Tag: Al Jazeera

Russia says it dismantled REvil hacking group at US request (Al Jazeera)

Russia has dismantled ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States in an operation in which it detained and charged the...

Philippines to acquire missile system from India for $375m (Al Jazeera)

The Philippines has finalised a deal to acquire a shore-based anti-ship missile system from India for nearly $375m to beef up its navy, the...

UN decries Ethiopia air strikes; says dozens killed this month (Al Jazeera)

The UN human rights office expressed alarm at “multiple, deeply disturbing reports” of air strikes in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, saying at least...

New US Africa envoy to visit Ethiopia and Sudan (Al Jazeera)

The new United States envoy to the Horn of Africa, David Satterfield, and Assistant Secretary Molly Phee will visit Sudan and Ethiopia next week...

Iran looking for ‘safe channel’ to pay UN dues to regain vote (Al Jazeera)

Iran is once more trying to find channels to pay its dues to the United Nations despite sanctions by the United States to regain...

Iran says 25-year China agreement enters implementation stage (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

A 25-year comprehensive cooperation agreement signed between Iran and China last year has now entered the implementation stage, according to Iran’s foreign minister. Hossein Amirabdollahian,...

China reaffirms opposition to US sanctions on Iran (Al Jazeera)

China has reaffirmed its opposition to unilateral sanctions by the United States against Iran at a meeting between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his...

Visualising the race to build the world’s fastest supercomputers (Mohammed Hussein, Al Jazeera)

They are the most powerful machines on Earth, used in everything from investigating the best treatments for the coronavirus to uncovering the origins of...

Tunisia police use water cannon on hundreds of protesters (Al Jazeera)

The Tunisian police have used water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to reach central Tunis to demonstrate against the president in defiance...

Antony Blinken says ‘a few weeks left’ to save Iran nuclear deal (Al Jazeera)

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken says there are only “a few weeks left” to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal before Tehran’s...

Voices of concern at ASEAN over Hun Sen’s Myanmar visit (Al Jazeera)

Malaysia’s foreign minister has said that some Southeast Asian countries had reservations about last week’s visit to Myanmar by Cambodia’s leader, with concerns the...

Can NATO and Russia bridge their differences? (Al Jazeera)

A high-stakes meeting between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) over Ukraine has ended without a breakthrough. Politicians and military men from both...

UN chief warns millions of Afghans are on ‘verge of death’ (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations chief has warned that millions of Afghans are on the “verge of death”, urging the international community to fund the UN’s...

UN chief urges Mali gov’t to announce ‘acceptable’ vote timetable (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations chief has called on Mali’s ruling military to announce an election timetable amid anger about its suggestion of staying in power for five...

Israeli forces violently suppress Palestinian protest in Naqab (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

Dozens of Palestinian Bedouins have been wounded in a crackdown by Israeli forces on a protest against continuing Israeli forestation work on land residents...

Two civilians wounded in rocket attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone (Al Jazeera)

At least four rockets targeted the United States Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, wounding two civilians, according to two Iraqi security officials. Three...