Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters have taken to the streets in several parts of Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt in defiance of the military-imposed state of emergency.

Egypt is braced for a day of rival rallies and potential street clashes as Islamists condemned military leaders’ call for huge pro-army demonstrations.

Clashes between police and supporters of Egypt’s ousted president have left at least seven people dead, officials said today.

Egypt’s military chief has tried to justify his decision to remove Mohammed Morsi from office, saying the Islamist leader had violated his popular mandate.

Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood are demonstrating in a Cairo square, waving pictures of ousted president Mohammed Morsi.

Prosecutors will investigate allegations that Egypt’s ousted president escaped from prison during the 2011 revolution with help from the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has declared it will refuse to join an interim cabinet to replace ousted president Mohammed Morsi, spurning an offer from the new prime minister to help shepherd the country through a transition period.

Egyptians were on edge today after supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohammed Morsi fought overnight street battles that left at least 30 dead across the increasingly divided country.

Seventeen people were reported killed in clashes around Egypt yesterday involving opponents and backers of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi, as well as security forces.

Tens of thousands of Islamists have streamed across a Nile River bridge towards Cairo’s Tahrir Square, threatening a showdown.

The chief justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in as interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

The supreme leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has been arrested and flown to Cairo on a military helicopter, security officials say.

Egytian prosecutors have ordered the arrest of the leader of Muslim Brotherhood and his deputy for the killing of eight protesters in clashes outside the group’s Cairo headquarters.

Egyptian liberal opposition leader Mohamed El Baradei said yesterday that the Arab Spring revolution of 2011 had been relaunched by the announcement of an army-sponsored roadmap which removed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

The armed forces ousted Egypt’s first democratically elected president today after just a year in power, installing a temporary civilian government, suspending the constitution and calling for new elections.

Egypt’s military has given its president and his opponents a 48-hour “last chance” to reach an agreement to “meet the people’s demands” before it intervenes in the dispute.

Protesters have ransacked the Cairo headquarters of president Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood Islamist group.

The Muslim Brotherhood's political party says it has won a majority of the seats up for grabs in Egypt's elections, which would give it at least 40% of the seats in parliament decided so far.

The leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group expected to dominate the country's next parliament, says it does not seek to get into a power struggle with the ruling military council over the formation of the next government.

The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group expected to dominate the country’s next parliament, said it does not seek to get into a power struggle with the ruling military council over the formation of the next government.

Egypt’s opposition called the results of parliamentary elections invalid today claiming vote rigging secured an overwhelming victory for the ruling party.