Egyptian Court Orders New Trial for Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists

An Egyptian court has ruled that three jailed Al Jazeera journalists will get a new trial. The Court of Cassation in Cairo announced the decision after a brief hearing Thursday, but did not set a date for the retrial. Australian Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were not in court on Thursday and will remain in jail. They were arrested in December 2013 at a Cairo hotel where they were working. In July, a court convicted them of supporting...

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