Egypt News

A series of clashes between security forces and supporters of former president Hosni Mubarak on Sunday have rendered much of Egypt into a combat-zone with streets covered in debris and dead-bodies and air thick with black smoke and tear gas. The government has reported 44 killed and more than 240 injured while police has detained 423 protestors across the nation.

After Turkish PM condemned an August-14 crackdown by Egyptian security forces on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt decided on Saturday to expel Turkish ambassador Huseyin Avni Botsali. Egypt, which considered PM's remarks as provocative, decided to declare the Turkish ambassador unwelcomed and not to send their ambassador to Turkey.

Egypt PM Hazem Beblawi on Tuesday declared the Muslim Brotherhood movement a 'terrorist' group, after a car bomb ripped through a police building and killed at least 14 people. The declaration comes just weeks ahead of a referendum on a new constitution, which is billed as the first major step towards democracy since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi.

Egyptian police Tuesday arrested former PM, Hisham Kandil, who was trying to flee to Sudan. Kandil, who was appointed by ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment for failing to implement a court ruling. The army-led government launched a fierce crackdown on Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood group after Morsi was ousted by the army in July, 2013.