Tag: Al Jazeera

Afghanistan. Taliban claims ‘complete capture’ of Afghanistan’s Panjshir (Al Jazeera)

If the Taliban claim is confirmed, it would mean that the group now has complete control over all 34 provinces of Afghanistan The Taliban...

India/Kashmir. India probes late Kashmir separatist’s family under terror law (Al Jazeera)

Indian paramilitary soldiers guard at a closed market in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have opened a case against the family members...

Afghanistan. Infographic: Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis (Mohammed Haddad, Al Jazeera)

The Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, but its stunning military sweep of the capital Kabul came after months of deadly fighting across...

Syria. Do not forget Syria’s disappeared (Mariam al-Hallak, Al Jazeera)

Syrians hold portraits of disappeared loved ones during a protest at the Bebelplatz to call on governments to do more to seek information about...

Israel/Palestine. Palestinian president, Israeli defence minister hold rare talks (Al Jazeera)

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has met Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank in the first high-level meeting between...

Afghanistan. Children among civilians killed in US drone attack (Al Jazeera)

A destroyed vehicle is seen inside a house after a US drone attack in Kabul, August 29 Several children have been killed in a...

Zambia/IMF. IMF loan ‘important’ to its finances: Zambian finance minister (Al Jazeera)

Zambia's new finance minister (pictured) says rising copper prices will help bring in foreign exchange Zambia’s new Finance Minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane, has said in...

West Bank. Helping hand: Israeli forces in the service of Jewish settlers (Al Jazeera)

Faris Salfadi points to his olive trees chopped down in the village of Urif by Jewish settlers from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar The...

OPEC+. OPEC+ expected to stick to output hike as oil prices bounce back (Al Jazeera)

By Grant Smith and Sharon Cho and Jessica Summers - Bloomberg OPEC and its allies are expected to press on with their planned revival of oil production when...

Lebanon/Iran. Lebanon’s Hezbollah agrees to third shipment of Iranian fuel (Al Jazeera)

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said a third shipment of Iranian fuel has been agreed to ease crippling shortages in Lebanon. “We have agreed...

Iraq. Moqtada al-Sadr says he will participate in Iraq general election (Al Jazeera)

The populist Shia Muslim scholar, Moqtada al-Sadr, has said he and his supporters would take part in Iraq’s October general election, reversing a decision...

Cuba. Cuba to recognise, regulate cryptocurrency (Al Jazeera)

Cuba has said it will recognise – and regulate – cryptocurrencies for payments on the island in a move that could help to circumvent...

Ethiopia. UN chief says ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ unfolding in Ethiopia (Al Jazeera)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned the Security Council the conflict in Ethiopia has spread beyond the Tigray region and “a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before...

Afghanistan. Hundreds of displaced Afghan families seeking food and shelter (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of Afghan families who have been camping in searing heat at a Kabul park after the Taliban overran their provinces are begging for...

Afghanistan. Taliban planning ‘inclusive caretaker gov’t’ in Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

Osama Bin Javaid The Taliban says it is planning an inclusive caretaker government in Afghanistan after the group toppled the Western-backed administration in a stunning...

Afghanistan/USA. Biden vague on whether US gave Taliban list of vulnerable Afghans (Al Jazeera)

US President Joe Biden said “there may have been” a list of names of vulnerable Afghans given to the Taliban in an effort to...