Tag: Al Jazeera

ASEAN ‘disappointed’ with Myanmar military’s peace commitment (Al Jazeera)

Myanmar’s military has made no significant progress in implementing a Southeast Asian roadmap for peace following their coup or given any feedback on the...

UK plans fossil fuel-free power grid by 2035 using nuclear energy (Jessica Shankleman and Rachel Morison, Boomberg, Al Jazeera)

The U.K. will reserve a key role for nuclear power in the nation’s electricity system as a backup for renewables in a plan to...

French MPs condemn ‘human rights violations’ in Bahrain (Al Jazeera)

Several French members of parliament urged France’s foreign minister to speak out over the deteriorating human rights situation in Bahrain, a human rights organisation...

Sri Lanka indicts ISIL ‘mastermind’ over Easter Sunday bombings (Al Jazeera)

Sri Lankan prosecutors have indicted the alleged mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings along with 24 men they say are co-conspirators in...

Anxious wait for Afghan girls as opening of high schools stalled (Ali M Latifi, Al Jazeera)

Millions of teenage girls across Afghanistan are anxiously waiting to return to the classroom, as high schools continue to remain closed, raising fears about...

Global warming kills 14 percent of world’s corals in 10 years (Al Jazeera)

Global warming helped wipe out 14 percent of the world’s coral reefs between 2009 and 2018, the largest-ever survey of coral health has found,...

Libya parliament adopts law on legislative elections (Al Jazeera)

Libya’s parliament on Monday passed a law on legislative elections, its spokesman said, before a planned national vote set for December 24 under a...

Why is Algeria angry at Emmanuel Macron? (Al Jazeera)

France and Algeria have had a complicated relationship for decades. Although French colonial rule ended in the 1960s – France has often been accused of...

Libya’s migrant detentions tops 5,000 as crackdown continues (Al Jazeera)

The number of migrants and refugees detained in a major crackdown in western Libya has exceeded 5,000 people, including hundreds of women and children,...

North and South Korea restore hotline after Pyongyang tests (Al Jazeera)

North and South Korea have restored their cross-border hotline, the government in Seoul said on Monday, with officials exchanging their first phone call since...

UK military deployed to deliver fuel as supply crisis continues (Al Jazeera)

British military personnel are delivering fuel to petrol stations, a bid to ease a supply crisis caused by a shortage of truck drivers. About 200 service personnel,...

Indian farmers to step up protests after nine killed in violence (Al Jazeera)

Farmers in India have vowed to intensify their months-long protest against laws aimed at liberalising agriculture as tensions flare a day after nine people...

Is Zimbabwe softening its hard line on crypto? (Chris Muronzi, Al Jazeera)

When Mthuli Ncube was appointed Zimbabwe’s finance minister in September 2018, the country’s crypto enthusiasts hoped he would walk back some of the restrictions...

Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed sworn in as PM for second five-year term (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in for a new five-year term as his government faces a host of challenges, including a...

Sudan warns medicine, fuel, wheat running out amid port blockade (Al Jazeera)

Sudan’s government warned the country is running out of life-saving medicines, fuel, and wheat stocks because of the closure of its main port in...

Will Iraq’s protesters vote in the election they demanded? (Al Jazeera)

Iraqis are heading to the ballot box in less than a week, and it is a direct result of activists’ efforts. But as the...