Mohamed Elbaradei

• Egypt's former vice president Mohamed ElBaradei faces charges over 'breaching national trust'

  Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, who recently quit as Egypt's interim vice president and left the country in the face of deadly crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood supporters by military-led government, may face charges of "breaching national trust" in a court in Cairo.

• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on the offensive after deadly crackdown

  Fresh violence hit Egypt today, with Islamists going on the counterattack a day after a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi sparked clashes that killed hundreds and drew international censure.

• Egypt seethes under curfew after hundreds killed

  Security forces struggled to clamp a lid on Egypt on Thursday after hundreds of people were killed when authorities forcibly broke up camps of supporters protesting the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, in the worst nationwide bloodshed in decades.

• Mohamed ElBaradei resigns as Egypt's Vice President

  Egyptian Vice President, Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, announced his resignation in a letter to the interim president today seen by AFP.

• Mohamed Morsi's supporters stage Eid protests in Egypt as military holds off

  Islamist supporters of Egypt's deposed president held a festive rally for the Eid al-Fitr holiday today to demand his restoration after the military-led authorities that removed him held off from a threat to break up protest sit-ins.

• US envoy meets Egypt's foreign minister in a bid to resolve crisis

  A US envoy met Egyptian officials today amid efforts to find a peaceful solution to the stand-off between supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and the army-installed interim government.

• Mohamed Morsi supporters defy Egypt police with fresh rallies

  Islamist backers of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi staged defiant rallies yesterday and clashed with police in Cairo, after the government ordered their protest camps to be broken up.

• Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri accuses US of 'plotting' Egypt president Mohamed Morsi's ouster

  Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri accused the US of "plotting" with Egypt's military, secularists and Christians to overthrow Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, in an audio recording posted on militant Islamist forums.

• Egypt police asks Mohamed Morsi supporters to disperse

  Egypt's interior ministry promised Mohamed Morsi's supporters "safe exit" today if they quickly leave their Cairo protest camps, as police prepared to disperse them amid international appeals for restraint.

• Egypt's ex-president Mohamed Morsi doing 'well,' has access to news: Catherine Ashton

  Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi is "well" and has access to news, European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said today after meeting him at an undisclosed location.