Category: Aljazeera

Doha, Qatar – Mohammed Ali, a restaurateur in Qatar’s capital Doha, has a story about a female customer who would come to his shop every day with a flask and have it filled with karak tea.One day, her driver brought the flask and said the woman was in a hospital

On August 10, the world found out about the tragic death of five-year-old Maria on the Greek-Turkish border. The little Syrian girl was part of a group of 39 refugees, who had crossed from Turkey into Greece to seek asylum, but who were instead pushed back by the Greek and

Local media reported that Leonard Glenn Francis had requested to remain in Venezuela on health and political grounds.A fugitive Malaysian defence contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” who orchestrated a huge bribery scheme involving dozens of United States Navy officials, has requested asylum in Venezuela almost a week after he was arrested

As the British pound plummets in value, the US dollar is flying high.Against a tumultuous backdrop that includes the Ukraine war, soaring prices and China’s COVID lockdowns, sharp fluctuations of some of the world’s major currencies are injecting new uncertainty into the global economic outlook. Why is the British pound

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Japan says goodbye to assassinated leader as anger grows over the cost of the state funeral and his party’s ties to the Unification Church.Japan is bidding farewell to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was killed on the campaign trail in July, with a rare

Tatsunori Motoki, accused of spying by Russia’s FSB, was held for a few hours before being released and ordered to leave the country.Japan has accused Russia of “unreasonable” behaviour and threatened “equivalent steps” after the FSB, the Russian federal security agency, detained a diplomat in the eastern port city

Rome, Italy – It was never in doubt. As pollsters had predicted throughout a chaotic election campaign, Italy is set to be led by its most hard-right government since World War II.Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, a largely peripheral figure in Italian politics up until a few years ago, emerged triumphant

Shinzo Abe was not his assassin’s preferred target.Investigators say Tetsuya Yamagami, who fatally shot Japan’s longest-serving prime minister on July 8, had initially wanted to kill the leader of the Unification Church — a South-Korean religious sect that the 41-year-old blames for his family’s financial ruin. But the COVID-19 pandemic

Apple has asked manufacturers to shift production from China amid geopolitical tensions and pandemic restrictions.Apple Inc will make some of its iPhone 14s in India, the company has said, as manufacturers shift production from China amid geopolitical tensions and pandemic restrictions that have disrupted supply chains for many industries. “The

The Kremlin says no decision has been taken on whether to seal Russia’s borders to stop an exodus of military-aged men fleeing the country after days of chaotic scenes during partial mobilisation for its war in Ukraine.Asked on Monday about the prospect of the border being shut, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov

In world’s first attempt to change the motion of an asteroid, scientists hope the method can prevent collisions with Earth.A NASA spacecraft is scheduled to slam into an asteroid, in an unprecedented test designed to prevent potentially devastating collisions with Earth. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will hit

From: Inside StoryA right-wing coalition, led by Giorgia Meloni, is set to take a majority of seats in parliament.Italy appears to be on course to elect its first female prime minister and far-right leader since World War II. The coalition will be led by Giorgia Meloni, who is