Opponents of President Mohammed Morsi have set fire to offices of his Muslim Brotherhood in several Egyptian cities, clashing with his supporters after the Islamist leader assumed sweeping new powers.

A speeding train that crashed into a bus carrying Egyptian children to their kindergarten killed 51 and prompted a wave of anger against a government under mounting pressure to rectify the former regime’s legacy of neglect.

A speeding train has crashed into a bus carrying children to their creche in southern Egypt, killing at least 49, officials said.

At least 47 children were killed today when their school bus was hit by a train on a level crossing in southern Egypt.

At least 47 children were killed today when their school bus was hit by a train on a level crossing in southern Egypt.

Egypt’s incoming cabinet will have few Islamists and some holdovers from the outgoing military-backed team in key positions, according to a partial list.

Around 200 Coptic Christians and Muslims clashed in a southern Egyptian province after a drawing depicting the Prophet Muhammad was posted on a local Christian student’s Facebook page.

Police and protesters demanding that Egypt’s ruling military council step down are observing a truce after five days of deadly street battles in which at least 40 people died.

International criticism of Egypt’s military rulers mounted today as police clashed for a fifth day with protesters demanding the generals relinquish power immediately.

A wave of strikes added to the chaos in Egypt tonight with thousands walking out of their state jobs in support of anti-government protests.

More than 250,000 people joined a mass protest in Cairo's main square today in the largest protest yet in a week of unrelenting demands for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power.

Egyptian security officials have said pro-democracy leader Mohamed ElBaradei has been placed under house arrest as nationwide anti-government protests raged into a fourth day.

Thousands of Egyptian anti-government protesters are clashing with police in Cairo, who are firing rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons to disperse them.

There were fears tonight Egypt could face a new wave of Christian rioting after a lethal gun attack.

Fifteen people have died after a bus packed with 77 schoolgirls was swept off a road by floods in southern Egypt.

Twenty-two people, including two infants, were killed today in Egypt in a crash involving a bus, a truck and two cars.

Crowds gathered at a monastery in southern Egypt today to protest at revelations that an excommunicated monk allegedly ran a sex-and-blackmail ring at the sacred site.