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World
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International
2/19/2024 12:51:39 PM
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fight to avoid facing spying charges in the United States may be nearing an end following a protracted legal saga in the U.K. that included seven years of self-exile inside a foreign embassy and five years in prison.
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World
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International
2/16/2024 6:43:47 PM
World leaders and Russian opposition activists wasted no time Friday in blaming the reported death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on President Vladimir Putin and his government.
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World
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International
2/16/2024 2:09:46 PM
Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russia’s prison agency said.
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World
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Africa
2/15/2024 11:15:34 PM
Several government opponents were released from prison in Senegal on Thursday, two lawyers told AFP, amid a political crisis that has gripped the country since the presidential election was delayed.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/15/2024 10:53:40 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reviewed in a telephone call with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Egypt’s efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, exchange prisoners, and give access to humanitarian aid in large and sufficient quantities to the people of the Strip.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/15/2024 10:27:40 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and his Brazilian counterpart, Lula da Silva, called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of captives and prisoners held by both sides of the conflict.
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Sports
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World
2/14/2024 5:46:32 PM
A Dutch court sentenced former Ajax and international winger Quincy Promes to six years in prison Wednesday, convicting him of smuggling more than one thousand kilogrammes of cocaine.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/13/2024 5:33:17 PM
Talks between top negotiators from Egypt, Qatar, the United States, and Israel to resolve the Gaza crisis kicked off in Cairo on Tuesday, according to Al-Qahera news channel.
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Books
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News
2/11/2024 4:23:51 PM
In perhaps the first example of a novel written by an Arab political prisoner during his incarceration, current Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar’s Thorn and Clove is a semi-autobiographical novel that tells the history of the Gaza Strip.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/7/2024 11:09:36 PM
Israel and Hamas are examining proposed terms for a deal meant to bring about a cease-fire in the 4-month-old Israeli-Gaza war in exchange for the release of dozens of captives still held there and the freeing of many Palestinians from Israeli prisons.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/7/2024 10:25:25 PM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on a visit to Israel Wednesday voiced hope for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal but cautioned that more negotiations were needed.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
2/6/2024 11:18:49 PM
A Cairo misdemeanour court sentenced on Tuesday Ahmed Tantawy, a former presidential hopeful, to one year in prison for printing and circulating “unauthorized” endorsement forms.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/3/2024 9:40:33 AM
Marwan Barghouti is viewed by some Palestinians as their Nelson Mandela, and he's a prime candidate to become their president in the future. He's also the highest-profile prisoner held by Israel.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/2/2024 4:18:08 PM
Hamas officials said Friday that the group is studying a proposed ceasefire deal that would include prolonged pauses in fighting in Gaza and swaps of Israeli captives for Palestinian prisoners, but at the same time appeared to rule out some of its key components.
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World
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Africa
2/1/2024 10:46:18 PM
South African election officials have visited prisons across the country as part of an ambitious project to register at least 100,000 inmates to vote in this year's national election.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
1/30/2024 8:53:30 PM
Talks are ongoing to secure the release of Israeli detainees in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody and to establish a lasting humanitarian truce in the war on Gaza.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/30/2024 6:38:38 PM
A Cairo Economic Court sentenced graphic designer Ghada Wali to six months in prison on Tuesday over charges of plagiarizing artwork from Russian artist Georgy Korasov and incorporating it into murals placed on walls of Cairo Underground Metro stations.
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World
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International
1/30/2024 11:18:14 AM
A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets. The verdict drew swift criticism from Khan's followers.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/29/2024 10:11:42 PM
A framework for a halt in fighting in Gaza and prisoner exchange is to be relayed to Hamas, Qatar's prime minister said Monday following meetings with US, Israeli and Egyptian officials.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/29/2024 9:59:53 PM
A framework for a halt in fighting in Gaza and prisoner exchange is to be relayed to Hamas, Qatar's prime minister said Monday following meetings with US, Israeli and Egyptian officials.
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