middle East the past year. But the military handed... more »

• Brotherhood claims victory in Egypt president vote

  June 17, 2012 8:47 PM

  CAIRO (AP) The Muslim Brotherhood has declared that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election. Morsi "is the first civilian, popularly elected Egyptian president," the group says on its website. The declaration was based on returns the Brotherhood reported from 95 percent of the more than 13,000 polling stations... more »

• Egypt votes for 2nd day to pick Mubarak successor

  June 17, 2012 8:34 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptians voted for a second day Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister against a conservative Islamist, with a sense of gloom hanging over many at the polls over the choice and the prospect that the ruling military will still hold most power even... more »

• Egypt votes for 2nd day to pick Mubarak successor

  June 17, 2012 5:58 AM

  CAIRO (AP) Egyptians voted for a second day Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister against a conservative Islamist, a contest overshadowed by questions of whether the ruling military will transfer power to civilian authority by July 1 as promised. Going head-to-head in the runoff are... more »

• Egypt: deal on constitutional panel sealed

  June 7, 2012 2:49 PM

  CAIRO (AP) Egypt's ruling generals and representatives of 22 political parties have agreed on how to form a panel tasked with drafting a new constitution, breaking a three-month deadlock on the issue. The state news agency says the meeting called by military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi agreed on how... more »