Tag: Al Jazeera

Iran holds large-scale military drill after US navy confrontation (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s army is holding a large-scale sea, land and air military drill, which comes shortly after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and United...

Morocco’s king says Western Sahara status not up for debate (Al Jazeera)

Morocco’s King Mohamed VI has said that Western Sahara is “not negotiable”, as tensions flared with Algeria over the disputed territory. Speaking on Saturday, the...

Ethiopia’s Abiy urges ‘sacrifices’ as US orders staff out (Al Jazeera)

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has told Ethiopians they must be ready to make “sacrifices” to save the country from rebel forces, as the United...

Libya’s ruling council suspends foreign minister Najla Mangoush (Al Jazeera)

Libya’s ruling presidential council has suspended Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush for “administrative violations” and barred her from travelling. A spokeswoman for the council said the...

Iraq PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi survives ‘assassination attempt’ (Al Jazeera)

Iraq’s military says Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt after a drone laden with explosives targeted his residence in the capital, Baghdad. Al-Kadhimi...

What’s next for Iraq after October’s election? (Al Jazeera)

Iraq’s prime minister has opened an investigation into violent protests against last month’s election. At least four people were killed on Friday after security forces...

Sudan activists announce strikes, reject power-sharing with army (Al Jazeera)

Sudan’s protest movement has announced two days of nationwide strikes, rejecting internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military following...

Thai protesters recount alleged torture under police custody (Caleb Quinley, Al Jazeera)

Once the interrogation room doors shut behind Attasith Nussa, eight plainclothes officers descended upon him quickly. The leading officer approached the 35-year-old Thai pro-democracy protester...

US court convicts Chinese intelligence agent of spying (Al Jazeera)

A Chinese intelligence officer has been convicted in US federal court of economic espionage in an alleged state-backed effort to steal technology from US...

Official Myanmar records mistaken about detained US reporter (Al Jazeera)

Testimony by prosecution witnesses on Friday in the case of Danny Fenster, a US journalist who has been detained in Myanmar for more than...

Niger says 11 soldiers killed, nine missing after gun assault (Al Jazeera)

Unidentified gunmen have killed 11 soldiers defending a village in a remote part of southwest Niger where armed group fighters operate, the defence ministry...

As Israel threatens power cuts, how can Palestine pay its bills? (Ali Harb, Al Jazeera)

The Palestinian Authority’s finances are at a “breaking point”, a United Nations official warned on October 20th. But that didn’t stop Israel’s state-owned electric...

Israeli forces kill Palestinian boy in occupied West Bank (Al Jazeera)

Israeli troops have shot and killed a 13-year-old Palestinian boy during weekly protests against the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank,...

No progress in journalist’s case as ex-US envoy leaves Myanmar (Al Jazeera)

Former US Ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson has left Myanmar after finishing a private humanitarian mission in which he sought to boost the...

Duterte bashes ICC but says deaths of druglords, mayors on him (Al Jazeera)

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lashed out anew at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which recently ordered a probe into his deadly war on...

Muslims barred from Friday prayer sites in India’s Gurgaon (Al Jazeera)

Every Friday, Najis Mohammad would offer his afternoon prayers at a public ground near his barber shop in Gurugram, still popular by its old...