Staff / TruthdigMay 3, 2011
Al-Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz, 39, has gone missing after landing in Damascus on Friday to cover the events in Syria, the news agency says. Dozens of journalists are reported to have been detained by the Syrian government since the uprisings began in mid-March. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 29, 2011
Friday brought news of more demonstrations around Egypt on the fourth day of protests against President Hosni Mubarak's regime More deaths were reported, but protesters also made some gains in their struggle against state power . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 19, 2010
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Tuesday that targeted a US convoy in Kabul, killing 19 people and marking the deadliest day so far this year for American troops in Afghanistan In additional to the bomber, the dead included five Americans Tuesday was also the day (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 26, 2010
President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have agreed on final terms for a new nuclear arms reduction agreement, a successor to the START treaty of 1991. The new deal will remove about a third of the warheads deployed by each country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 1, 2009
A whopping 7.6 earthquake hit the coastal town of Pedang, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, full force on Wednesday, causing survivors to flee in fear of a possible tsunami in its aftermath and leaving thousands more trapped under collapsed buildings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 26, 2009
"Fault Lines" has this disturbing look at efforts to transform American soldiers into "government-paid missionaries," as one Christian fundamentalist group put it. Featuring Truthdig's Chris Hedges. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 18, 2009
Now that the Department of Justice has released the latest stunning Bush-era torture memos, this Al-Jazeera English interview with former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, in which he admits that the Bush administration flouted the Geneva Conventions and that he probably should have resigned, is even more alarming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 11, 2009
This week's "Mosaic Intelligence Report" takes stock of various reports about the current Gaza crisis from Middle Eastern media outlets as the conflict reached the 14-day mark. Needless to say, we're not likely to hear all these voices on CNN. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 4, 2008
Imprisoned for six years without being charged or given a trial, Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj was finally released from the U.S. Navy prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, late last week. Haj, "emaciated," according to his attorney, because of a hunger strike that began in January 2007, was taken to a hospital and later arrived home in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 24, 2007
Al Jazeera takes its cameras inside the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli, where thousands of panicked residents have fled the fighting between a Palestinian militant group and the Lebanese army. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 18, 2007
Pre-emptive violence and al-Qaida's influence may cause lower polling numbers among the 18.8 million registered voters in Algeria's parliamentary elections Thursday, the day after two explosions in Constantine killed one person and injured several others. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 18, 2006
After Tony Blair agreed with an interviewer that the violence in Iraq since invasion has been a "disaster," his representatives on Downing Street insisted that the prime minister was simply being polite. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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