Tag: Al Jazeera

Afghanistan. Who stands to benefit from the US’s exit from Afghanistan? (Al Jazeera)

Presenter: Sami Zeidan Guests: Hassan Abbas – Former Pakistani government official and author of The Taliban Revival June Teufel Dreyer – Professor at the University of Miami...

Afghanistan. Afghans struggle with jobs gone, banks shut, prices on the rise (Al Jazeera)

A week after the Taliban’s lightning seizure of Kabul, growing numbers of people in the Afghan capital are facing a daily struggle to get...

Afghanistan/USA. Biden says Kabul airlift accelerating, warns of security threats (Al Jazeera)

US President Joe Biden has pledged his “unwavering commitment” to get US citizens and at-risk Afghans out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan but warned of hurdles...

Somalia. Those working to help Somalia should pay attention to Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

Patrick Gathara In his 2010 memoir Decision Points, former United States President George W Bush explained his rationale for the decision to invade Afghanistan in...

Ethiopia/Sudan. Caught in the crossfire, Ethiopian minority flees to Sudan (Al Jazeera)

Dragged into a conflict not of their making, members of Ethiopia’s Qemant ethnic group say their only choice was fleeing to Sudan – marking...

Gaza. Palestinians in Gaza pledge to defy Israel to protest at border (Al Jazeera)

Ali Adam Palestinian groups in Gaza have pledged to continue protests along the border to pressure Israel to remove its blockade and to allow for...

Israel. Israeli inquiry into deadly Mount Meron stampede begins hearings (Al Jazeera)

An Israeli government commission investigating a deadly accident at a Jewish pilgrimage site in April held its first hearing, almost four months after the...

Iran/Japan. Iran: Japanese FM discusses nuclear deal, Afghanistan turmoil (Al Jazeera)

Maziar Motamedi Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is in Tehran for a string of top-level meetings on a range of issues including Iran’s 2015 nuclear...

Qatar. Qatar sets October 2 for first legislative elections (Al Jazeera)

Qatar’s first legislative polls for two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council will be held on October 2, according to a decree issued by the...

USA/Southeast Asia. Kamala Harris begins Southeast Asia trip amid Afghan chaos (Al Jazeera)

Kamala Harris, vice president of the United States, has arrived in Singapore at the start of a short tour to Southeast Asia on which...

Niger. More than dozen killed in southwest Niger village attack (Al Jazeera)

At least 16 people have been killed in an attack on a village in southwestern Niger where attackers have repeatedly massacred civilians this year,...

Afghanistan/USA. Ex-UK PM Blair slams American ‘abandonment’ of Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who in 2001 took Britain into war in Afghanistan alongside the United States, condemned the “abandonment” of the...

Hong Kong – Two Hong Kong activists convicted on security law charge (Al Jazeera)

Armed police were deployed as Andy Li and Chan Tsz-wah were brought to court Two Hong Kong activists, accused of being part of a...

China/Canada – Extradition hearings in Canada for Huawei’s Meng come to a close (Al Jazeera)

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her Vancouver home to attend her last extradition hearing in the British Columbia Supreme Court Huawei executive...

Apple urged to drop plans to scan iMessages, images for sex abuse (Al Jazeera)

The largest campaign to date over an encryption issue at a single company was organised by the US-based Center for Democracy and Technology More...

Cybersecurity – US agencies warn of flaw in BlackBerry software (Al Jazeera)

A cybersecurity flaw in software designed by BlackBerry Ltd could put at risk cars and medical equipment that use it and expose highly sensitive...