Tag: Al Jazeera

Hungary’s Orban accuses EU, US of meddling in 2022 election (Al Jazeera)

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused Brussels and Washington of trying to meddle in Hungarian politics in advance of a parliamentary election in April...

Are the EU and Belarus playing politics with refugees? (Al Jazeera)

The European Union is divided on how to respond to a migration crisis in the Baltics. Belarus is accused of giving tourist visas to refugees...

Otoniel: Colombia’s most wanted drug lord captured (Megan Janetsky, Al Jazeera)

Security forces in Colombia have captured Dairo Antonio Usuga, the country’s most wanted drug trafficker. Better known as Otoniel, the leader of the Autodefensas Gaitanistas...

US urges N Korea to end ‘provocative’ tests, return to talks (Al Jazeera)

A senior United States diplomat has urged North Korea to end its “concerning and counterproductive” missile tests and resume negotiations. Sung Kim, the top US...

Voting under way in Uzbekistan’s presidential election (Al Jazeera)

Voters in Uzbekistan are casting their ballots in a presidential election in which incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev faces no genuine opposition and is almost...

Blast in Ugandan capital Kampala kills one, injures five (Al Jazeera)

An explosion in Uganda’s capital Kampala, that killed one and injured five, was “a terrorist act”, according to President Yoweri Museveni, who promised to...

Gunmen attack Nigeria prison, free dozens of inmates: Official (Al Jazeera)

Gunmen have attacked a prison in southwestern Nigeria, freeing dozens of inmates, according to an official. Olanrewaju Anjorin, a spokesman of the Oyo correctional centre...

Palestinian NGOs designated ‘terrorists’ call for support (Al Jazeera)

Palestinian human rights groups designated by Israel as “terrorist organisations” have called for international support to reverse the decision, which has the potential to compromise...

Muqtada al-Sadr: Iraq’s kingmaker in uncertain times (Thomas O Falk, Al Jazeera)

Muqtada al-Sadr remains one of Iraq’s most influential political figures and plays a pivotal role when it comes to the country’s future. He is...

Laura Kovesi: Is the EU doing enough to tackle financial crime? (Al Jazeera)

The European Union is a single market of 27 countries. While the bloc was officially formed in 1993, it took its member states 25...

Moldova declares state of emergency over gas crisis (Al Jazeera)

Moldova’s parliament has approved a government-requested state of emergency until November 20 as it tries to ease gas shortages amid soaring world energy prices. The...

Bosnian Serb police drill seen as separatist ‘provocation’ (Al Jazeera)

Bosnia’s Serb police have held an “anti-terrorist” drill just outside the capital Sarajevo in a move seen by many as another provocation by the...

New space race? US tests components for hypersonic weapons (Al Jazeera)

US forces have conducted three tests of hypersonic missile component prototypes, the Pentagon said, amid concerns from President Joe Biden about China’s advances in hypersonic...

Nigerian official says new leader of ISIL-linked group killed (Al Jazeera)

Nigerian security forces have killed the new leader of an ISIL (ISIS)-linked group blamed for killing hundreds in Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries,...

Mali denies asking Islamic body to negotiate with al-Qaeda (Al Jazeera)

The Malian government has denied that it plans to negotiate with leaders of al-Qaeda’s local affiliate, walking back an earlier statement from its religion...

UN suspends all flights to Tigray amid Ethiopian air raids (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations has suspended all flights to the regional capital of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia after government air raids forced a...