Dec. 08, 2024 11:20 AM EST
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for regional and international powers.
The exit of...
Oct. 14, 2024 00:19 AM EDT
Today is Monday, Oct. 14, the 288th day of 2024. There are 78 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Oct. 14, 1964, in one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history, American Billy Mills won the 10,000 meter race at the Tokyo Summer Games.
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Sep. 30, 2024 14:24 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — The mother of a prominent Egyptian rights activist said Monday that she started a hunger strike to pressure authorities to release her son Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and in Egypt toppled long-time...
Sep. 27, 2024 00:37 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Rights groups and the family of convicted Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah on Thursday called on authorities to release him at the end of his five-year sentence next week.
Abdel-Fattah, an outspoken dissident, rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy...