Adly Mahmud Mansour has become Egypt’s interim president following the removal of President Mohammed Morsi by the military.
Head of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party Rached Ghannouchi has ruled out a similar scenario in his country following the ouster of Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has expressed concern over the ongoing unrest across Egypt, calling on the Cairo government to respect the legitimate demands of the protesters.
The Egyptian army has taken full control of the radio and television building in Maspero in Cairo, al-Alam correspondent reports.
Mohamed ElBaradei has been chosen by the Egyptian opposition groups to represent them in negotiations on the country's future.
A group of deputies resigned on Saturday from Egypt's acting parliament in support of the people, they said, on the eve of mass rallies planned against President Mohamed Morsi.
Four people, including one US citizen, have been killed in clashes between tens of thousands of opponents and supporters of President Mohamed Morsi across Egypt.
One person has been killed and 30 injured as supporters and critics of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi clashed in the north of the country, the health ministry reports.
Extremists have attacked Iranian Press TV’s reporter in Tunisia, beating him up and breaking his camera, al-Alam reports.
Traffic in the Egyptian capital has come to a virtual standstill, as lines of cars queuing for petrol stretched down the city streets.