Tag: Al Jazeera

India court orders ‘work from home’ over pollution in capital (Al Jazeera)

India’s Supreme Court has told authorities to shut offices in the capital and nearby cities, allowing millions to work from home as officials seek...

Afghan FM confirms Kabul ‘mediating’ talks between Pakistan, TTP (Al Jazeera)

The Taliban is acting as a mediator between the Pakistani government and the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister...

Infographic: What has your country pledged at COP26? (Hanna Duggal, Al Jazeera)

After two weeks of intense negotiations, countries have struck a climate deal at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) in Scotland. Saturday’s Glasgow Climate...

Attack on Burkina Faso defence outpost kills at least 20 (Al Jazeera)

Gunmen have killed at least 19 gendarmes and a civilian in northern Burkina Faso, in the tri-border region where the country has for years...

Tunisian labour union opposes parliament return, urges elections (Al Jazeera)

The secretary-general of Tunisia’s powerful General Labour Union (UGTT) has said the country’s suspended parliament should not be reinstated after President Kais Saied seized...

Is a new international convention to protect refugees needed? (Al Jazeera)

Belarus and the European Union are raising their stakes in a standoff over refugees and migrants at the Belarusian-Polish border. The EU is imposing more sanctions on...

Protests loom in Thailand after court ruling fuels anger (Caleb Quinley, Al Jazeera)

A key court ruling in Thailand has raised concern that activists could face charges of treason after nearly 18 months of anti-government protests that...

Vietnam reconsiders methane-emitting rice amid climate crisis (Govi Snell, Al Jazeera)

At the United Nations COP26 summit in Scotland, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined 109 countries in pledging to reduce methane emissions by...

‘Betrayal of people, planet’: World reacts to COP26 climate pact (Al Jazeera)

Global climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, have ended with an agreement that the United Nations called both an “important step” and a “compromise”, but...

Dozens of Maoist rebels killed in India gun battle (Al Jazeera)

At least 26 Maoist rebels have been killed in a gun battle with Indian government forces in a remote forest, according to media reports...

Sudan security forces kill five anti-coup protesters, medics say (Al Jazeera)

Sudanese security forces firing live bullets and tear gas have killed five anti-coup protesters and wounded dozens of others during a crackdown on renewed...

US and Turkey: It is not over yet (Dimitar Bechev, Al Jazeera)

On October 31, US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on the margins of the G20 gathering in Rome, ending...

Qatar to act as US diplomatic representative in Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

The United States and Qatar have agreed that Doha will represent the diplomatic interests of the US in Afghanistan, the first official representation for...

How climate change is leading to a rise in violence in the Sahel (Al Jazeera)

More than 1.3 million people have been plunged into extreme poverty in the Sahel, as the Belt of Africa experiences its deepest recession since...

Ethiopia’s Tigray is under a ‘systematic’ blockade: WHO chief (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region is under “systematic blockade”, the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general has said, warning that people were starving to death and...

US sanctions Eritrean army, ruling party over Ethiopia conflict (Al Jazeera)

The United States has sanctioned the Eritrean military and the country’s ruling party for “contributing to the crisis and conflict” in Ethiopia, which has...