Tag: Al Jazeera

‘Religious freedom conditions in India greatly concerning’ (Raqib Hameed Naik, Al Jazeera)

In April this year, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan federal government commission, recommended India be placed on a religious...

India rejects net zero carbon emissions target before COP26 (Al Jazeera)

India has rejected calls to announce a net zero carbon emissions target and said it was more important for the world to lay out...

Kenya to convert oil plants to LNG in climate-friendly grid push (David Herbling, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Kenya plans to retire or convert heavy fuel oil-fired power plants to use liquefied natural gas by 2030 as the nation pursues a cleaner...

Israel approves about 3,000 settler homes in occupied West Bank (Al Jazeera)

Palestinians have condemned Israel’s approval of about 3,000 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank. An Israeli defence official said a planning forum of...

Saudi Arabia designates Hezbollah’s financial arm as ‘terrorists’ (Al Jazeera)

Saudi Arabia has classified the Lebanon-based Al-Qard Al-Hassan association as a “terrorist” entity, citing links to activities supporting Lebanon’s Shia group Hezbollah, state media...

Erdogan says he expects to discuss F-35 dispute with Biden (Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he expects to meet US President Joe Biden next week and take up Turkey’s removal from the US-led...

Saudi Arabia, UAE summon Lebanon envoys over Yemen war criticism (Al Jazeera)

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have summoned Lebanon’s ambassadors to protest against Information Minister George Kordahi’s criticism of the Riyadh-led military coalition fighting rebels...

Iran says Vienna nuclear talks to resume by end of November (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator has said multilateral talks in Vienna to restore the country’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers will resume before the...

Top US general: China missile test ‘very close’ to Sputnik moment (Al Jazeera)

Top US General Mark Milley has called China’s recent hypersonic missile test “very close” to a Sputnik moment. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...

China says Taiwan ‘has no right’ to join UN, after US nod (Al Jazeera)

China has again said that Taiwan has “no right” to join the United Nations, a day after the United States voiced support for the...

Energy crunch: Russia could reap windfalls as other nations reel (Charu Sudan Kasturi, Al Jazeera)

Raymond D’Costa woke up soaked in sweat. It was midnight and the power was out in his neighbourhood in Bangalore, India’s third-largest city. When...

Imran Khan’s talks with the Pakistan Taliban will not bring peace (Ahsan I Butt, Al Jazeera)

In an interview with Turkish media aired on October 1, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed that his government is in talks with the...

India’s top court asks: Did gov’t use Pegasus spyware to snoop? (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

India’s Supreme Court has ordered a panel of experts to investigate whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration used the Pegasus spyware to surveil opposition...

Hate campaign in India against Urdu for being a ‘Muslim’ language (Bilal Kuchay, Al Jazeera)

Last week, Hindu right-wing forces in India forced a leading firm to withdraw its festive season advertisement after it featured a couple of words...

‘Letting women decide’: Activists hail Benin abortion vote (Chisom Peter Job, Al Jazeera)

One afternoon in September 2018, Fatima Ismail found out she was pregnant after a friend told her to do a test. Aged 21 and...

Amnesty urges urgent relief for ‘deep hunger’ in south Madagascar (Al Jazeera)

Amnesty International has urged Madagascar’s government and the rest of the world to step up relief efforts for the island nation’s drought-hit south. More than...