Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Egypt’s key revolution figure jailed

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Egypt sentenced Alaa Abdel Fattah, a leading figure in the 2011 revolution, to five years in jail, with two others receiving four years, his sister and a judicial source said. A computer programmer, blogger and high-profile activist who mobilised youths in the uprising that unseated autocrat Hosni Mubarak, Abdel Fattah had been in pre-trial detention … Read more

Afghanistan peace talks fail again, Taliban ceasefire urged

Afghanistan: 50 Taliban Killed In Clashes With Afghan Forces Near Kabul

KABUL: Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Afghanistan urged the Taliban on Monday to halt their military offensives just hours after the rival Afghan sides failed to agree on a ceasefire at a peace meeting in Doha, NDTV reported as saying. Taliban made no mention of a halt to the violence in Afghanistan after … Read more