Tag: Al Jazeera

Mali asks Islamic body to open negotiations with al-Qaeda (Al Jazeera)

Mali’s government says that it has asked the country’s main Islamic body to open peace talks with leaders of al-Qaeda’s local affiliate in an...

Over 100 million people in Africa threatened by climate change (Al Jazeera)

A new report by the United Nations has warned that more than 100 million “extremely poor” people across Africa are threatened by accelerating climate...

Africa calls for climate finance tracker after donors fall short (Al Jazeera)

African countries want a new system to track funding from wealthy nations that are failing to meet a $100bn annual target to help the...

Bomb attack kills 13 Syrian military personnel: state media (Al Jazeera)

Two roadside bombs have exploded near a bus carrying troops in the Syrian capital Damascus, killing at least 13 military personnel and wounding three...

Palestinians condemn Israeli bill giving broad powers to police (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

Israel is taking steps towards over-policing and increasing its surveillance of the Palestinian population inside its 1949-borders under the pretext of curbing the high...

EU accuses Turkey of ‘backsliding’ on reforms to join bloc (Al Jazeera)

The European Union’s executive body has said that Turkey’s bid to join the bloc had “come to a standstill” amid serious democratic shortfalls in...

Beirut blast judge summons ex-ministers as pressure mounts (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

The lead investigator of the Beirut Port blast probe summoned two charged ex-ministers again as Lebanese leaders continue to mount pressure on him. Judge Tarek...

N Korea test fires suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile (Al Jazeera)

North Korea fired what appeared to be a submarine launched ballistic missile towards the sea off its eastern coast, South Korea said, with Japan...

Hundreds of political prisoners freed in Myanmar after amnesty (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of political prisoners have been freed from Myanmar’s Insein prison, including Aung San Suu Kyi’s party spokesman and a famous comedian, according to...

Colonial hill station becomes Malaysia’s third biosphere reserve (Marco Ferrarese, Al Jazeera)

Dusk is fast approaching when a hiker spots a strange and furry bump clinging to a tree trunk along a jungle trail on Penang...

Facebook to hire 10,000 workers in Europe to build ‘metaverse’ (Al Jazeera)

Facebook said it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union across the next five years to work on a new computing platform...

Ecuador president declares state of emergency over drug violence (Al Jazeera)

Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has declared a state of emergency as the country grapples with a surge in drug-related violence, and ordered the police...

Trudeau visits Indigenous community reeling from unmarked graves (Al Jazeera)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited an Indigenous community in British Columbia, following the discovery earlier this year of more than 200 unmarked graves...

Haitians strike to protest insecurity, US seeks hostages release (Al Jazeera)

The streets of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince were quiet on Monday as Haitians engaged in a general strike to protest worsening insecurity and gang violence...

Hundreds protest in Bangladesh over deadly religious violence (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of people have protested in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, calling for an end to religious violence that has gripped the country for four days,...

Afghanistan: Taliban agrees to door-to-door polio vaccine drive (Al Jazeera)

Health workers in Afghanistan will begin a house-to-house polio vaccination drive next month after the new Taliban government agreed to support the campaign, the...