Tag: Al Jazeera

Israel – Israel probes possible missile attack on cargo ship: Reports (Al Jazeera)

A Liberian-flagged cargo ship travelling from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates has come under attack in the Indian Ocean, according to Israeli...

Palestine – Hundreds of Palestinians in West Bank protest against PA’s Abbas (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of Palestinians have gathered in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah to demonstrate against President Mahmoud Abbas, hoping to inject new momentum...

Egypt – Egypt opens Mediterranean naval base (Al Jazeera)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean Sea to “secure shipping lines”, the presidency said. “It is the...

USA/Myanmar – US sanctions 22, including Myanmar ministers, for military coup (Al Jazeera)

The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on 22 individuals including four Myanmar government ministers in response to the February military coup and attacks...

China – In its 100 years, who has China’s Communist Party purged? (Al Jazeera)

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 100-year history is not just one of revolution and rejuvenation, but also ruthlessness. From Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution to Deng...

El Salvador – El Salvador seizes opposition party assets in corruption probe (Al Jazeera)

The attorney general’s office in El Salvador has seized some assets of the conservative opposition party in what it said was an attempt to...

Mexico – Mexico water supply buckles on worsening drought, crops at risk (Al Jazeera)

A long-term drought that has hit two-thirds of Mexico is likely to worsen in coming weeks with forecasts of high temperatures and warnings of...

Ethiopia – Ethiopia denies blocking aid to Tigray, WFP resumes operations (Al Jazeera)

The Ethiopian government has denied blocking humanitarian aid to its northern Tigray region and said it was doing all it could to rebuild infrastructure...

OPEC+ – OPEC+ to resume talks on Monday after UAE roadblock (Al Jazeera)

OPEC+ will resume talks on Monday after failing to reach a deal on oil output policy for a second day running on Friday because...

Israel – Can United Arab List change Israeli politics from within? (Thomas O Falk, Al Jazeera)

In view of the political drama surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu’s departure, a novum in Israeli politics almost faded into the background: For the first time in...

Kuwait – Kuwait’s life-after-oil fund rises to record $700B (Fiona MacDonald, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Kuwait is making strides in an effort to invest its way out of dependency on oil money. The Future Generations Fund, a national savings pot...

Lebanon – What would the collapse of Lebanon’s army mean? (Anchal Vohra, Al Jazeera)

A Lebanese air force chopper flies over a blurry landscape of green fields and snow-peaked mountains, promising the tourists a view of the Levantine...

China – Xi says no more ‘bullying’ as China marks party centenary (Shawn Yuan, Al Jazeera)

China’s President Xi Jinping told crowds gathered in Beijing that the era of China being “bullied” was over and that anyone who tried to...

North Korea – Reports of people ‘starving’ as N Korea struggles to feed itself (Frank Smith, Al Jazeera)

United Nations Security Council sanctions, the COVID-19 closure of its border with China, and a 2020 drought followed by typhoon rains are combining to...

Democratic Republic of Congo – At least 10 killed in suspected ADF attack in DRC’s Beni (Al Jazeera)

At least 10 people have been killed in an overnight raid in the city of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in...

Ethiopia – Could fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray trigger a wider conflict? (Al Jazeera)

The eight-month fight for Ethiopia’s Tigray region saw a sudden turn this week. Rebel forces took back the regional capital Mekelle, saying they will keep...