Tag: Al Jazeera

Tribal violence kills 24 in Sudan’s Darfur: Aid group (Al Jazeera)

Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs killed at least 24 people on Sunday in Sudan’s western Darfur region, an aid group said. The fighting grew...

Tunisia’s UGTT union calls for early polls in absence of plan (Al Jazeera)

Tunisia’s powerful UGTT union has called for early elections, saying it was concerned for the country’s democratic gains because of the president’s reluctance to...

Israel’s Bennett urges hard line against Iran at nuclear talks (Al Jazeera)

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged world powers to take a hard line against Iran in negotiations aimed at reviving an international nuclear deal. Bennett...

Sudan’s al-Burhan says army will exit politics after 2023 vote (Al Jazeera)

Sudan’s military chief says the army will leave politics after elections that are scheduled for 2023. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan offered the assurance during one...

Gambians vote in first presidential election since Jammeh era (Al Jazeera)

Gambians are casting their ballots to elect their next president, in a highly anticipated vote seen as a test of the country’s democratic transition. President Adama Barrow...

Erdogan says he hopes volatile Turkish lira will steady soon (Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he hopes that volatile foreign exchange and inflation rates would stabilise shortly as he reiterated his stance...

Macron wraps up Gulf tour in Saudi with MBS meeting (Al Jazeera)

French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his tour of the Gulf after a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler in Jeddah. The meeting with...

Where does Iran’s nuclear deal stand after seven rounds of talks? (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

All the signatories of the nuclear accord inked by Iran and world powers in 2015 say they want it restored as there is no...

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator: Can the JCPOA be revived? (Al Jazeera)

Iran and world powers resumed talks aiming to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal. Following...

Is it time for Anwar Ibrahim to step aside? (Kamles Kumar, Al Jazeera)

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s perennial prime minister-in-waiting, is facing questions over his leadership after a humiliating performance by his Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition...

China summons Japanese ambassador over Abe’s Taiwan comments (Al Jazeera)

China’s foreign ministry summoned Japan’s ambassador in Beijing for an “emergency meeting” on Wednesday evening after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said neither...

US defence secretary condemns China hypersonic missile tests (Al Jazeera)

The US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said China’s pursuit of hypersonic weapons “increases tensions in the region”, promising that the United States would...

Bangladesh mayor arrested for refusing mural of PM’s father (Al Jazeera)

A Bangladesh mayor who has refused to permit a mural depicting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s father on religious grounds has been arrested, police say. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was...

Why India is witnessing spike in attacks on Christians, churches (Neel Madhav, Alishan Jafri, Al Jazeera)

In late October, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and invited Pope Francis to India, the country with the second-largest Christian population in Asia. However, in a...

UN launches record humanitarian appeal for 2022 as needs soar (Al Jazeera)

The UN has warned that the need for humanitarian aid is skyrocketing worldwide and will reach an all-time high next year, as the pandemic,...

Turkey’s Erdogan replaces finance minister amid economic turmoil (Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has replaced the country’s finance minister after weeks of economic turmoil in which inflation soared as the lira plummeted...