Tag: Al Jazeera

Taliban says ‘ready for inclusivity, but not selectivity’ (Osama Bin Javaid, Al Jazeera)

The Taliban’s “Islamic emirate” is “ready for inclusivity but not selectivity”, the group’s senior leader has told Al Jazeera, in response to the Western...

US, Pakistani officials hold talks over Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has met Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad to discuss bilateral ties, regional peace and...

Afghan MPs, in exile, pledge to work for women’s rights (John Psaropoulos, Al Jazeera)

When Taliban fighters ransacked Shagufa Noorzai’s home on August 29, she was not there. The member of parliament from Helmand province had gone into hiding...

Has France failed in the Sahel? (Al Jazeera)

A spat between the French and Malian governments is threatening to derail a fragile alliance against armed groups in the Sahel region of North...

Mali accuses France of training ‘terrorists’ in the country (Al Jazeera)

Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has told the Russian media he has evidence that France has been training “terrorist” groups operating in the...

Kenya rejects UN jurisdiction ahead of Somalia border ruling (Al Jazeera)

Kenya has said it rejected the jurisdiction of the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ahead of a ruling next week on its...

Drone attacks target Saudi airport in Jazan (Al Jazeera)

At least 10 people have been reported injured in attacks on an airport in Saudi Arabia’s city of Jazan, near the border with Yemen. The...

US, Mexico to discuss overhaul of drug cartel strategy (Al Jazeera)

The United States and Mexico are set to seek a new security agreement to address drug cartel violence and other issues during US Secretary of State...

Do the US and China have a ‘Taiwan agreement’? (Erin Hale, Al Jazeera)

Do the United States and China have an agreement on Taiwan’s political status? The question was raised on Tuesday when US President Joe Biden told...

US submarine hits ‘object’ while underwater in South China Sea (Al Jazeera)

A US nuclear-powered submarine hit an “object” while submerged in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region, injuring some of the crew, the United States...

Sri Lanka allows sharp rise in food prices to ease shortages (Al Jazeera)

The Sri Lankan government has ended price controls on essential foods in a bid to end black market trading as food shortages worsen amid...

The past few months have been harrowing for Pakistani women (Nida Kirmani, Al Jazeera)

The last few months have been particularly harrowing for Pakistani women. From the horrific case of 27-year-old Noor Muqaddam, who was brutally tortured and beheaded...

Nigeria forces rescue nearly 200 abducted victims in northwest (Al Jazeera)

Nigerian security agents have rescued nearly 200 kidnapped people during raids on camps of criminal gangs in dense forests in the country’s northwest, police...

Iraq holds early voting ahead of parliamentary elections (Al Jazeera)

Early voting has begun in Iraq’s parliamentary elections, with security forces, prisoners and internally displaced people casting their ballots two days ahead of Sunday’s...

Croatia, Greece, Romania illegally pushing refugees back: Report (David Child, Al Jazeera)

Croatia, Greece and Romania have carried out hundreds of illegal refugee pushback operations at the European Union’s external borders since early 2020 as part...

French envoy to return to Australia amid AUKUS row (Al Jazeera)

Australian government ministers have welcomed France’s decision to return its ambassador to Canberra, saying they hope the two nations could repair the damage caused...