More than 10,000 Egyptians marched from mosques and protested in Cairo’s Tahrir Square today.

Tens of thousands of Egyptian Coptic Christians joined a funeral mass for their patriarch, Pope Shenouda III, led by senior clerics at the main cathedral in Cairo today.

Two protesters have been shot dead in clashes with Egyptian police in Suez, the first to die in demonstrations that followed a football match riot that left 74 dead.

Anger over a deadly soccer riot erupted in fresh clashes that injured nearly 400 people yesterday as security forces fired tear gas at fans and other protesters who accused police of failing to stop the bloodshed.

Egypt’s military rulers picked a prime minister from ousted leader Hosni Mubarak’s era to head the next government today.

The Egyptian ruling military has asked a Mubarak-era prime minister to head the next government.

Egyptian police have clashed with anti-government protesters for a fifth day in Cairo as a rights group raised the overall death toll from the current unrest to 38.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforms helped lead to the fall of communism, threw his weight behind the pro-democracy protests in Egypt, saying they were “well-grounded and of vital importance”.

A move by Egypt’s military rulers to bring forward the transfer of power to a civilian government has failed to win over thousands of street protesters in Cairo.

Egypt's military rulers have agreed to form a new "national salvation government".

Deadly clashes between Christians, Muslims and security forces have dealt a serious setback to Egypt’s transition to civilian rule, the country’s prime minister said today.

Egypt’s military rulers have sworn in a new cabinet that includes new faces in key ministries, responding to protesters’ demands that the new government be free of stalwarts of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president and handed control to the military after 18 days of pro-democracy demonstrations.

Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak refused to step down or leave the country and instead handed most of his powers to his vice president, enraging protesters who warned the country could explode in violence and pleaded for the military to take action to push him out.