Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and tried unsuccessfully to disrupt international shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot stoked rage in a country beset by worsening security.
One person was killed and more than 80 were wounded in clashes at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in central Cairo after a funeral service for four Egyptian Christians killed in sectarian violence with Muslims, state media said.
Protesters wearing surgical masks, scarves and hoods clashed with police wielding tear gas as violence in the Egyptian city of Port Said entered its fifth day.
Protesters demanding the departure of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi have clashed with police outside his palace on the second anniversary of the overthrow of veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Protesters have clashed with police across Egypt on the second anniversary of the revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak, taking to the streets against the elected Islamist president who they accuse of betraying the revolution.
At least 30 people were killed when Egyptians rampaged in protest at the sentencing of 21 people to death over a football stadium disaster, violence that compounds a political crisis facing Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
Reem Abdellatif describes the fear and loathing women feel these days in Tahrir Square, Egypt.
President Mohamed Mursi has called parliamentary elections that will began on April 27 and finish in late June, a four-stage vote that the Islamist leader hopes will conclude Egypt's turbulent transition to democracy.
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has declared a month-long state of emergency in three cities along the Suez Canal which have been the focus of anti-government violence that has killed dozens of people over the past four days.
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has signed into law a new constitution shaped by his Islamist allies, a bitterly contested document which he said would help end political turmoil and allow him to focus on fixing the economy.
Egypt's vice-president has resigned as Egyptians vote in a referendum that is expected to approve a new constitution that lays the foundations for the country's transition to democracy but will strip him of his role.
An Egyptian military deployment around the presidential palace aims to secure the building, the state news agency reported, following violent protests between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Mursi in the area.
Egypt's Republican Guard has restored order around the presidential palace after fierce clashes killed seven people, but passions ran high in a contest over the country's future.
Egypt's main opposition coalition has announced its rejection of a constitutional referendum set by Islamist President Mohamed Mursi for December 15.
Tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters have surged around President Mohamed Mursi's palace in Cairo after breaking through barbed wire barricades and climbing onto army tanks guarding the premises.
Opponents and supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi have clashed in Cairo in the first street violence between rival factions since the Islamist leader took office.
Egypt branded Islamist gunmen who killed 16 police near the Israeli border as "infidels" and has promised to launch a crackdown following the massacre that has strained Cairo's ties with both Israel and Palestinians.
Egypt's Islamist president has ordered changes to the military top brass, including pensioning off Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who served Hosni Mubarak for two decades, in a move that further stamps the new leader's authority on the state.
At least 15 Egyptian policemen were killed and seven wounded in an armed attack on a police station in North Sinai on the border between Egypt and Israel in what the Israeli government said was an attempt to storm its border.
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi kept his post as Egyptian defence minister in a Muslim Brotherhood-led administration sworn in by President Mohamed Mursi, confirming the military's role at the epicentre of power.