Feb 16 Watch 2:30 Egypt launches airstrikes at Islamic State in Libya after Christian killings By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 15 Islamic State releases video purporting to show beheadings of 21 Egyptians By Andrew Mach The Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show the beheading of a group of 21 Egyptians captured in Libya. Continue reading
Feb 12 Egyptian court grants bail to Al Jazeera journalists By Joshua Barajas An Egyptian court has freed two detained Al Jazeera journalists on bail after a retrial overturned a previous verdict that had found them guilty of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamic group. Continue reading
Feb 04 Egypt sentences 230 people to life in prison for violent protests By Larisa Epatko A court in Egypt on Wednesday handed down life sentences to 230 people for participating in the 2011 uprising that forced longtime leader President Hosni Mubarak to resign. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 4:58 What's next for two Al Jazeera journalists still imprisoned in Egypt? By PBS News Hour After the release of Peter Greste, Jeffrey Brown talks to Borzou Daragahi of the Financial Times in Cairo about the intense international pressure put on Egypt to release the jailed Al Jazeera journalists, and the decision to impose a mass… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 2:14 For freed Al Jazeera journalist, relief mixed with concern for jailed colleagues By PBS News Hour Australian journalist Peter Greste has been released from a Cairo prison after being convicted for aiding the Muslim Brotherhood and being jailed for more than a year. Meanwhile, his two Al Jazeera colleagues remain behind bars. Separately, a judge sentenced… Continue watching
Feb 01 Egypt releases jailed Al Jazeera journalist By Elisabeth Ponsot Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who had been imprisoned for 400 days on terrorism charges in Egypt, was released from a Cairo jail Sunday and deported back to his native Australia. Continue reading
Jan 06 Archaeologists unearth new tombs in Egypt, identifying unknown queen By Adelyn Baxter A team of Czech archaeologists announced Sunday the discovery of an ancient Egyptian tomb that they believe belongs to a previously unknown ancient Egyptian queen. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch How three 'ordinary journalists' were caught between Egypt and Qatar By PBS News Hour After a year in jail, three Al Jazeera journalists accused of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood could be released after Egypt’s highest court accepted requests for an appeal and granted all three a retrial. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Borzou Daragahi of… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 2:03 Will a retrial in Egypt free three jailed journalists? By PBS News Hour Three Al Jazeera journalists jailed for more than a year have been granted a retrial by Egypt’s top appeals court, acknowledging flaws in the initial trial. The news is the first sign of hope for the prisoners and their families,… Continue watching