Bringing ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to trial on Monday may not help rid Egypt of social unrest because of the gap between pro- and anti-Morsi camps.
Students who support the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) stormed an administrative building at Al-Azhar University in eastern Cairo's Nasr City district a few hours after the MB's senior members were arrested on Wednesday.
Egypt's prosecutor general referred on Wednesday former information minister, Salah Abdel Maqsoud, to the criminal court over charges of providing state TV equipment to another TV channel which broadcast pro-Morsi demonstrations, state- run MENA news agency reported.
Egypt expects more crackdowns on Islamic movements after an attempted bomb attack against the interior minister allegedly staged by Islamists in retaliation for the Aug. 14 dispersal of their fellow protesters, analysts said.
Egyptian prosecutors referred Sunday ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 14 other people to a criminal court over the killing of a journalist and the violence that erupted over his controversial presidential declaration last year, official news agency MENA reported.
Egyptian police arrested a wanted senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood ahead of the group's massive protests aiming to reinstate Mohamed Morsi as president, official news agency MENA reported Thursday.
The National Alliance for Supporting Legitimacy, a pro-ousted President Mohamed Morsi bloc, called for massive protests on Friday in an attempt to pressure for the reinstatement of the "legitimate leader," official news agency MENA reported Wednesday.
The trial of the top leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), from which ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi hails, was adjourned to Oct. 29 over the absence of defendants for security reasons, state TV reported.
General Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie was arrested by police in Cairo, official news agency MENA reported early Tuesday, citing a security source.
A total of 36 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi hails, died in a riot as they attempted to escape when being moved to a jail on Sunday, official news agency MENA reported, quoting a security source.
Turkey has warned its citizens in Egypt to stay away from protests and avoid travelling overland, local media reported on Monday.
Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fatah al-Sisi vowed on Sunday to stand firm against violence, as supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi cancelled some of their planned marches in Cairo for "security reasons."
Egypt's security forces started on Thursday evening to disperse a new sit-in supporting ousted President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, state TV reported.
At least eight top leaders of Egypt' s Muslim Brotherhood were allegedly arrested at Rabaa Al Adawiya square in Cairo's Nasr City during an operation by the police to disperse supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, state TV reported on Wednesday.
At least 421 people were killed and 3,572 others injured across Egypt in clashes between supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi and the security troops, after the latter dispersed Wednesday two pro-Morsi sit-ins in the country, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
At least 235 people were killed and over 2,000 injured in clashes across Egypt after the police started at dawn to disperse supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi at two major sit-in sites, a Health Ministry official told Xinhua Wednesday evening.
Ecuador on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Egypt, Edwin Johnson, for consultation on the new wave of violence that erupted this week in the Arab country, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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