Tag: Al Jazeera

What will reduced tensions within the GCC mean for Iran? (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Despite COVID-19 considerations, Qatar’s ruling emir and Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler hugged as the former arrived in the historic city of Al-Ula on...

UAE says travel, trade with Qatar may resume within a week (Al Jazeera)

Arab states boycotting Qatar could resume travel and trade links with Doha within a week under a United States-backed deal, but restoring diplomatic ties...

Kim says N Korea to take military capabilities to ‘higher level’ (Al Jazeera)

Kim Jong Un has promised to expand North Korea’s military capabilities, state media reported on Thursday, even as the country faces international sanctions and...

Indonesians unknowingly fund hardline group behind Bali bombings (Aisyah Llewellyn, Al Jazeera)

Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the al-Qaeda-affiliated group that masterminded the Bali bombings in 2002, has found a new source of income – a network of...

China COVID cases at highest in five months amid Hebei outbreak (Al Jazeera)

The number of new COVID-19 cases in China nearly doubled on Wednesday as more patients were confirmed with the virus in Hebei, the province...

Alibaba,Tencent shares fall after reports of US investment ban (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. led a technology stocks selloff as the Trump administration considers barring investments in China’s two most...

Twitter, Facebook freeze Trump’s accounts after Congress assault (Al Jazeera)

Social media giants Twitter and Facebook temporarily locked the accounts of US President Donald Trump, as they scrambled to crack down on his baseless...

US airline union urges ban on protesters who stormed Capitol (Al Jazeera)

Supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the United States Capitol on Wednesday should not be allowed to leave the Washington area on commercial...

India to prioritise Sri Lanka when COVID vaccine ready for export (Al Jazeera)

India’s foreign minister has told Sri Lanka’s president that the country will be prioritised when Indian-produced COVID-19 vaccines are ready for export, the president’s...

US criticises India, Italy and Turkey over digital taxes (Al Jazeera)

Digital service taxes adopted by India, Italy and Turkey discriminate against United States companies and are inconsistent with international tax principles, the US Trade...

Has the GCC crisis been resolved? (Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Al Jazeera)

Exactly 43 months to the day since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt severed political and economic ties with Qatar on...

HONG KONG – Dozens arrested in sweeping Hong Kong crackdown (Al Jazeera)

Dozens of Hong Kong opposition politicians and activists were arrested on Wednesday morning under the territory’s national security law, and accused of ‘subversion’ over...

USA/CHINA – Double U-turn? US exchange may yet delist China telecoms firms (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

The New York Stock Exchange is considering proceeding in delisting three major Chinese telecommunications firms after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin criticized its shock decision...

USA – Georgia awaits results of high-stakes US Senate runoff elections (Chris Moody, Al Jazeera)

The votes are being counted in Georgia, where Republican and Democratic US Senate candidates faced off after running the most expensive and nationally consequential...

PANDEMIC/DEVELOPMENT/DEBT – World Bank urges ‘greener, smarter, more equitable’ recovery path (Al Jazeera)

The economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are giving countries an opportunity to pursue “greener, smarter, more equitable” development paths, but onerous debt...

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – Can CAR’s President Touadera unite the country? (Al Jazeera)

The Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera has been re-elected for another five-year term. However, his opponents say the December 27 vote was flawed. Many polling...