At least 30 people are killed in clashes, hospital officials say, after a Cairo court sentences 21 defendants to death for their role in a Port Said football game riot last year.

Malian forces loosened the grip that Islamist militants' hold in the country's north with the retaking of the airport in the city of Gao, an official said.

A mother of a slain football fan demands justice for her son, a victim of the deadliest football riot in Egypt's history

CNN's Reza Sayah is in the middle of Tahrir Square, where crowds gathered in protest of President Morsy.