Category: Al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia is promising to take all necessary measures to protect itself after Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched another attack on its energy facilities. The latest [more…]

On August 4, 2020, Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, was devastated by a huge blast. Some 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, stored – somewhat inexplicably [more…]

Ten years since the start of the war and things in Syria have never been worse. Millions have been internally displaced or have sought refuge [more…]

Will the United States wind up sharing world domination with China, or will China eventually accept the US as the world’s sole superpower? The Biden [more…]

It’s the fourth election in only two years for Israel. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the thick of it — accused of trying [more…]

The United States, the European Union, UK and Canada have jointly placed sanctions on Chinese officials for human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in the [more…]

North Korea has fired two suspected ballistic missiles, Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide said on Thursday. The missiles were launched from South Hamgyong Province into [more…]

Global shipping is in chaos because of a mishap on a major waterway. The Ever Given container ship became jammed on the Suez Canal in [more…]

February 1 marked the start of a coup by the army in Myanmar. Elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other officials were detained and [more…]

New attempts are being made to move the huge container ship that has been blocking the Suez Canal in Egypt for the past five days. [more…]