Tag: Al Jazeera

ISRAEL/PALESTINE – The two-state solution: The opium of the Palestinian people (Haidar Eid, Al Jazeera)

Last month, Saeb Erekat, chief Palestinian negotiator and secretary-general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, passed away at the age of...

UK – No future: the English Left in retrospect (Richard Seymour, Al Jazeera)

What do you do with a defeat that is so crushing that there is no arguing with it? The electoral mauling of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party,...

SAUDI ARABIA – Saudi women’s rights activist al-Hathloul given prison sentence (Al Jazeera)

A Saudi terrorism court has sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison, local media reported, despite...

CHINA – Citizen journalist jailed for 4 years over Wuhan virus reporting (Al Jazeera)

A Chinese citizen journalist held since May for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the COVID-19 outbreak unfolded was sentenced to four years in...

USA – Trump’s US COVID aid bill approval sends stocks higher (Al Jazeera)

Global shares ticked up on Monday after US President Donald Trump signed into law a $2.3-trillion pandemic aid and spending package he had until...

NAGORNO KARABAKH – Azerbaijan says one dead in Armenian attack (Al Jazeera)

Azerbaijan’s defence ministry says its army units were attacked by “an illegal Armenian armed group” in Nagorno-Karabakh, killing one Azerbaijani serviceman and wounding another. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/28/nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan-says-one-dead-in-armenian-attack

BANGLADESH/ROHINGYA – Bangladesh begins moving second group of Rohingya to Bhashan Char (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh has started moving a second group of Rohingya refugees to a controversial flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal despite opposition from rights...

CHINA/NEPAL – Chinese delegation meets Nepal PM amid political crisis (Al Jazeera)

A Chinese delegation reportedly held talks with Nepali Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and President Bidya Devi Bhandari in Kathmandu on Sunday in...

INDIA/KASHMIR – Indian officer accused of planting weapons on Kashmir civilians (Al Jazeera)

Indian police on Sunday accused an army officer and two associates of planting weapons on the bodies of three labourers killed in Kashmir to...

ETHIOPIA – Reuters cameraman ‘arrested, held without charge’ in Ethiopia (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopian police have arrested a Reuters cameraman at his home in Addis Ababa last week and have kept him in custody without charge, the...

GCC SUMMIT – Gulf officials discuss ‘cooperation’ ahead of GCC summit (Al Jazeera)

Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries held a virtual meeting discussing “cooperation” ahead of a regional summit next month amid efforts to...

UK/TURKEY – UK says it will sign free trade deal with Turkey this week (Al Jazeera)

The United Kingdom and Turkey are set to sign a deal on Tuesday to extend their trading arrangements, making it the first since British...

USA/COVID RELIEF BILL – Trump signs COVID relief bill amid pressure, but adds conditions (Al Jazeera)

US President Donald Trump, on holiday in Florida, has finally signed a $2.3 trillion financial package that is crucial to millions of jobless Americans,...

PAKISTAN – Several soldiers killed by gunmen in southwestern Pakistan (Al Jazeera)

At least seven soldiers were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan, the military said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/27/several-soldiers-killed-by-gunmen-in-south-western-pakistan

BANGLADESH/ROHINGYA – Bangladesh ‘set to move’ new group of Rohingya to remote island (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this...

UGANDA – Uganda: Bobi Wine says bodyguard killed in violence ahead of poll (Al Jazeera)

A bodyguard for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was killed and two journalists injured on Sunday amid violent confrontations between security forces and followers...