Tag: Al Jazeera

(Afghanistan) Civilians killed in Afghan gov’t air raid, say local officials (Al Jazeera)

An air raid by Afghan forces in the country’s southwestern Nimroz province killed several civilians, according to local officials and witnesses. The exact number of casualties...

(Turkey) Erdogan’s media office quits WhatsApp over privacy change (Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s media office says it is quitting WhatsApp after the messaging app’s move to oblige many of its users to...

(Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt) Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt talks on mega-dam break down, again (Al Jazeera)

A new round of negotiations between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt aimed at resolving a long-running dispute about a giant dam Addis Ababa is building on...

(USA) The police in the US must enforce pandemic measures (Julia Maskivker, Al Jazeera)

At the apex of this pandemic, it is shocking that the US federal government has no legal right to enforce a nationwide lockdown and...

(Israel) Israelis restart Netanyahu protests amid third virus lockdown (Al Jazeera)

Thousands of people demonstrated against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling on the long-serving leader to resign over corruption charges against him and his...

(Algeria) Algeria’s ex-PM admits selling gold bars on black market (Al Jazeera)

Former Algerian premier Ahmed Ouyahia, on trial for corruption, has admitted receiving gold bars from Gulf donors then selling them on the black market,...

(Iran) A year without Soleimani: Will Iran retreat regionally? (Fatima Ahmad Alsmadi, Al Jazeera)

Iran had a difficult 2020. The year began with the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

(Hong Kong/Australia/US/UK/Canada) Australia, US, UK, Canada condemn Hong Kong mass arrests (Al Jazeera)

The foreign ministers of Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada have expressed “serious concern” about the arrests of 55 democracy activists...

(India/China) India apprehends Chinese soldier at disputed border region (Al Jazeera)

The Indian army has captured a Chinese soldier in the remote Ladakh region where the two countries are locked in a months-long military standoff...

(Qatar/Saudi Arabia) Qatar-Saudi land border reopens after Gulf crisis detente (Al Arabiya)

Vehicles have crossed the Saudi Arabian land border from Qatar for the first time since four Arab states severed diplomatic and transport ties with...

(Libya/USA) Libya minister: ‘Hopes greatly lifted’ by Biden’s victory (Al Jazeera)

The powerful interior minister of Libya’s United Nations-recognised government, seen as a contender for the post of prime minister, has expressed hope that bringing...

(Brexit) Brexit gives the Tories a free hand to dismantle workers’ rights (Jason Moyer-Lee, Al Jazeera)

In September 1988, two now famous speeches set out competing visions for the United Kingdom’s role in Europe and Europe’s role in the UK....

(Saudi Arabia/USA/Qatar) Saudi carves path out of US partisan politics with Qatar detente (Patricia Sabga, Al Jazeera)

The sight of President Donald Trump’s supporters storming the United States Capitol on Wednesday laid bare an American political landscape that has become destructively...

(Iran/UK/USA) Iran bans COVID vaccines from UK, US (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has prohibited imports of COVID-19 vaccines from the United States and the United Kingdom. In a televised speech on Friday,...

(Iran) Iran’s Revolutionary Guard unveils missile base amid US tensions (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has unveiled a huge underground missile base along the Persian Gulf coast amid heightened tensions with the...

(UAE/Qatar) UAE to reopen land, sea, air borders with Qatar on Saturday (Al Jazeera)

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will reopen all of its land, sea and air entry points with Qatar starting on Saturday, state news agency...