Tag: Al Jazeera

Six arrested in Rwanda for spreading rumours to cause ‘uprising’ (Al Jazeera)

Rwandan authorities have arrested six people including a journalist and members of an opposition party accused of publishing rumours allegedly intended to start an...

Tunisia’s Saied withdraws diplomatic passport of predecessor (Al Jazeera)

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has said he will withdraw the diplomatic passport of one of his predecessors, Moncef Marzouki, after the latter urged France...

Yemen’s humanitarian crisis growing as economy collapses: UN (Al Jazeera)

Yemen’s economy is collapsing, its humanitarian crisis is worsening, and the conflict in the Arab world’s poorest nation is growing more violent, the United...

‘A living hell’: Churches, clergy targeted by Myanmar military (Nu Nu Lusan and Emily Fishbein, Al Jazeera)

Last month, Myanmar soldiers gunned down Cung Biak Hum, a 31-year-old Baptist pastor, while he rushed to help put out a fire caused by...

Myanmar won’t allow ASEAN envoy to meet Aung San Suu Kyi (Al Jazeera)

Myanmar’s ruling military will not block a visit by ASEAN’s special envoy but will not allow him to meet detained former leader Aung San...

Azerbaijan, Iran agree to mend ties ‘through dialogue’ (Al Jazeera)

Azerbaijan says it has agreed to resolve a diplomatic crisis with Iran through dialogue, weeks after ties soured over Tehran’s allegations that Israel’s military...

Biden to meet Kenyan president as US weighs sanctions on Ethiopia (Al Jazeera)

US President Joe Biden is set to meet Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta as war and a humanitarian crisis roil neighbouring Ethiopia. The meeting on Thursday...

One year after #EndSARS protests, has Nigerian police changed? (Ope Adetayo, Al Jazeera)

Tunde Abass says he was in a plaza building at Onipanu, a major bus stop in Lagos, in March when he saw police officers...

Deaths reported after Israeli airstrike in Syria’s Homs province (Al Jazeera)

An Israeli airstrike in central Syria has killed one Syrian soldier and three pro-Iranian fighters, according to a UK-based war monitor. The Syrian state news...

US does not support normalising ties with Syria, Blinken says (Al Jazeera)

The United States does not intend to support any efforts to normalise ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or rehabilitate him until there is...

Palestine olive harvest: Campaign begins to protect farmers (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

As olive harvest season sets in Palestine, a 10-day campaign to aid and protect farmers has been launched in areas considered to be at...

Israel ‘reserves the right’ to act against Iran: Yair Lapid (Al Jazeera)

Israel “reserves the right” to act against Iran, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has said, suggesting that “force” may be necessary to stop the...

Ex-Myanmar president says army tried to force him to cede power (Al Jazeera)

Win Myint, Myanmar’s civilian president who was removed from office by the military, has testified that the generals tried to force him to relinquish...

TaiwanPlus tries to change the narrative on self-ruled island (Erin Hale, Al Jazeera)

Creating a brand new media outlet from scratch is an enormous challenge for any team, but in Taipei the staff at TaiwanPlus is trying...

IEA: World needs to triple investment in renewable power (Al Jazeera)

Investment in renewable energy needs to triple by the end of the decade if the world hopes to effectively fight climate change and keep...

Chile declares state of emergency over Mapuche conflict (Al Jazeera)

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has announced a state of emergency and deployed troops to two southern regions where clashes have broken out between Mapuche Indigenous people...