Category: Al Jazeera
Is a new hypersonic arms race underway? | Inside Story
President Putin says Russia will soon be first to deploy ‘invincible’ hypersonic missiles. He says the Avangard weapon guarantees Russian security for decades to come. [more…]
Is Bangladesh a one-party state? | Head to Head
In this episode of Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan challenges Gowher Rizvi, the International Affairs advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, on the state [more…]
Blackwater’s Erik Prince: Iraq, privatising wars, and Trump | Head to Head
In this episode of Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan challenges Erik Prince, the founder and former CEO of Blackwater, on his security firm’s performance during [more…]
️ China orders airlines to ground Boeing 737 MAX 8 after crash | Al Jazeera English
China has grounded its entire Boeing 737 Max fleet a day after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed, killing all 157 people on board. A team [more…]
How safe is Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft? | Inside Story
Boeing calls its 737 the most popular jet aircraft of all time. The US plane maker hoped its new 737 MAX 8 would bring in [more…]
What is the human cost to China’s economic miracle? | Head to Head
In this episode of Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan challenges Charles Liu, Senior Fellow at Peking University, seasoned Chinese entrepreneur and informal adviser to the [more…]
Killer robots: Scientists concerned over ethics of military AI | Al Jazeera English
A global ban on so-called killer robots – lethal autonomous weapons that can hunt and kill without a human involvement – has drawn the attention [more…]
The Jamal Khashoggi murder reconstructed
Six months after the prominent Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, was killed, we reconstruct what three Turkish journalists believe happened behind closed doors at the Saudi [more…]
Will Africa’s historic Free Trade Agreement succeed? | Inside Story
The World Bank ranks many countries in Africa among the hardest places to do business. However, an ambitious project to ease trade between them is [more…]
Malaysia: Power and Corruption | 101 East
In 2018, after more than 60 years being ruled by the same party, Malaysians voted out Najib Razak and his government – the catalyst, the [more…]