Tag: Al Jazeera

Israel/West Bank – Israeli settlements amount to ‘war crime’: UN expert (Al Jazeera)

A top UN rights expert has called for Israeli settlements to be classified as war crimes, urging the international community to demand accountability for...

Myanmar – Telenor signals Myanmar exit, as UN calls for urgent action (Al Jazeera)

Telenor, the Norwegian telecommunications company, says it has reached an agreement to sell its Myanmar mobile phone business to M1 Group, exiting a country...

Haiti – Haiti police blame US, Colombian suspects in president’s slaying (Al Jazeera)

A 28-member hit squad made up of Americans and Colombians assassinated President Jovenel Moise, Haitian police said Thursday, adding that eight were still at...

Haiti – What’s next for Haiti after the president’s assassination? (Al Jazeera)

The assassination of Haiti’s president is the latest upheaval for the poorest country in the Americas. Unknown gunmen raided Jovenel Moise’s home in the capital...

Afghanistan/Iran – Taliban captures key Afghan border crossing with Iran: Officials (Al Jazeera)

Taliban fighters have seized control of a key district in western Afghanistan that includes an important border crossing with Iran, Afghan security officials said,...

Kashmir – Two Indian soldiers among several killed in Kashmir gunbattles (Al Jazeera)

Eight suspected rebels and two Indian soldiers have been killed in a series of counterinsurgency operations in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said. Many shops were shut...

USA/Afghanistan – US speeds Afghanistan withdrawal as Biden sets August deadline (Al Jazeera)

United States President Joe Biden said on Thursday the US military would complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan by August 31, ahead of schedule, and...

South Sudan – South Sudan’s decade of independence: A timeline (Al Jazeera)

It has been 10 years since South Sudan gained independence to become the world’s youngest nation. Here is a look back at the country’s decade of...

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – Ethiopia’s massive Nile dam explained (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia has built a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile and started holding back the water flow to fill the reservoir behind it...

Ethiopia/Egypt/Sudan – UNSC discusses Ethiopia dam amid strained ties with Egypt, Sudan (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations Security Council tackled a bitter regional dispute on Thursday over a massive dam built by Ethiopia on the main tributary of...

UK/Nigerian Diaspora – Being Ijaw in the UK: An oddity among fellow Nigerian youth (Ayis Stephen-Diver, Al Jazeera)

“Ijaw? What’s that? Do you mean Igbo?” The first time I heard these questions was when a girl I’d met in secondary school asked me...

South Sudan – South Sudan celebrates 10 years of independence – but few rejoice (Sam Mednick, Al Jazeera)

Friday marks 10 years since South Sudan gained independence to become the world’s youngest nation – yet few citizens are rejoicing. Over the past 10...

Israel – Contentious ‘Jewish state law’ upheld by Israeli court (Al Jazeera)

A controversial law that defines Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people was upheld by the Supreme Court, which rejected claims by...

Iraq/Iran/USA – Attacks on US in Iraq becoming a dangerous cycle: Analysts (Al Jazeera)

Pro-Iran militias are “playing with fire” by attacking American interests in Iraq and the recent escalation in tit-for-tat strikes could spiral out of control,...

Haiti – Haiti police hunt down Moise’s killers as fears of chaos grow (Al Jazeera)

Security forces in Haiti have shot dead four suspected killers of President Jovenel Moise and captured two others, the country’s police chief said on...

Colombia – Colombia used ‘excessive’ force against protesters: IACHR (Megan Janetsky, Al Jazeera)

The Colombian government used “excessive and disproportionate” force during mass protests earlier this year, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) said in a long-awaited report...