Tag: Al Jazeera

US to open border with Canada, Mexico starting in early November (Al Jazeera)

The United States will lift restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated foreign nationals in early November, ending historic...

Afghanistan’s girls lament continued closure of high schools (Ali M Latifi, Al Jazeera)

Kabul resident Rahela Nussrat, 17, is in her final year of high school, but she has not been able to attend classes. The reason:...

G20 agrees aid to avert Afghanistan humanitarian crisis (Al Jazeera)

The Group of 20 (G20) has agreed to work together to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, even if it means having to coordinate...

Top UN court sides with Somalia in sea border dispute with Kenya (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations’ top court has awarded Somalia control of most of a potentially oil- and gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean after a bitter...

The IMF warns of growing threats to global economic recovery (Al Jazeera)

The International Monetary Fund did not mince words in its latest outlook for the global economy released on Tuesday, warning that the threats to...

Gaza’s undrinkable water ‘slowly poisoning’ Palestinians (Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera)

The water crisis in the Gaza Strip affects every one of the coastal enclave’s two million inhabitants. Many people in Gaza must resort to buying...

Qatar urges engagement with Taliban amid humanitarian crisis (Al Jazeera)

Qatar believes that recognising the Taliban government in Afghanistan is not a priority now, and that the focus should be on engaging with the...

Kremlin critic Navalny says he is now designated a ‘terrorist’ (Al Jazeera)

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny said on Monday that a prison commission had designated him an extremist and a terrorist, but officially no longer...

Fearing ‘Polexit’, Poles join mass pro-EU rallies (Al Jazeera)

More than 100,000 Poles have rallied in support of European Union membership after a controversial court ruling raised concerns the country could eventually leave...

As EU hopes fade, Russia, China fill voids across Western Balkans (Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera)

With the prospect of Western Balkan nations joining the EU seen as a target moving further away, Russia and China will step up their...

N Korea’s Kim says US, S Korea threaten peace with arms buildup (Al Jazeera)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country’s weapons development is necessary in the face of ‘hostile’ policies from the United States...

Western Balkan groups call for US engagement to counter Serbia (Al Jazeera)

Leaders and advocacy organisations from Albanian-American, Bosnian-American and Montenegrin-American communities have called on the US to commit to a stronger presence in the Western...

Suspected rebels kill five soldiers in Kashmir: Indian army (Al Jazeera)

Suspected rebels have shot dead five soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir in the deadliest incident since February, an Indian army spokesman says. “One JCO (junior commissioned...

Ethiopia army launches major attack on Tigray: Rebels (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s national army launched a ground offensive against forces from the northern region of Tigray on Monday, the war-torn region’s governing Tigray People’s Liberation...

‘Political targeting’: Hezbollah chief denounces blast judge (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

Hezbollah’s leader on Monday accused the judge leading the Beirut port explosion investigation of being biased and politicised. He told victims of the deadly...

Erdogan: YPG attacks on Turkish targets the ‘final straw’ (Al Jazeera)

Turkey is determined to eliminate threats originating in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Monday, saying an attack by Kurdish fighters that...