Egypt releases second Al Jazeera journalist as Qatar ties warm

Leading the conversation on Egypt this morning: Al Jazeera journo freed. Egyptian authorities yesterday released Al Jazeera journalist Hisham Abdel Aziz after serving four years in pre-trial detention, according to a tweet posted by his wife yesterday. The head of the Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate, Khaled El Balshy, confirmed to Reuters that the journalist had returned home. Abdel Aziz is the second Al Jazeera journalist to be released in recent months as Egypt and Qatar look to move beyond nearly a decade of tensions. (Reuters | Associated Press | BBC)