Tag: Al Jazeera

Senior Pakistani Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan: Official (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

A senior leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban or TTP) has been killed in eastern Afghanistan, Pakistani security officials say, as a peace...

Can centuries-old clan rivalry explain the crisis in Kazakhstan? (Mansur Mirovalev, Al Jazeera)

Ancient Turks created a nomadic empire that stretched from Mongolia to Eastern Europe. Thirteen hundred years ago, when Arabs were expanding their caliphate and Western...

‘More than a dozen killed’ by Ethiopian drone attack in Tigray (Al Jazeera)

An air attack in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray on Monday killed at least 17 people, mostly women, and wounded dozens in the town...

Mali’s ruler urges ECOWAS to reconsider ‘inhumane’ sanctions (Al Jazeera)

Mali’s military ruler Assimi Goita has said Bamako is open to dialogue after the 15-member West African economic bloc, ECOWAS, imposed additional sanctions on the troubled...

Tunisian press syndicate says state TV bars political parties (Al Jazeera)

Tunisian state television has barred all political parties from entering its buildings or taking part in talk shows in a serious setback for press...

Egypt’s bond market, already red hot, could get even hotter (Archana Narayanan, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Egypt’s red-hot bond market has made it a favorite of emerging-market investors, and they’re counting on another year of big gains. JPMorgan Chase & Co....

Iran’s foreign minister in Qatar for talks after visiting Oman (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s foreign minister has held high-level talks in Qatar after a visit to Oman, countries that have a history of trying to mediate between...

UN extends Syria cross-border aid without Security Council vote (Al Jazeera)

Cross-border humanitarian aid to northwest Syria has been extended de facto for six months without a new vote at the United Nations Security Council. The...

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile, second in a week (Al Jazeera)

North Korea fired what may have been a ballistic missile on Tuesday morning, Japan and South Korea said, less than a week after Pyongyang...

US slaps new sanctions on Nicaragua on Ortega’s inauguration day (Al Jazeera)

The United States on Monday imposed a new round of sanctions on Nicaraguan officials, including the defence minister, on the day President Daniel Ortega was sworn...

Biden raises concerns about Ethiopia conflict in call with Abiy (Al Jazeera)

United States President Joe Biden has spoken with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about the continuing conflict in the country and raised concerns about...

How can ‘bandit’ attacks be stopped in northern Nigeria? (Al Jazeera)

Armed groups have terrorised people in central and northwestern Nigeria for years. The so-called “bandits” burn down villages, steal cattle and kidnap people for ransom. The...

Egypt: Leading rights group closes citing government persecution (Al Jazeera)

One of Egypt’s last independent human rights organisations has closed down, according to a statement by the group, citing government persecution. Egypt’s government has engaged...

Palestinians summon Dutch envoy over NGO aid cut (Al Jazeera)

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has summoned the Dutch representative to object to the Netherlands’ decision to halt funding to a Palestinian civil society group that Israel...

UN starts talks in Sudan over post-coup crisis (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations mission in Sudan said it was starting consultations on Monday with the goal of launching direct negotiations to resolve the country’s political crisis...

Libyan security forces violently break up migrant protest (Al Jazeera)

Libyan security forces have raided and violently broke up a protest sit-in by migrants outside a shuttered UN community centre in the capital of...