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Adel el-Khayat was named to the provincial governor's post Sunday by President Mohammed Morsi, causing the outrage.

Egyptians are deeply divided and many have no faith in any of the main political groups, creating a crisis for the state to build on the revolution of 2011, a new poll by Zogby Research Services found on Monday.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is supporting "no-fly" zones over Syria. A statement from the Assad government calls the move "irresponsible" and part of a conspiracy against Syria.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi listens to a speaker at a rally called by hardline Islamists loyal to the Egyptian president to show solidarity with the people of Syria in a stadium in Cairo on Sunday in this image released by the Egyptian presidency.

Addis Ababa, June 17, 2013 - Egypt must drop its objection to an Ethiopian dam on the main tributary of the Nile River or it may struggle to ensure adequate supplies from the world's longest waterway, former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia David Shinn said, Bloomberg reports.

A Canadian citizen is facing five years of hard labour in an Egyptian prison for working with an NGO in Cairo during the Arab Spring.

Egypt's president on Sunday appointed 17 new provincial governors, including seven members of his Muslim Brotherhood, adding to its already considerable power in the legislative and executive branches.

Yes I saw that. I think it occurred about a year ago and both Hillary and Uma and now Kerry said he didn't really mean it.

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi cut ties with Syria and sent his foreign minister to Ethiopia over a dam dispute as the Islamist leader flexed political muscle two weeks before he faces mass rallies against his rule.

Radical Islamic preacher Wagdy Ghoneim said participation in the protests scheduled for 30 June is forbidden as President Mohamed Morsi is a legitimately elected president.

Fighting in Syria has continued with government forces buoyed by a recent victory in Qusayr , and ahead of a G8 summit where There was heavy shelling in Ghouta on Sunday on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital, with activists' videos showing intense fighting in Al Rastan in Homs, as the Syrian army bombed the Al Asali district in Damasus .

United Arab Emirates shares fell the most in almost a week as concern the civil war in Syria may escalate hurt investor sentiment across the Middle East.

June 30th marks Mohamed Morsi's first anniversary as President of Egypt. It is also the date set for nationwide demonstrations protesting Morsi's increasingly authoritarian leadership and the role his Muslim Brotherhood is playing in post-Tahrir Egypt.

President Mohammed Morsi has announced he has cut all of Egypt's ties to the Syrian government, and has called for world powers to impose a no-fly zone over Syria to help protect Syrian opposition supporters.

Free Syrian Army fighters are seen behind sandbags in the Mouazafeen neighbourhood in Deir al-Zor, June 14, 2013.

Here you'll see photographers working in some of the worst conditions imaginable, just to produce that image that people will look at for all of a few seconds.

Which country is most actively throwing its weight around in Syria and Egypt? It's not the United States or Iran, Saudi Arabia, or even Russia.

Anti-Mursi protesters, made up of intellectuals and artists, burn a picture of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, which has the word ''rebel'' written on it, in front of the Ministry of Culture during a demonstration against what they claimed are increasing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood over the Ministry of Culture and Minister of Culture Alaa ... (more)

As Egypt struggles to cope with economic turmoil and political divisions, citizens are increasingly seeking alternatives to the current Muslim Brotherhood government.

They were charged with operating without a license and receiving unauthorized foreign funds.