Tag: Al Jazeera

Hun Sen set for Myanmar visit as envoy warns of looming civil war (Al Jazeera)

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is preparing for a visit to crisis-wracked Myanmar even as his top diplomat warned that the Southeast Asian country...

Chile’s constitutional assembly elects new president (Al Jazeera)

The Chilean assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution in the South American nation has elected a new president. After nine rounds of voting on Tuesday and...

Detained Ugandan satirical novelist tortured in custody: Lawyer (Al Jazeera)

A Ugandan satirical novelist and critic of President Yoweri Museveni and his son have been tortured in captivity, his lawyer has said. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who...

Sheikh Jarrah: Palestinian family faces forced displacement (Al Jazeera)

Living in fear and apprehension, the Salem family awaits imminent forced displacement from the house they have lived in since 1951 – currently home...

How the US far-right threat has evolved since January 6 (Chris Arsenault, Al Jazeera)

A year after the January 6 storming of the United States Capitol, a former US counterterrorism official worries that lone-wolf-style attacks from far-right extremists could...

Guantanamo Bay: ‘The legal equivalent of outer space’ (Pauline Canham, Al Jazeera)

Twenty years ago, the world was still reeling from the events of 9/11 that rocked the very foundations of the United States. In the...

As digital lending explodes in India, the threats mount (Malavika Kaur Makol, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

When V. Rajapandian was pushed out of his job at a heat treatment plant in India, the reason had nothing to do with performance...

OPEC+ sticks with plan to gradually boost output, despite Omicron (Al Jazeera)

OPEC+ announced on Tuesday that it is sticking with its plan to gradually boost oil output next month, as the group brushed off concerns...

Palestinian prisoners launch boycott of Israeli military courts (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

Palestinian prisoners held without trial or charge have launched a boycott of Israel’s military courts in the occupied West Bank, as prisoner groups warn...

Jailed activist Ramy Shaath to be freed from Egypt detention (Al Jazeera)

Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the release of Egyptian-Palestinian political activist Ramy Shaath, after almost 30 months in detention, according to reports citing judicial...

Mystery surrounds end-of-year windfall for Turkey’s central bank (Cagan Koc, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Turkey’s central bank posted an extraordinary daily profit of around $10 billion on the final day of 2021, sparking questions on what caused this...

Beijing meets national air quality standards for first time (Al Jazeera)

China’s capital city, Beijing, met national air quality standards for the first time last year, according to officials, following a concerted effort to cut...

Hong Kong’s Chow Hang-tung jailed in second Tiananmen vigil case (Al Jazeera)

A prominent Hong Kong activist has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for incitement for a banned vigil to commemorate those who died...

Hong Kong leader rejects claims of press freedom ‘extinction’ (Al Jazeera)

Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam said that she could not accept suggestions that press freedom in the city faced “extinction”, as independent media outlet...

Five world powers vow to prevent spread of nuclear weapons (Al Jazeera)

Five global nuclear powers have pledged to prevent atomic weapons from spreading and to ensure a nuclear war is never fought, in a rare...

Colombia: At least 23 dead in clashes between armed rebel groups (Steven Grattan, Al Jazeera)

Colombia’s largest remaining armed group has warned of “reprisals” after a government bombing killed one of its top commanders this week, prompting experts to...