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Mohamed Badie (C) had been in hiding since the crackdown against pro-Mursi supporters

Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader arrested

Egyptian authorities have escalated their crackdown on deposed president Mohammed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood by arresting the organisation's spiritual leader Mohamed Badie.

News • 20 Aug 13

Several thousand Brotherhood supporters marched through downtown this afternoon

Dozens killed in Egypt's 'day of rage'

Muslim Brotherhood protests plunged into violence across Egypt today, with around 50 killed in Cairo alone on a "Day of Rage".

News • 16 Aug 13

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2R) called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting on Egypt

Widespread condemnation of Egypt crackdown

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has condemned yesterday's violence in Egypt and called on authorities to exercise restraint.

News • 15 Aug 13

Army bulldozers remove a barricade at Cairo's Mustafa Mahmoud Square

Obama condemns violent crackdown in Egypt

US President Barack Obama has strongly condemned the violent crackdown by security forces in Egypt yesterday.

News • 16 Aug 13

A woman tries to stop forces from entering a camp in Cairo

Egypt declares state of emergency

Egypt's interior minister has said that two protest camps of supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohammed Mursi have been cleared.

News • 14 Aug 13

A protester throws a stone in Cairo as police fire tear gas

Mursi supporter shot dead at Cairo protest

Security sources have said that one Muslim Brotherhood member has been shot dead and at least 11 people wounded at a march in Egypt.

News • 13 Aug 13

Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Mursi have gathered in camps around Cairo

Egyptian police delay move against pro-Mursi camps

Supporters of deposed President Mohammed Mursi have urged Egyptians to take to the streets today to foil any police crackdown on two protest camps in Cairo.

News • 12 Aug 13

Mursi supporters have been told to leave their protest camps

Egypt holds off on threat to clear protest camps

Military-led authorities in Egypt have held off from carrying out a threat to clear protest sit-ins by supporters of ousted president Mohammed Mursi by force.

News • 08 Aug 13

Supporters of Mohammed Mursi protest on the streets of Egypt

Call for Egypt to release Brotherhood leaders

Qatar has said that Egypt must release jailed Muslim Brotherhood leaders to help resolve a political crisis following the overthrow of Islamist president Mohammed Mursi.

News • 07 Aug 13

Supporters of Mohammed Mursi attend a rally in Cairo

Egypt to say mediation has failed to end crisis

Egypt's presidency is expected to announce that foreign mediation efforts to end the political crisis have failed, a state-run newspaper has said.

News • 06 Aug 13

Pro-Mursi supporters carry posters bearing his portrait during a demonstration against the government in Cairo

US in pledge to aid Egyptian transition

The United States said it would work with other nations to resolve Egypt's crisis peacefully.

News • 02 Aug 13

Supporters of Mohammed Mursi have been protesting since his removal by the army

Germany warns Egypt over 'selective justice'

Germany has urged Egypt to avoid "the appearance of selective justice" following the arrests of some senior leaders of deposed president Mohammed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood.

News • 01 Aug 13

A supporter of Mursi raises a portrait of him during a demonstration against the government in Cairo

EU foreign policy chief meets Mohammed Mursi

Egypt's rulers have allowed an EU envoy to meet deposed president Mohammed Mursi, but have ruled out involving him in any negotiations.

News • 30 Jul 13

Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters have been staging a vigil outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque

EU chief calls for an end to Egyptian conflict

The European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has pressed Egypt's rulers to step back from a growing confrontation with the Muslim Brotherhood of deposed Islamist president Mohammed Mursi.

News • 29 Jul 13

Rival factions clashed in Cairo yesterday

Muslim Brotherhood refuses to back down in Cairo

Thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood stood their ground in Cairo today, saying they would not leave the streets despite "massacres" by security forces who shot dozens of them dead.

News • 29 Jul 13

Supporters of Mohammed Mursi clash with riot police in Cairo

Kerry warns Egypt to respect the right to protest

The United States has urged Egypt to respect the right to peaceful protest, and warned that Egypt was at a "pivotal moment".

News • 27 Jul 13

Supporters of Mr Mursi perform the evening prayer in Cairo last night

Mursi held for 15 days over array of accusations

Egyptian authorities have detained President Mohammed Mursi for 15 days over an array of accusations.

News • 26 Jul 13

Supporters of Mohammed Mursi marching towards Cairo University yesterday

Nine killed as rival groups clash in Egypt

Nine people have been killed in Cairo in clashes between opponents and Islamist supporters of Egypt's deposed President Mohammed Mursi.

News • 23 Jul 13

John Kerry repeated the US position that it has not yet made any decision on Egyptian aid

Kerry says Egypt may have avoided civil war

Egypt may have avoided a civil war this month, US Secretary of State John Kerry said today.

News • 17 Jul 13

Supporters of ousted president Mohammed Mursi participate in Friday prayer

Mursi supporters gather for Cairo protest

Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Mursi are protesting in Cairo, calling for him to be reinstated.

News • 12 Jul 13

Supporters of Mohammed Mursi stage a protest in Cairo

Egypt welcomes US stance on Mursi removal

Egypt has accused Iran of "unacceptable interference" in its domestic affairs for having criticised the Egyptian army's removal of elected president Mohammed Mursi last week.

News • 11 Jul 13

Supporters of Mohammed Mursi are set to continue protests over his removal from office

Muslim Brotherhood to be offered Egyptian posts

Egypt's prime minister-designate is to offer ministerial posts in the new government to members of the Freedom and Justice Party, the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm, and to the hardline Islamist Nour Party.

News • 09 Jul 13

Egyptian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clash with police outside the elite Republican Guard base in Cairo

Egypt to hold parliamentary vote in six months

Egypt will hold new parliamentary elections once amendments to its suspended constitution are approved in a referendum, the interim head of state has decreed, setting out a timeframe that could see a legislative vote in about six months.

News • 08 Jul 13

Supporters of Mohammed Mursi burn tyres on a bridge in Cairo in protest over his removal

Opposition to appointment of new Egyptian PM

At least 36 people have died in more violence across Egypt as opposition grows to the expected appointment of the UN's former nuclear agency chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, as Prime Minister.

News • 07 Jul 13

Witnesses reported gunfire and stone-throwing among the crowds

At least 17 killed during clashes across Egypt

At least 17 people have been killed in clashes across Egypt involving opponents and backers of ousted President Mohammed Mursi, as well as security forces.

News • 05 Jul 13