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Obama condemns violence in Egypt, cancels military exercises

President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that the United States is canceling joint military exercises with Egypt next month, saying normal U.S. cooperation cannot continue in light of the armed forces\’ bloody crackdown.

Israel boosts rocket defenses on Egypt border

Israel has boosted its rocket defenses near its southern border with Egypt to counter possible attacks from Islamist militants fighting security forces in Egypt\’s Sinai peninsula, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.

House appropriations bill would sustain Egypt funding

The U.S. House of Representatives foreign operations appropriations bill now under consideration does not stop assistance to Egypt despite the recent coup, in part because of considerations of Israeli security.

Violence overshadows new Egyptian cabinet; seven killed

Seven people were killed and more than 260 wounded when Islamist supporters of Mohamed Morsi fought opponents of the deposed Egyptian president and security forces, marking a return of violence that overshadowed the naming of an interim cabinet.

U.S. envoy spurned by both sides on Egypt visit

The first senior U.S. official to visit Egypt since the army toppled its elected president meets officials on Monday to urge them to swiftly restore democracy, while thousands of supporters of the ousted Islamist leader take to the streets.

Egypt’s bruised Islamists protest after bloody week

Islamist supporters of Egypt\’s ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, protested in Cairo on Friday after a week of violence in which more than 90 people were killed in a bitterly divided nation.

Egypt welcomes U.S. remarks on Morsi; food stocks dwindle

Egypt\’s interim rulers welcomed on Thursday remarks from the U.S. State Department describing the rule of toppled leader Mohamed Morsi as undemocratic, read in Cairo as a signal that Washington will not cut off its $1.5 billion in annual aid.

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