Business is hurting in a city where nightlife is a key source of income.

In message from hiding, Mohammed el-Beltagy refutes media reports.

Former militant groups offering initiative to halt political violence.

A test of whether Morsi's allies can keep up pressure on the government.

Security and military forces are ranged around Cairo, closing off traffic in some major thoroughfares and in the city center ahead of protests by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

Rights group has chronicled attacks on dozens of Christian institutions.

Suspension of some export licenses falls short of a full weapons embargo.

Considering suspending arms shipments to Egypt and curtailing some aid in an attempt to stop the bloodshed.

One was dressed as a woman as he attempted to flee; other arrested before getting on plane.

Mohammed Badie's arrest is the latest move in an escalating crackdown by authorities on the Brotherhood, which has seen hundreds of its members taken into custody.