Egypt Constitution

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  Blocking Aid To Gaza Could Be "A Crime", Warns International Criminal Court

  The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor warned Sunday that blocking humanitarian aid from entering Gaza could constitute a crime.

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  Egyptians Overwhelmingly Approve Changes Extending President Sisi's Rule

  Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes that could see President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's rule extended to 2030, the electoral board said Tuesday.

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  'No More Jobs In Qatar': Indian Workers On Gulf Crisis Frontline

  Ajit, an electrician, is just seven months into his new job but right now he is a worried man, like many other members of the huge migrant workforce in Qatar.

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  Egypt's Top Constitutional Court Upholds Law Restricting Street Protests

  Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court upheld on Saturday a law that effectively bans protests, settling a years-long court battle and protecting the law from further challenges.

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  Egypt Court To Review Law Banning Protests In October

  Egypt's constitutional court is to start reviewing on October 1 a controversial law that bans unauthorised protests, officials said today.

• Egypt approves constitution by 98 per cent as Sisi eyes presidency

  Egyptian voters have approved a new constitution by 98.1 percent, the elections chief said on Saturday, in what the government declared a popular endorsement of the army's overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

• 98.1 per cent of voters approve constitution in Egypt

  Voters overwhelmingly supported Egypt's military-backed constitution in a two-day election, with 98.1 percent supporting it in the first vote since a coup toppled the country's president, the election commission said Saturday.

• Egypt to announce results of constitutional referendum

  Egyptian authorities are to announce on Saturday the results of a constitutional referendum the interim government has hailed as a ringing endorsement of the army's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

• Cairo bomb attack as referendum gets under way: police

  A bomb exploded outside a Cairo court on Tuesday just before polling stations were to open for a constitutional referendum boycotted by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, police said.

• Egyptians set to vote on army-backed post-Mohamed Morsi constitution

  Egyptians vote this week for the first time since Mohamed Morsi's downfall in a constitutional referendum.

• Teargas flies in Cairo as constitution takes shape

  Egyptian security forces fired teargas in Cairo's Tahrir Square to disperse anti-government protesters on Sunday.

• Egypt draft constitution deflates hopes for change

  Egypt's new constitution is still in the drafting stage but has already disappointed rights groups and activists who had hoped it would curb the military's wide-ranging powers and privileges.

• Egypt's new constitution may ban Mohamed Morsi's party

  Religious parties in Egypt like that of ousted President Mohamed Morsi's party may face dissolution while the ban on deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak's party could be revoked under a proposed new constitution that seeks to overhaul the country's political system.

• Egypt starts amending constitution despite political divisions

  A panel of legal experts started work on Sunday to revise Egypt's Islamist-tinged constitution, a vital first step on the road to fresh elections ordered by the army following its removal of Mohamed Morsi as president.

• Panel meets to amend Egyptian constitution

  The panel charged with amending Egypt's constitution in the aftermath of the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi met for the first time on Sunday, according to the country's official news agency.