Tag: Al Jazeera

USA/Egypt. US to place conditions on fraction of aid to Egypt: US media (Joseph Stepansky, Al Jazeera)

The United States will withhold $130m in security assistance to Egypt this year, releasing the funds only if the government of President Abdel Fattah...

Israel/Palestine. Fears for Palestinian hunger strikers protesting imprisonment (Al Jazeera)

Tensions have been building for months but the situation could soon explode as anger over Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners reaches boiling point. What is...

Russia/Syria. Putin and Syria’s al-Assad hold talks in Moscow on rebel areas (Al Jazeera)

Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad have met in Moscow to discuss cooperation between their militaries and how to gain control of the...

Yemen. Yemeni government forces again on the backfoot (Abubakr Al-Shamahi, Al Jazeera)

Thousands of civilians have been displaced in Yemen’s Marib after a Houthi offensive that began at the start of September saw the rebel group...

USA/Europe. US, EU eye 30-percent cut in methane emissions by 2030: report (Al Jazeera)

The United States and the European Union have agreed to try and cut emissions of the planet-warming gas methane by about one-third by the...

Norway. Oil sector in balance as Norway votes (Al Jazeera)

Norwegians went to the polls on Monday in a parliamentary election where the “Red-Green” opposition looks ahead, potentially influencing the fate of oil activities...

Argentina. Argentina primary results spell trouble for ruling party (Al Jazeera)

A surge in support for Argentina’s main opposition party during a primary election could spell trouble for President Alberto Fernandez and his ruling centre-left...

TechInnovation-India. From dropout to fintech disruptor: Zerodha’s Nikhil Kamath (Megha Bahree, Al Jazeera)

Nikhil Kamath, 35, co-founded Zerodha, India’s largest trading platform by volume, with his older brother Nithin in 2010 in the southern Indian city of...

Afghanistan. Afghans sell possessions amid cash crunch, looming crisis (Ali M Latifi, Al Jazeera)

Shukrullah brought four carpets to sell in Kabul’s Chaman-e Hozori neighbourhood. The area is full of refrigerators, cushions, fans, pillows, blankets, silverware, curtains, beds,...

Nigeria. Gunmen attack Nigerian prison; 240 inmates freed (Al Jazeera)

Heavily armed men raided a jail in southcentral Nigeria and freed 240 inmates – almost everyone in the prison. The attackers started a gun battle...

Niger. ‘Gross abuses’: Armed groups killing, recruiting in Niger (Al Jazeera)

An increasing number of children are being killed and abducted in Niger as the conflict in the country’s western Tillaberi region, bordering Mali and...

Israel-Palestine. Infographic: How many Palestinians are imprisoned by Israel? (Mohammed Haddad, Al Jazeera)

Six Palestinian prisoners broke out of Gilboa jail, a maximum-security prison about 4km (2.5 miles) from the boundary with the occupied West Bank, on...

USA/Saudi Arabia. Top US Democrat calls out Saudi over alleged aid worker torture (Al Jazeera)

The speaker of the United States House of Representatives says she is “deeply concerned” about the alleged torture of a Saudi aid worker while...

Israel/Palestine. What fate awaits the rearrested Palestinian prisoners? (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

The four recaptured Palestinian prisoners – who broke out of an Israeli prison last week – are likely to face additional prison time and...

China/Taiwan. Taiwan says 19 Chinese military aircraft entered its airspace (Al Jazeera)

An H-6 bomber pictured during a previous flight close to Taiwan's ADIZ Taiwan says 19 Chinese military aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers, entered its southwestern...

Afghanistan. Google locks Afghan gov’t emails to keep from Taliban: Report (Al Jazeera)

Taliban will attempt to control US-built digital infrastructure for the weal of information it will have Google has temporarily locked down an unspecified number...