Tag: Al Jazeera

S Korea’s ex-president Park freed after nearly 5 years in prison (Al Jazeera)

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was released from prison on Friday nearly five years after being convicted of corruption, fuelling debate over whether...

Mexico’s central bank to launch digital currency by 2024 (Al Jazeera)

Mexico’s central bank will have its digital currency by 2024, the Mexican government announced on social media, although the development was not confirmed by...

Putin warns Biden against major sanctions over Ukraine: Kremlin (Al Jazeera)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his United States counterpart Joe Biden that any sanctions over Ukraine would be a big mistake, an aide...

Afghan ex-President Ghani defends decision to flee the country (Al Jazeera)

Afghanistan’s former President Ashraf Ghani has said he had no choice but to abruptly leave Kabul as the Taliban closed in and denied an...

Six rebels, Indian soldier killed in Kashmir: Police (Al Jazeera)

Government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have killed six suspected rebels in two incidents overnight, police said, rounding off another bloody year in the disputed territory. “Six militants,...

For Kenyans, 2022 brings hope and fear (Patrick Gathara, Al Jazeera)

As in the rest of the world, 2021 has not been the best of years for democracy in Africa. It has seen the return...

Eight soldiers killed in Mali attack, army says (Al Jazeera)

Eight soldiers have been killed and seven others were injured when their patrol was ambushed by a suspected armed group in western Mali, the...

Bahrain appoints first ambassador to Syria in over a decade (Al Jazeera)

Bahrain has appointed its first ambassador to Damascus since it downgraded ties early in the conflict in Syria. The appointment of Waheed Mubarak Sayyar, reported...

Germany withdraws award for Srebrenica genocide denier (Al Jazeera)

The German foreign affairs minister has withdrawn its proposal to award Israeli historian Gideon Greif with the country’s Order of Merit after the academic...

In 2021, normalisation failed to mask the suffering in Syria (Farah Najjar and Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

The year 2021 marked a decade since Syria’s uprisings erupted, and the country is still mired in poverty and violence. What started with a brutal crackdown on...

Turkish wines risk drying up as economic and climate crises grow (Erin O’Brien, Al Jazeera)

As Gabriel Oktay Cili works in his small wood-panelled silver shop in the heart of the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin, several people drop...

Hong Kong’s Stand News outlet shuts down after police raid (Al Jazeera)

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Stand News online media outlet says it is ceasing operations following a police raid and arrests of current and former editors...

In 2021, Myanmar journalists risked lives to tell world of coup (Andrew Nachemson, Al Jazeera)

On March 8, journalists Nathan Maung and Hanthar Nyein went to their office in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, in a bid to salvage some...

EU readies more sanctions on Myanmar over Kayah state killings (Al Jazeera)

The European Union is ready to impose further sanctions on military-ruled Myanmar over a Christmas Eve mass killing blamed on the army, the bloc’s top diplomat...

Syrian refugees in Cyprus struggling to rebuild lives torn by war (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

Mustafa*, his wife and their four children felt a sense of relief last summer as they entered a condominium overlooking the shimmering Mediterranean Sea. After...

Timeline: The European Union and migration in 2021 (John Psaropoulos, Al Jazeera)

Shipwrecks, fences and internal disagreements marked the European Union’s efforts this year to stave off new arrivals of refugees while trying to forge a humane migration...