Tag: Al Jazeera

US accuses New York man of tracking opponents of Egypt’s Sisi (Al Jazeera)

Authorities in the United States have arrested an Egyptian-American man from New York on allegations that he unlawfully worked at the behest of the...

Iran says nuclear agreement can be reached if US sanctions lifted (Al Jazeera)

Iran’s foreign minister has said an agreement can be reached with world powers over its nuclear deal if Western parties have the will and...

US names David Satterfield new special envoy for Horn of Africa (Al Jazeera)

US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will step down from his post the role “in the coming days” after a...

Lebanon’s crippled economy hobbles into new year (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

For more than two years, people in Lebanon with United States dollar accounts in the country’s banks have faced severe restrictions on withdrawals, as...

Several killed in Sudan protests against military rule (Al Jazeera)

Sudanese security forces have killed at least three anti-coup protesters, medics and an activist have said, as thousands of people rallied across Sudan to...

Kazakhstan unrest: From Russia to US, the world reacts (Al Jazeera)

Unrest in Kazakhstan has attracted the attention of the wider region, including neighbouring Russia and China, as well as Western powers, as protests turn deadly. Kazakh...

Uranium prices surge on Kazakhstan unrest (Yvonne Yue Li, Stephen Stapczynski, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Uranium prices jumped as Kazakhstan, the world’s largest producer of the radioactive metal, struggles to cope with deadly protests that pose the biggest challenge...

Does the Kazakh crisis provide Russia a chance to restore power? (Mansur Mirovalev, Al Jazeera)

Young, leaderless and disorganised, protesters rallied and stormed government buildings throughout Kazakhstan, toppled the statue of its first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, burned his former residence and...

Anxiety in Kashmir as India panel proposes to redraw election map (Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)

A controversial proposal to redraw the electoral map of Indian-administered Kashmir has caused anxiety and anger among the region’s Muslims, who say the move...

Nigeria labels bandit gangs ‘terrorists’ in bid to stem violence (Al Jazeera)

Nigeria has branded criminal gangs known locally as bandits that are blamed for mass abductions of schoolchildren as “terrorist” groups, a designation aimed at containing growing insecurity...

One killed in Sudan as thousands protest against military rule (Al Jazeera)

A Sudanese anti-coup protester was killed by security forces in Omdurman, twin city of the capital Khartoum, medics say, as thousands rally against the...

Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli army in occupied West Bank (Al Jazeera)

A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli forces during a confrontation that followed an army raid on Balata refugee camp near the...

Dutch government ends funding to Palestinian civil society group (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

The Dutch government has said it will no longer fund one of the six major civil society and human rights organisations in Palestine which...

Judiciary officials linked to criminal gangs: Tunisia president (Al Jazeera)

Tunisian President Kais Saied has condemned senior officials in the judiciary and accused them of being linked to what he described as “criminal gangs”. In...

Iraqi military marks 101st anniversary as US ends combat mission (Shawn Yuan, Al Jazeera)

The Iraqi armed forces mark their 101st anniversary on Thursday while embarking on a new chapter in their tumultuous history after the United States...

North Korea says Wednesday test was hypersonic missile (Al Jazeera)

North Korea has said that Wednesday’s missile test was a hypersonic weapon and that it successfully hit its target. The launch, detected by Japan and South...