Tag: Al Jazeera

(USA/Iran) B-52 US bombers fly over Middle East; Iran condemns intimidation (Al Jazeera)

The United States again flew B-52 bombers over the Middle East with Iran responding it should spend its military budget on healthcare for Americans...

(Australia/Pandemic) Australia may not open borders in 2021, even with vaccines (Al Jazeera)

Australia may not fully reopen its international borders this year even if most of the population is vaccinated against coronavirus, the head of its...

(Hondurans/Guatemala) Hondurans remain hopeful as Guatemala cracks down on caravan (Sandra Cuffe, Al Jazeera)

Guatemalan military and police forces are blocking thousands of Honduran migrants and asylum seekers hoping to make their way north to Mexico and the...

(USA/China) In parting shot, Trump halts supplies to China’s Huawei: Report (Al Jazeera)

The Trump administration notified Huawei suppliers, including United States-based chipmaker Intel, that it is revoking certain licences to sell to the Chinese company and...

(USA) Small crowds, heavy security: US braces for pro-Trump violence (Al Jazeera)

United States law enforcement officers have been out in force at state capitols across the country and in Washington, DC, in response to planned...

(USA) VP-elect Kamala Harris to resign US Senate seat on Monday (Al Jazeera)

United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign her Senate seat on Monday, her aides have confirmed, just days before she and President-elect Joe...

(Uganda) How long will Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni hold on to power? (Al Jazeera)

Longtime president has won a sixth term but is accused of cracking down on his opponents and critics. One of Africa’s longest serving leaders is...

(Central African Republic) UN troops recapture CAR city from armed groups (Al Jazeera)

United Nations peacekeeping troops said they have retaken control of a city in the Central African Republic captured two weeks ago by armed groups...

(Uganda) What next for Uganda’s opposition after Museveni’s disputed win? (Hamza Mohamed, Al Jazeera)

Uganda’s longtime President Yoweri Museveni has secured a sixth term in office that will take his reign into a fourth decade following a poll...

(Central African Republic) Free and fair elections alone cannot solve CAR’s myriad problems (Caesar Poblicks, Al Jazeera)

Since hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, much of the international...

(Israel) Israel to start vaccinating prisoners, including Palestinians (Al Jazeera)

The Israel Prison Service has said it will begin vaccinating all imprisoned people against COVID-19, including Palestinians, following calls from rights groups, Palestinian officials...

(Palestine) A post-Trump Palestine (Ahmed Abu Artema, Al Jazeera)

For decades, Palestinians have suffered under Israeli colonial occupation backed and empowered by US political, financial, and military support. This has allowed Israel to...

(Sudan/Darfur) Scores killed in Sudan’s Darfur clashes (Al Jazeera)

Tribal clashes in Sudan’s Darfur region have killed at least 83 people in the latest bout of violence, according to a tally by the...

(Palestine) Uncertainty as Palestine’s Abbas announces elections (Al Jazeera)

Beset by political infighting, split between three territories, and distrustful of their institutions, many Palestinians are sceptical their first national elections in 15 years...

(Russia/Alexey Navalny) Kremlin critic Navalny heads home to Russia despite arrest risk (Al Jazeera)

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny took off on a plane bound for Russia to return home for the first time since he was poisoned in...

(USA) Biden to reverse Trump’s Muslim ban on inauguration day (Al Jazeera)

On his first day in office, US President-elect Joe Biden plans to issue a number of executive orders, including one rescinding the controversial travel...