Tag: Al Jazeera

Emirati general accused of torture elected president of Interpol (Al Jazeera)

An Emirati general accused of torture has been elected president of Interpol, the global police agency said, despite expressions of concern from human rights organisations and...

Russia and Ukraine step up military alert with combat drills (Al Jazeera)

Russia has staged military drills in the Black Sea, south of Ukraine, and said it needed to sharpen the combat-readiness of its conventional and...

US jobless claims plunge to the lowest level since 1969 (Molly Smith, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits plunged last week to a level not seen since 1969, which if sustained would mark the next milestone...

US to resume talks with Taliban in Qatar: State Department (Al Jazeera)

The United States is set to resume talks with the Taliban next week in Qatar, discussing the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and steps to ensure that...

Ethiopia’s PM has gone to the battlefront: State-affiliated media (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the front lines to lead his troops in the battle against forces from the northern Tigray...

Morocco, Israel sign first-ever defence agreement in Rabat (Al Jazeera)

Israel and Morocco have signed a landmark agreement that lays the foundation for security cooperation, intelligence sharing, and future arms sales. The memorandum of understanding...

Sudan PM calls for halt to post-coup firings and hirings (Al Jazeera)

Sudan’s newly reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has ordered a halt to the firing of civil servants and a review of all appointments made...

What next for the refugees stranded between Belarus and Poland? (Arwa Ibrahim, Al Jazeera)

Ali has been held at a detention centre in Lithuania along with six members of his family since they fled southern Iraq in July. The...

Rumbles in Rakhine amid strains between Myanmar military, rebels (Kyaw Hsan Hlaing, Al Jazeera)

Since Myanmar’s military staged a coup against Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government on February 1, triggering mass unrest, the formerly restive far-western state...

Samsung announces $17bn chip plant for Texas (Al Jazeera)

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said it would build a $17bn chip plant outside Austin, Texas, to make advanced chips used in phones,...

Israeli air attack kills 2 Syrian civilians; 7 wounded: Report (Al Jazeera)

Israeli air raids on Syria’s central region killed two civilians and wounded seven other people, official media reported on Wednesday. Syrian air defences attempted to...

Saudi-led coalition to attack ‘secret drone laboratory’ in Sanaa (Al Jazeera)

The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis says it is launching air raids on “legitimate” military targets in the Yemen capital, Sanaa. In a statement...

Australia designates Hezbollah a ‘terrorist organisation’ (Al Jazeera)

Australia has designated Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed, Lebanon-based Shia group, as a “terrorist” organisation. The designation covers the entirety of the group, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)...

After crackdown, Hong Kong’s low paid face hurdles to organising (Rachel Cheung, Al Jazeera)

When Foodpanda Hong Kong announced plans to reduce payments per order by another 2 Hong Kong dollars ($0.25) earlier this month, Ahmad and hundreds...

Belarus says more than 100 refugees flown home (Al Jazeera)

More than 100 refugees have been flown out of Belarus, with more people scheduled to depart, according to Belarusian authorities. The group of 118 people...

Nicaragua detains former OAS ambassador, critic of Ortega (Al Jazeera)

Nicaragua’s former ambassador to the Organization of American States – who has been critical of President Daniel Ortega – has been detained in Managua,...