Category: Al Jazeera

To the United Nations official tasked with reporting on Palestinian human rights, international law is clear: Israel should withdraw from the territories it occupied in [more…]

Drones capture images of thousands of Muslims celebrating Eid at New Delhi’s Grand Mosque in India. The Taj Mahal too became a site for worship, [more…]

Oil prices are at their highest level in months and central banks are keeping a close eye on the markets. For the first time since [more…]

A billionaire real estate tycoon in Vietnam has been sentenced to death for her role in masterminding the country’s biggest case of financial fraud. Truong [more…]

Rebel groups in Myanmar say they’ve taken the town of Myawaddy, on the border with Thailand. It’s an important trading hub – more than 1 [more…]

Last month, American political scientist Norman Finkelstein agreed to sit with Israeli historian Benny Morris, Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani, and political livestreamer Steven Bonnell, [more…]

Interest in tax resistance is spiking in the US, ahead of the April 15 deadline when most Americans’ tax bills will come due. How many [more…]

The Ukrainian parliament approved a bill overhauling the country’s military draft system after removing a clause that would rotate out soldiers after three years of [more…]

Mali’s military junta has banned all political activities- saying it’s needed to maintain public order. Earlier this month, more than 80 parties and civic groups [more…]

More than a hundred people have died during a record-breaking heatwave in Mali in West Africa. Temperatures in one town reached 48.5 degrees. Meteorologists say [more…]