The retrial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been postponed, possibly for months. The 84-year-old turned up at court, only for the presiding judge to refuse to hear the case. Mubarak faces charges over the deaths of more than 800 peo...

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, in a bid to calm unrest and complete Egypt's transition to democracy, has called four-stage parliamentary elections beginning in April. The new parliament, which Morsi' Islamist party will seek a majority in, will...

Ongoing mass protests have led the Egyptian government to declare a state of emergency and the country's defense minister to warn of the potential "collapse of the state." Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports from the city of...

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has declared a 30-day state of emergency and a night-time curfew in three cities along the Suez Canal that have seen deadly clashes in recent days. The emergency measures come as Port Said suffers a wave of deaths ...

The Egyptian courts have accepted former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's appeal over his life sentence and ordered a retrial. He was ousted from power following a revolution in Egypt in 2011. Mubarak and his former Interior Minister were jailed...

Voting in Egypt has again been extended by several hours at the end of the second, decisive round of the hotly-contested constitutional referendum. Polling stations were still open when news came through that Egypt's vice-president had resigned.

Police in Alexandria have fired teargas rounds at Islamist supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. The confrontation comes on the eve of a divisive referendum on the new draft constitution. The Muslim Brotherhood called the rally to decry...

Opponents and supporters of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi took to the streets across Egypt on the eve of a controversial constitutional referendum. In Alexandria, clashes broke out between rival camps and at least 13 people were reportedly inju...

Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports from the streets of Cairo, where thousands of people have taken to the streets in new rallies for and against a controversial referendum backed by embattled Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. In a potential nod to the ...

Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi have been gathering on the streets of Cairo. They have also been staging demonstrations over the country's disputed draft constitution - which is due to be voted on in a r...