Category: Aljazeera

Plagues of locusts are devastating large parts of India and Pakistan. Billions of dollars worth of crops have been damaged, prompting fears of food shortages. Pakistan’s government says it is the worst infestation in more than 20 years. Al Jazeera’s Elizabeth Puranam reports from New Delhi, India.

Two days of rain have renewed the waterfalls that only ever exist during this sort of weather in the Omani governate of Dhofar. The crescent of inland cliffs that front the Dhofar Mountains that surround Salalah, and the flood plain beneath, are renowned for becoming green during the monsoon season

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the first G7 leader to firmly reject the invitation [File: Michel Kappeler/Reuters] A German government spokesman has confirmed that Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an in-person summit of world leaders that President Donald Trump has suggested he will host in the United States

The resolution urges South Sudan’s leaders to finalise establishment of the transitional national unity government and fully implement all provisions of the 2018 peace agreement [File: Jok Solomun/Reuters] The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has adopted a resolution on Friday extending until May next year an arms embargo

French automaker Renault will slash 15,000 jobs worldwide, in a bid to save billions of dollars. Renault has struggled with plummeting car sales because of coronavirus lockdowns, the transition to more electric car production and the fallout from the arrest in 2018 of its former boss, Carlos Ghosn. Al Jazeera’s

Niger has been hit by the violence that has spread in parts of the Sahel in recent years [File: Warren Strobel/Reuters] Niger’s parliament has passed legislation authorising wiretapping as a means of curbing “terrorism and transnational criminality” despite criticism from the opposition. The law adopted on Friday allows

Many police officers across the United States have condemned the actions of theofficers involved in the death of George Floyd. But it is just the latest in a series of deaths of unarmed Black men at the hands of law enforcement. Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo reports from New York.

When the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991, newly independent states emerged. These new borders meant that all of a sudden people found themselves on the wrong side – foreigners in a country they called their home, but were unable to prove or formally claim as such. The United Nations

A protester holds her sign at the Hennepin County Government Center as protests continue over the death of George Floyd [Jim Mone/AP Photo] Protesters in the United States city of Minneapolis welcomed Friday’s murder charge against the white officer who knelt on the neck of George Floyd, an

Brazil’s coronavirus deaths reach 27,878, making it the country with the fifth-highest number of fatalities.

People gather outside the Hennepin County Government Center to protest the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, arrested by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the United States [Eric Miller/Reuters] The white police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a

US President Donald Trump has said the US is ‘terminating’ its relationship with the WHO, saying group hasn’t made coronavirus reforms. The WHO and 37 countries have launched the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool, an alliance aimed at making coronavirus vaccines, tests, treatments and other technologies available to all