Category: World News

Riot police fired tear gas and arrested several protesters near a park after demonstrators attacked plain-clothes officers [Ng Han Guan/AP] Clashes between protesters and police have broken out in Hong Kong, cutting short a rally after thousands gathered at a park to call for greater democratic freedoms in the Chinese-ruled city.

Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians is a deliberate act of humiliation, according to a former top United Nations human rights official, who stepped down from his post at the end of last year. He has described the situation for Palestinians as “appalling” and “indescribable”. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports.

Following Washington’s decision to withdraw from the deal in May 2018, Iran began dropping its commitments [File: Christian Hartmann/Reuters] British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated their commitment on Sunday to the Iran nuclear deal and agreed a long-term framework was needed. The leaders’

Iraqis angry at the government’s slow pace of reforms have ramped up their protests, sealing the streets of capital Baghdad with burning tyres and threatening further escalation unless their demands are met. Protesters on Sunday blocked roads in Iraq’s capital and in the holy city of Najaf a day before their deadline

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Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, centre, attending memorial for Qassem Soleimani, former commander of IRGC’s Quds Force [File: Anadolu] Within hours of the United States assassination of Qassem Soleimani, a top general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the country’s Supreme Leader named a successor to head the elite

Mourning relatives, airport staff and government officials gathered at Kyiv’s Boryspil International Airport [Gleb Garanich/Reuters] The bodies of the 11 Ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by Iran this month have returned to Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looked on on Sunday as

A months-long offensive by forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar to seize Libya’s capital from the UN-recognised government has killed hundreds of people and drawn increasing foreign involvement. As world powers push efforts for a ceasefire, with a UN-backed peace conference held in Berlin on Sunday, here is

Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated on January 3, 2020 in Baghdad, Iraq [File: AP/Maya Alleruzzo] A plethora of articles has been published in recent days on the US air strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Many authors claim that it “is

Since 2017, libraries in Australia have stopped charging fines when their customers return books late. Initially conceived of because management realised it cost more in administrative costs to manage the fines than the money made, the new policy has increased the number of items returned and people using libraries. Al

President Azali Assouman (L) urged the opposition parties to drop the boycott threat in the run-up to the vote [Ibrahim Youssouf/AFP] Voters in Comoros are casting their ballots in the first round of a parliamentary election boycotted by opposition parties. Most voting stations in the Indian Ocean archipelago’s capital,

Violence has once again broken out in Hong Kong after thousands of anti-government demonstrators attempted to march through the city, in defiance of a ban. Protesters had gathered in the centre of the city for the demonstration which was approved by authorities – as long as participants stayed in one

At least eight people have been killed following a fire at a care home in the Czech Republic, according to emergency services.  The blaze in the small town of Vejprty, on the northwestern border with Germany, broke out shortly after 6am (05:00 GMT) on Sunday. Authorities have not said what

Conor McGregor has returned to action with a stunning knockout of Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in under a minute at UFC 246, in his first mixed martial arts fight since losing a lightweight title bout to Khabib Nurmagomedov 15 months ago. The former two-division champion left Cerrone bloodied just seconds

In Portugal’s election last October, Romualda Fernandes, Beatriz Gomes Dias, and Joacine Katar Moreira made history by becoming the first women of African descent elected to Parliament. Dias, Gomes and Moreira all represent different political parties – the Socialist Party, Left Bloc and Livre, respectively – but their critiques of

The translation hiccups occurred during Xi’s trip to Myanmar, the first by a Chinese leader in almost 20 years [Nyein Chan Naing/Reuters] Facebook has apologised for a distasteful mistranslation of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s name from Burmese language posts during a visit to Myanmar, blaming a technical glitch. The

Heavy snows in parts of Afghanistan has killed dozens of people in recent weeks. This has exacerbated their already difficult existence, as medical facilities are now well out of reach, over snow-covered hills that they cannot navigate. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi went to Herat province, in western Afghanistan, where residents

Mexico has begun allowing migrants and asylum-seekers from a caravan moving north through Guatemala to start crossing into the country. There were scuffles on the border earlier when dozens tried to force their way across the border and were pushed back by Mexican security forces. But, under pressure from the

China has reported 17 more cases of a new coronavirus in the central city of Wuhan [Noel Celis/AFP] China reported 17 new cases of a mysterious virus on Sunday, including three patients in a severe condition, heightening concerns of more infections as hundreds of millions of people prepare

World leaders at a UN-backed summit in Germany hope to reach a more lasting ceasefire in protracted Libyan conflict [File: Mahmud Turkia/AFP] Rival camps and their foreign backers are arriving in Berlin for a summit on Sunday to discuss ways to end the long-running war in Libya, and

Yemeni army soldiers secure a site in the south of the country after an attack last year [File: Ali Owidha/Reuters] Iran-aligned Houthi rebels attacked a military training camp in southern Yemen on Saturday, killing 60 military personnel and wounding dozens others, Saudi state television said. Al Ekhbariya television quoted

In April 2019, a Philippine company signed a contract with the state-owned China Energy Engineering Co Ltd, to build a $800m dam in Pulangi despite indigenous people’s objections [Nick Aspinwall/Al Jazeera] Kibawe, Philippines – The Pulangi River surges through the remote Pantaron range of central Mindanao, where Manobo

In January 2019, Juan Guaido, the almost unknown president of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled national assembly took his country and the world by surprise: Guaido declared himself interim president of Venezuela. The justification was that President Nicolas Maduro was not a legitimately elected leader but an usurpator and dictator. Venezuelans, desperate for

Hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers gather at the border crossing into Mexico on January 18 [Jeff Abbott/Al Jazeera] Ayutla, Guatemala – Hondurans taking part in a caravan of more than 4,000 migrants and asylum-seekers hope to pass militarised Mexican border checkpoints on Saturday. Paula Dolmo, a 30-year-old

US President Donald Trump (with son Barron} headed to his Mar-a-Lago resort for the weekend ahead of the start of his impeachment trial on Tuesday [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] The Democratic lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Republican President Donald Trump in the United States said on Saturday the president

Hundreds of thousands marched down Pennsylvania Avenue during the 2017 Women’s March in Washington, DC [File: Bryan Woolston/AP Photo] The United States National Archives said on Saturday it made a mistake when it blurred images of anti-Trump signs used in an exhibit on women’s suffrage. The independent agency

Washington, DC – Pointing at the United States White House on Saturday, women and their supporters chanted “the oppressive state is a rapist. The rapist is you.” The lyrics are part of a Chilean performance piece that has become an anthem of the feminist movement worldwide. “Patriarchy is a judge,

Iran has four teams – Persepolis, Esteghlal, Sepahan and Shahr Khodro – in AFC Champions League [File: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters] The Iranian Football Federation (IFF) has said it would stand up to the “illegal” decision by the Asian Football Confederation to ban the country from hosting any international matches

The movement has held weekly protests since November 2018 [File: Benoit Tessier/Reuters] French police have fired tear gas at protesters hurling projectiles and arrested dozens of people as thousands of “yellow vest” anti-government protesters returned to the streets of Paris. Demonstrators on Saturday shouted slogans denouncing the police,

The United Kingdom has added Lebanon’s entire Hezbollah movement to its blacklist of what it terms terrorist organisations.  It is freezing Hezbollah’s assets and will prosecute anyone in the UK who continues to have accounts or financial services connected to the group. In March 2019, the British government said it

A Muslim demonstrator at New Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh displays the campaign poster along with her letter to Modi [Bilal Kuchay/Al Jazeera] New Delhi, India – Protesters in India have launched a postcard campaign in which they plan to send thousands of letters to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

Dozens of people have been wounded after security forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds of anti-government protesters trying to reach Martyrs’ Square, the hub of a months-long protest movement in Lebanon calling for changes to the country’s political and financial systems. On Saturday, demonstrators set