Tag: Al Jazeera

USA – Biden, Trump to converge on Georgia before pivotal US Senate vote (Al Jazeera)

President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will both visit Georgia on Monday, a day before voters in the state cast their ballots in...

USA – Nancy Pelosi narrowly re-elected as US House speaker (Al Jazeera)

Nancy Pelosi has been narrowly re-elected speaker of the United States House of Representatives as a new Congress took office amid the surging coronavirus...

LEBANON – Several hurt in gas warehouse blast near Syria border (Al Jazeera)

At least 10 people were injured when an explosion rocked a warehouse storing gas canisters near Lebanon’s border with Syria, the Lebanese Red Cross...

EGYPT – Egypt to probe four COVID deaths due to alleged lack of oxygen (Al Jazeera)

Egyptian prosecutors opened an investigation into the deaths on Sunday of at least four coronavirus patients at a public Egyptian hospital, after a video...

NILE DAM DISPUTE – Nile dam dispute: Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia agree to hold more talks (Al Jazeera)

Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia agreed on Sunday to hold further talks this month to resolve their long-running dispute over the Addis Ababa’s huge dam...

TIBETANS – India: Tibetans in exile vote to elect new political leader (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of Tibetans in exile have voted in India’s northern city of Dharamshala, where the exiled government is based, for their new political leader...

INDIA – India’s approval of own COVID vaccine criticised for lack of data (Al Jazeera)

India on Sunday granted emergency approval to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin but faced questions after taking the step without publishing efficacy data for the homegrown...

PAKISTAN – Gunmen kill many Hazara Shia coal miners in southwest Pakistan (Al Jazeera)

Gunmen have opened fire on a group of minority Hazara Shia Muslim coal miners after abducting them, killing 11 in the southwestern Balochistan province,...

LIBYA – Libya starts using new exchange rate as economy struggles (Al Jazeera)

The Central Bank of Libya on Sunday introduced a new unified exchange rate agreed last month after years of division between rival branches based...

IRAQ/USA – Iraqis demand US troops pull out on Soleimani killing anniversary (Al Jazeera)

Thousands of Iraqi mourners have condemned the “American occupiers”, a year after a United States drone strike killed Iran’s revered general Qassem Soleimani and...

EGYPT – Egypt approves Chinese COVID vaccine, roll-out likely this month (Al Jazeera)

Egypt has granted regulatory approval for the use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm, with the inoculation campaign expected to...

SAUDI ARABIA – Saudi Arabia reopens borders, resumes international flights (Al Jazeera)

Saudi Arabia has announced it will reopen its borders and resume international flights after a two-week suspension aimed at containing the spread of the...

PAKISTAN/ZAKI-UR-REHMAN LAKHVI – Pakistan arrests Mumbai attacks ‘plotter’ for terrorism financing (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan has arrested Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a leader of armed group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) – blamed by the United States and India for the 2008 Mumbai...

AFGHANISTAN – Fifth Afghan journalist killed in two months (Al Jazeera)

An Afghan journalist has been shot dead in a car ambush in the central province of Ghor, the fifth media professional to be killed...

NIGER – Dozens of civilians killed in Niger gun attacks (Al Jazeera)

Gunmen have killed dozens of civilians and wounded several more in attacks on two villages in western Niger, near the country’s border with Mali,...

MALI/FRANCE – Two French soldiers killed in Mali: French presidency (Al Jazeera)

Two French soldiers were killed in Mali on Saturday when an improvised explosive device (IED) hit their vehicle, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/2/two-french-soldiers-killed-in-mali-french-presidency