Supporters of Ibrahim Halawa, the Dublin teenager jailed while awaiting trial in Egypt, say lawyers have warned that time is running out to secure his release.

The Egyptian president has pardoned two Al-Jazeera journalists and dozens of human rights activists.

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has said she is “absolutely delighted” that the Egyptian president has pardoned two journalists for Al-Jazeera English.

ENDA KENNY must pick up and phone and demand the release of Ibrahim Halawa. Call the release “extradition” if it makes it easier. Extradition to Ibrahim’s own country, which is Ireland.

The retrial of two Al-Jazeera English journalists who face terror-related charges in a case widely criticised by human rights organisations and media groups has been postponed until March 8.

The retrial of two Al-Jazeera English journalists who face terror-related charges in a case widely criticised by human rights groups is set to begin today in Egypt.

Two journalists with the Al-Jazeera English network have been released from an Egyptian prison after more than a year behind bars on terror-related charges in a case denounced as a sham by rights groups and the international community.

Canadian Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy has been released from an Egyptian prison, pending a retrial.

An Egyptian judge has ordered the release of two Al-Jazeera English journalists.

The retrial of two detained Al-Jazeera English journalists will begin on February 12, Egyptian court officials said, in a case widely dismissed by rights groups as a sham.

An Al-Jazeera reporter who spent more than a year in an Egyptian prison has returned home to Australia.

The release of Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy from a prison in Egypt is "imminent", Canadian foreign minister John Baird said.

Australian journalist Peter Greste said it was a great relief to be freed from prison in Egypt but added in an interview on Al Jazeera that he felt “incredible angst” about leaving two colleagues behind in prison.

Muslim Brotherhood supporters accused of role in killing 16 police

The sister of Ibrahim Halawa, the Irish teenager held in an Egyptian jail, has said she has renewed hope that her brother will be freed after the sudden release of another foreign citizen who was his cellmate.

The CEO of Amnesty International Ireland has described the criminal justice system in Egypt as a "joke".

A freed Al-Jazeera English reporter and his family have called on Egypt to release his two colleagues who remain behind bars, in a case widely condemned as a sham by human rights groups.

Al-Jazeera English reporter Peter Greste has left Egypt after the president approved his deportation following more than a year behind bars in a case that was widely condemned by rights groups.

Al-Jazeera English reporter Peter Greste has left Egypt after the president approved his deportation following more than a year behind bars in a case that was widely condemned by rights groups.

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, wife of actor George Clooney, has said she was threatened with arrest when trying to publish a report into Egypt's judicial system.

Two of three Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt have applied to be deported under a new law after the country’s highest court ordered their retrial but did not free them as their families had hoped.

Egypt’s highest court has ordered a retrial of three jailed journalists working for Al Jazeera television, citing procedural flaws in last year’s trial.

An appeals court in Egypt has ordered a retrial in the case of three imprisoned Al-Jazeera English journalists.

Egypt’s president has acknowledged for the first time that the heavy sentences handed down to three Al Jazeera journalists had a “very negative” impact on his country’s reputation, saying he wished they were never put on trial.

The jailing of three Al-Jazeera journalists, and the sentencing in absentia of their colleagues, by an Egyptian court, has provoked an international outcry and raised fears of growing media restrictions in Egypt.

The father of an Australian journalist jailed in Egypt said his family was stunned by the court’s decision to imprison his son.

An Egyptian court has sentenced three journalists to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges.

Egyptian security forces have arrested journalists working for the Qatari-based Al-Jazeera network over alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood, the leading Islamist group that was last week branded a “terrorist” organisation, the interior ministry said.

The body of a BBC producer has been flown to Kenya, a day after a militiaman shot and killed her only hours after she had flown into Mogadishu, the Somali capital.

A BBC producer was shot in the back and wounded by a militiaman not long after arriving in the lawless Somalian capital, Mogadishu, today.