Regional News

January 29, 2013

The Port Said protestors have called for a separate state to be established in the Suez region.
09:53 GMT

General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave the warning as concerns of a civil war spread online.

January 28, 2013

The Egyptian army has been given powers of arrest not seen since the state of emergency was lifted last year.
11:33 GMT

Egypt gave the army sweeping authority to arrest and detain civilians on Monday, as clashes continued in cities around the country.

An opposition supporter stands on top of a step painted with graffiti and Arabic writing that reads, "We are all people" during a demonstration outside Egyptian presidential palace against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. (AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ)
07:52 GMT

UAE authorities detained 94 people accused of trying to overthrow the state.

President Mohammed Morsi declared a state of emergency after deadly clashes at the weekend.
05:16 GMT

Egypt President Mohamed Morsi declares a state of emergency in Port Said, Suez and Ismailia in the wake of deadly clashes, calls for dialogue with opposition.

January 27, 2013

Violence erupted in Port Said after 21 people were sentenced to death on Saturday.
20:05 GMT

Six people were killed and more than 400 injured in Egypt's Port Said on Sunday as rioting sparked by death sentences passed on fans of a local football team rocked the canal city for a second straight day.

Egyptian fans of Al-Ahly football club wave a flag bearing the portrait of a victim of a football riot as they celebrate outside the club's headquarters in Cairo on Saturday. (AFP)
12:07 GMT

More than 40 people have been killed and hundreds more injured around the country since clashes began on Friday, the second anniversary of Egypt's revolution.

A Yemeni soldier mans a checkpoint in Sanaa on Wednesday as authorities stepped up security measures ahead of an extraordinary UN Security Council session in Yemen on Sunday. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)
11:50 GMT

Thousands of protestors took to the streets in Yemen on Sunday as a U.N. Security Council delegation met to discuss national reconcilliation.

More than three million people gathered for prayers on the day of the foiled plot.
08:20 GMT

Syrian whistleblower says the alleged plot to target Muslims at Mount Arafat was ordered by Damascus.

January 26, 2013

Smoke billows from a burning minibus belonging to a satellite channel after it was set on fire by Egyptian protesters outside the Port Said prison in the Egyptian canal city on Saturday (Photo courtesy of AFP)
16:53 GMT

Clashes between angry Port Said protesters and security erupt over football death sentence verdict; death toll and numbers of injured continues to rise on Saturday.

21 people have been sentenced to death over involvement in the Port Said massacre in Egypt last year
08:54 GMT

An Egyptian court sentenced to death on Saturday 21 people accused of involvement in the Port Said soccer stadium disaster in which 74 people were killed last year, the judge said, ad fears grow over further violence.

Nine people were killed in clashes in Egypt yesterday (File Photo)
03:00 GMT

Nine people were killed in Egypt yesterday, as the country celebrated the second anniversary of the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak.

January 25, 2013

Clashes have erupted across Egypt n the second anniversary of the January 25 revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak
15:27 GMT

There have been clashes across Egypt has the country celebrates the second anniversary of the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak,

The UK's Foreign Office said it has credible evidence of potential attacks on Westerners yesterday
07:40 GMT

The UK's Foreign Office urged all British nationals to leave the city of Benghazi, Libya.

Egyptian protesters walk away after riot police used tear gas during a protest in Tahrir Square on January 24, 2012 in Cairo. (Photo: MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
05:13 GMT

Egyptian riot police fired tear gas and clashed with dozens of protesters on Thursday in central Cairo.

January 24, 2013

A broad opposition coalition has called for mass protests on Friday.
12:37 GMT

On the eve of Egypt's anniversary of the 2011-2012 revolution, the government has asked protestors to eschew confrontations with security forces.