Tag: Al Jazeera

Mali proposes five-year election delay to West African bloc (Al Jazeera)

Mali’s interim authorities have proposed to its West African neighbours that a transition back to democracy following a 2020 military coup be extended by five years,...

Tunisia launches national consultation on reforms (Al Jazeera)

Tunisia has launched a wide-ranging national consultation process that will help in drafting a new constitution, the North African country’s technology ministry said. Part of...

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un talks food not nukes for 2022 (Al Jazeera)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that made more mention of tractor factories and...

Are we running out of time to save the Amazon rainforest? (Al Jazeera)

The planet’s most biodiverse region is under threat and its destruction would have dire consequences for the entire planet, according to scientists and environmentalists. Deforestation...

Bitcoin closes lucrative year with a whimper (Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Bitcoin is ringing out a banner year with a rocky finish. The largest cryptocurrency by market value is on pace to close out December with...

In Gaza, young victims of Israeli bombing recount a brutal 2021 (Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera)

In May 2021, the occupied Gaza Strip experienced renewed bloodshed and destruction as Israel launched a devastating 11-day military offensive on the besieged enclave. It was the...

Iran space launch fails to put payloads into orbit: Official (Al Jazeera)

Iran’s space launch on Thursday has failed to put its three payloads into orbit after the rocket was unable to reach the required speed, a defence...

Media watchdog says 45 journalists killed in 2021 (Al Jazeera)

A total of 45 journalists were killed worldwide in 2021, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says, adding it was “one of the lowest...

A year in, Biden’s Middle East policy brings little change (Ali Harb, Al Jazeera)

Early in his presidency, Joe Biden promised to break with his predecessor Donald Trump by placing “democratic values” and “diplomatic leadership” at the centre of United...

Following Biden-Putin talks, Russia calls on US to heed demands (Al Jazeera)

Russia will move to “eliminate unacceptable threats” if the United States and NATO do not respond to the Kremlin’s security demands, Foreign Minister Sergey...

Telling Indigenous stories: ‘I’m fighting to be heard’ (Brandi Morin, Al Jazeera)

I shoot up from the bed in my hotel room, my heart pounding so hard I can hear it echoing outside of my body. It...

Four soldiers killed in raid on Pakistan Taliban hideout (Al Jazeera)

Four soldiers have been killed in an exchange of gunfire with the Pakistani Taliban, the country’s army said, in the deadliest confrontation between the...

Israeli troops kill Palestinian in occupied West Bank (Al Jazeera)

Israeli troops have shot dead a Palestinian who was allegedly running towards them with a knife at a bus station in the occupied West...

UN food agency suspends North Darfur operation after attacks (Al Jazeera)

The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended its operations across Sudan’s North Darfur state following attacks this week on all three of its warehouses in the...

Tunisia’s Ennahdha party says senior official detained (Al Jazeera)

Tunisia’s Ennahdha says security forces have detained a senior party official, denouncing what it described as an illegitimate attempt to silence political opposition in...

Rohingya refugees brought ashore after dramatic Indonesia rescue (Aisyah Llewellyn, Al Jazeera)

A standoff involving a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and the Indonesian navy has ended with a dramatic rescue that took 18 hours to complete...