Egypt's constitution-drafting committee has agreed to an article that grants immunity to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). According to a draft published in Egypt's state media on Thursday, the new constitution would grant more powers to the SCAF and could ban Islamic parties completely. The 50-member assembly is scheduled to finish ...

[caption id="attachment_35715" align="alignright" width="210"] Members of the Egyptian Shura Council attend a meeting in Cairo.[/caption] Nine secular Egyptian MPs have resigned from the acting parliament ahead of Sundays demonstrations against President Mohamed Morsi. The MPs said on Saturday that they had resigned from the Shura Council, the upper ...