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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.

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 seeks end to crisis with quick elections

Egypt\’s interim rulers unveiled a quick timetable for elections and won a $3 billion cash lifeline from the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, a day after 55 people were killed when troops fired on a crowd supporting ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

Morsi, army refuse to budge as deadline passes

Egypt\’s army commander and Islamist President Mohamed Morsi each pledged to die for his cause as a deadline neared on Wednesday that will trigger a military takeover backed by protesters.

Egypt’s new politics make Israel ties a target

To mark the day Egypt regained control of the Sinai peninsula from Israel, a group of protesters pledged they would this week cover a memorial to Israelis killed in the war with an Egyptian flag bearing the words: \”Sinai – the invaders\’ graveyard.\”

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