Tag: Morsi

Opposition leaders earlier rejected Mr Morsi’s call for talks, putting their weight instead behind rallies which converged on the palace from all across Cairo...

More than 30 hours after violence erupted between supporters of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and those opposing him, the Egyptian president today addressed the...

Joint sitting of parliament scheduled for Friday (today) and which had to be addressed by Egyptian President Muhamed Morsi, has been cancelled due to...

Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi will address Pakistani parliamentarians on Nov 23 (Friday), the first Egyptian president to visit the country in 37 years, media...

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Friday condemned a film that is sparking protests across the Arab world as an "aggression" on Islam that distracts...

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi told a gathering of Arab foreign ministers on Wednesday that he wanted to revive Egypt’s pivotal role in the Arab...

Syrian troops backed by artillery and warplanes fought rebels on multiple fronts Wednesday as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi described the death toll as “staggering”...

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for a lightning visit to the longtime Middle East ally to reaffirm US support...

Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Morsi named outgoing irrigation minister Hisham Qandil, a reputed independent, as prime minister on Tuesday and tasked him with forming...

Egypt on Monday began to release detainees held by the military following a decree last week by President Mohamed Morsi, security officials told AFP. “Prison...

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday ordered the release of 572 people detained by the military, the official MENA news agency reported. Morsi, who...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks Sunday with Egypt’s top military leaders, just hours after calling for them to help smooth the...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Cairo on Saturday for talks with new President Mohamed Morsi, amid a power struggle between the...

Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament convened on Tuesday in defiance of the powerful military and the judiciary, following a decree by newly elected President Mohamed Morsi...

Hundreds of Egyptians have been making their way to the presidential palace in Cairo to air their grievances and demand solutions directly from newly-elected...

Mohamed Morsi took the oath of office on Saturday to become Egypt’s first Islamist president and its first elected head of state since Hosni...