2023 Emmy Awards: The most bold, beautiful looks from TV’s biggest night
It's been a long road to the 2023 Emmy Awards, but the fashion more than makes up for the wait.
Entertainment
Jan 15
Twin blasts at mosques in Pakistan kill at least 57 people
A suicide bombing and another blast ripped through two mosques in Pakistan amid events marking the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed, police and health officials said.
World
Sep 29, 2023
Mumbai terror attack gunman convicted
A Pakistani man who was the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks was convicted Monday of murder and waging war against India for his role in the 60-hour siege that left 166 people dead.
May 3, 2010
Turkish prime minister says intercepted plane was carrying ammunition to Syria
ANKARA, Turkey - Escalating tensions with Russia, Turkey defended its forced landing of a Syrian passenger jet en route from Moscow to Damascus, saying Thursday it was carrying Russian ammunition and military equipment destined for the Syrian Defence Ministry.
Oct 11, 2012
Turkish prime minister says intercepted plane was carrying ammunition to Syria
ANKARA, Turkey - Escalating tensions with Russia, Turkey defended its forced landing of a Syrian passenger jet en route from Moscow to Damascus, saying Thursday it was carrying Russian ammunition and military equipment destined for the Syrian Defence Ministry.
World
Oct 11, 2012
Egyptians mark 1 year anniversary of uprising in Tahrir Square
Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the country's 2011 uprising.
World
Jan 25, 2012
Call by Brotherhood official for Egypt’s Jews in Israel to return causes stir
CAIRO - A leading Muslim Brotherhood member and adviser to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi created a stir in Egypt when he called on Egyptian Jews in Israel to return home because Egypt is now a democracy and because the Jewish state won't survive.
World
Jan 3, 2013
Fahmy’s family hopes PM will advocate for imprisoned journalist at UN
The family of a Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned in Cairo is hoping the leaders of Canada and Egypt will find a quiet moment to discuss Mohamed Fahmy's case.
Sep 22, 2014
Mohamed Fahmy’s lawyer Amal Clooney pens deportation request ahead of verdict
Mohamed Fahmy and his legal team are working on "plan B" in case he's convicted of terrorism-related offences for a second time, later this month.
Canada
Jul 15, 2015
Mohamed Fahmy braces for verdict in Cairo
Three journalists on trial in an Egyptian court on terrorism-related charges were awaiting its verdict on Friday, hopeful that they will be acquitted after lengthy proceedings criticized worldwide by press freedom and human rights advocates.
World
Aug 28, 2015
Egypt sentences Mohamed Fahmy, 2 other Al-Jazeera journalists to 3 years
An Egyptian court has sentenced Canadian Mohammed Fahmy and two other Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison, the last twist in a long-running trial criticized worldwide by press freedom and human rights activists.
Canada
Aug 29, 2015
Harper should take time off campaigning to secure release of Fahmy: NDP, Liberals
Stephen Harper's political opponents are calling on the prime minister to take time off the campaign trail and concentrate on securing the release of jailed Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy.
Canada
Aug 30, 2015
Civil rights groups launch constitutional challenge against Bill C-24
Two civil rights organizations are launching a formal constitutional challenge of Bill C-24 on the grounds that it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Canada
Aug 20, 2015
Egypt court upholds death sentences for 14, US-Egyptian jailed for life
An Egyptian criminal court upheld death sentences for 14 people, including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie, and sentenced 36 others to life in prison.
World
Apr 11, 2015
Fahmy shocked at Ottawa’s refusal to issue passport due to travel ban
A Canadian journalist on trial in Egypt on widely denounced terror charges is expressing shock over Ottawa's refusal to issue him a passport while he awaits the outcome of his case.
World
Apr 1, 2015
Mohamed Fahmy’s family hopes Baird’s visit to Egypt brings good news
The family of an Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned in Cairo is hoping that Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird’s visit to the city on Thursday will mark “the finale” to Mohamed Fahmy’s quest for freedom.
Crime
Jan 15, 2015
Baird hopes for resolution in Fahmy case ‘sooner rather than later’
Canada's Foreign Minister says he held "constructive and fruitful" talks with his Egyptian counterpart over three Al-Jazeera journalists, including one with dual citizenship, who have been detained in Egypt on terror charges for more than a year.
Politics
Jan 15, 2015
Baird not expecting to immediately secure release of Fahmy: government official
A government official says Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird doesn't expect to immediately secure the release of imprisoned Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy when he visits Cairo on Thursday.
World
Jan 14, 2015
Baird to push Egypt to release journalist
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is on his way to Egypt, where he is expected to push for the release of imprisoned Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy.
World
Jan 13, 2015
Fahmy raised concerns over Al Jazeera tactics
An Egyptian-Canadian journalist who has spent the last year in a Cairo prison sounded the alarm about his network's approach to Egypt's precarious security situation months before he and his colleagues were arrested.
Canada
Dec 22, 2014