Tag: Al Jazeera

Settlers attack Palestinian villages after West Bank killing (Al Jazeera)

Jewish settlers have burst into several villages in the occupied West Bank, smashing homes and cars and beating up at least two people, Palestinian...

Iran nuclear talks to resume ‘soon’ after modest gains in Vienna (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

The seventh round of talks in Vienna to restore Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal has ended and while it appears progress was made, the negotiating...

Hundreds protest in Tunisia on anniversary of revolution (Al Jazeera)

Tunisian demonstrators have rallied for and against President Kais Saied as the crisis-hit country marked the anniversary of a revolution that sparked the 2011...

New centre-right government takes office in Czech Republic (Al Jazeera)

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala‘s new centre-right government has taken office as it faces soaring inflation and energy costs, record budget deficits and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Crypto Caribbean: Tron founder to become diplomat for Grenada (Olga Kharif, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Justin Sun, founder of the Tron cryptocurrency platform and one of the more high-profile individuals in the digital-asset world, said he’s embarking on a...

Chilean democracy faces a critical test (Jennifer Pribble, Al Jazeera)

On December 19, far-right candidate José Antonio Kast will face off against Gabriel Boric of the Apruebo Dignidad left-wing coalition in Chile’s second-round presidential...

Afghanistan’s tumbling currency compounds economic crisis (Al Jazeera)

The value of Afghanistan’s currency is tumbling, exacerbating an already severe economic crisis and deepening poverty in a country where more than half the...

Why India’s Ladakh is witnessing growing discontent (Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)

Earlier this week, the region of Ladakh, a Himalayan desert in Indian-administered Kashmir that borders China and Pakistan, witnessed an unprecedented shutdown to demand...

Ethiopia slams new probe proposal at UN rights body session (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations’ Human Rights Council is due to consider a draft resolution that, if adopted, will set up an international commission of rights...

Turkey: Stock trading halted twice as lira crashes to new low (Onur Ant, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Turkey halted trades on all listed stocks after sharp declines triggered a market-wide circuit breaker, with the lira extending declines to a record low. Trading...

How Turkey’s largest fact-checking group tackles disinformation (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

Every day, Emre İlkan Saklica scrolls through endless social media feeds, delving into the latest trends and browsing through news reports, with just one...

UK: Johnson’s Conservatives suffer stunning defeat in by-election (Al Jazeera)

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election that is being viewed as a referendum on...

Meta bans ‘cyber-mercenaries’ that targeted 50,000 people (Al Jazeera)

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has banned several “cyber-mercenary” groups thought to have been offering surveillance services aimed at activists, dissidents and journalists worldwide. The social...

Saudi Arabia sends humanitarian aid to Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

Saudi Arabia has sent two aircraft carrying humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, state media reported, its first such initiative since the Taliban took control of the crisis-stricken...

Ethiopia arrests Associated Press freelance journalist (Al Jazeera)

Police in conflict-hit Ethiopia have arrested a freelance video journalist working for The Associated Press (AP), the United States news agency and state media...

Separatists’ attacks in Cameroon ‘devastating’ for education: HRW (Al Jazeera)

Separatist fighters in Cameroon have carried out systematic and widespread attacks against students and teachers in the country’s conflict-hit Anglophone regions, with a “devastating impact” on...