Tag: Al Jazeera

(Venezuela) Venezuela mulls letting private firms operate state oilfields (Al Jazeera)

Venezuelan officials have met in recent months with small domestic oilfield contractors to propose letting them operate fields owned by state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela...

(Nagorno-Karabakh/Armenia/Azerbaijan) Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia, Azerbaijan ‘violated laws of war’ (Al Jazeera)

Azerbaijan and Armenia violated international humanitarian law in recent fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, Amnesty International has said, as the rights group accused both sides of...

(Rohingya/Bangladesh) Fire at Bangladesh Rohingya camp leaves thousands without shelter (Al Jazeera)

A fire has swept through the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, destroying homes belonging to thousands of people, according to the United Nations. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/14/fire-leaves-at-least-3500-rohingya-without-shelter-in-bangladesh

(Whatsapp/India) WhatsApp battles privacy concerns in India – its biggest market (Al Jazeera)

WhatsApp is battling mistrust globally after it updated its privacy policy to let it share some user data with the parent company, Facebook, and...

(Uganda) Vote count under way after hotly contested election (Al Jazeera)

Ugandans have voted under heavy security and an internet blackout in an election pitting veteran leader Yoweri Museveni against a former popstar Bobi Wine...

(Algeria) Five civilians killed in Algeria roadside bomb blast (Al Jazeera)

Five civilians were killed and three wounded in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Algeria, the defence ministry said, the deadliest attack targeting civilians...

(Oman) Budget deficit fix? Oman readies third bond sale in three months (Archana Narayanan and Netty Ismail, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Oman is back in the debt market for the third time in less than three months, taking advantage of investors’ appetite for yield to...

(USA/Gulf) What’s behind the significant build-up of US firepower in the Gulf (Alex Gatopoulos, Al Jazeera)

The last few weeks have seen a sharp build-up of American combat power in the Gulf. Already home to the formidable 5th Fleet – based...

(Arab Spring) Timeline: How the Arab Spring unfolded (Al Jazeera)

On January 14, 2011, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali stepped down after weeks of protests, ending his 24-year rule. What began as a...

(Russia/USA) Why does the Russian opposition reject the Twitter Trump ban? (Leonid Ragozin, Al Jazeera)

The storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump has shaken the world. In Russia though, the events of January 6...

(USA) The Capitol riot exposed police double standards (David A Love, Al Jazeera)

On January 6, as the two chambers of Congress convened to count Electoral College votes and officially certify Joe Biden as the president-elect of...

(USA) Ex-Michigan Governor Rick Snyder charged over Flint water crisis (Al Jazeera)

Groundbreaking charges could land the former Michigan governor in jail in the US for as much as one year. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/14/ex-michigan-governor-rick-snyder-charged-in-flint-water-crisis

(USA) US economy gets boost but unemployment, lockdowns sap recovery (Al Jazeera)

The Federal Reserve warned that rising COVID-19 infections have dampened the optimism sparked by the arrival of effective vaccines. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/14/us-economy-gets-boost-but-unemployment-lockdowns-stirs-concern

(North Korea) Will Kim Jong Un resume ICBM and nuclear tests? (Zaheena Rasheed, Al Jazeera)

At party Congress, Kim pledges to expand weapons programmes with the aim of ‘making a preemptive and retaliatory nuclear strike’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/14/north-korea-will-kim-jong-un-resume-icbm-and-nuclear-tests

(Pandemic/Global Economy) New COVID-19 lockdowns imperil global economy’s recovery (Al Jazeera)

Vaccine roll-outs have been a major reason for investors’ rosy outlook, but concerns about mutant strains have tempered optimism. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/13/global-recovery-at-risk-of-being-pushed-back-by-fresh-lockdowns

(USA/China) US unveils plans to counter China’s rise in Asia (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

In a new document, the US says it wants to counter China’s ‘predatory economic practices’, ‘accelerate India’s rise’ and help Taiwan ensure its ‘freedom...