‘Horrific’: Roxburgh on reliving Peter Greste’s Egyptian jail hell for the big screen
When journalist Peter Greste was languishing in a Cairo prison cell, he could little imagine that one day, Richard Roxburgh ...
On This Day: U.S., South Vietnam begin bombing raids on North
In 1965, U.S. and South Vietnamese planes made their first bombing raids on North Vietnam. In 1970, Japan put a satellite, ...
On This Day: U.S. Supreme Court meets for 1st time; no quorum
On Feb. 1, 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened in New York City for its first session. Only three of the six justices were ...
A mother pleads for Britain’s help in freeing son from Egyptian prison, one day of hunger at a time
Laila Soueif is a mathematician, a university professor, a political activist. But as she slumped in a folding chair outside ...
Bashar al-Assad's strategy of chaos
The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...
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On This Day: Gangster Al Capone dies
File Photo by Library of Congress/UPI In 1909 ... would lead to the ousting of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak less than three weeks later. In 2021, Janet Yellen was confirmed as the first ...
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'A mother's plea': Egyptian women petition Sisi's wife to free Alaa Abdel Fattah
The petition sheds light on Alaa Abdel Fattah's mother's condition, who has been on hunger strike for over 120 days.
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A mother pleads for Britain’s help in freeing son from Egyptian prison, one day of hunger at a time
Abd el-Fattah has spent most of the past 14 years behind bars since taking part in the 2011 uprising that toppled autocratic former President Hosni Mubarak. His most recent crime was “liking ...