Tanzania has banned Kenya’s national carrier from flying into the country, the latest move in a deepening row between the two neighbouring countries. The Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) said Kenya Airways flights were being banned “on a reciprocal basis” after the Kenyan government decided […]
It has been an eventful month since China’s government imposed a national security law on Hong Kong. China’s leaders say it is essential to curb months of disruptive protests, but critics say it is the death knell of democracy in one of the most vibrant […]
The head of a Department of Homeland security (DHS) office that reportedly compiled intelligence reports on journalists and protesters amid the continuing demonstrations in Portland, Oregon has been reassigned, according to US media. Brian Murphy, who headed the Intelligence and Analysis Office, has been reassigned […]
Lisbon, Portugal – Anti-racism protests have continued in Portugal a day after hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the capital, Lisbon, to demand justice for a Black Portuguese man who was murdered a week ago. Bruno Cande Marques, a 39-year-old actor and father of three children, was […]
Hurricane Isaias has ripped shingles off roofs and blew over trees as it carved its way through the Bahamas and strengthened slightly while heading towards the coast of Florida in the United States. Isaias was carrying top sustained winds of 140km per hour (85 miles […]
Millions of Muslims worldwide are celebrating the Eid al-Adha holiday. It marks the end of one of the five pillars of Islam – the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. But events in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere are quite different this year because of COVID-19. Al Jazeera’s […]
In the early hours of August 2, 1990, Iraq’s army under President Saddam Hussein launched an attack on neighbouring Kuwait. Within hours, the capital city of the small oil-rich country had fallen, while Kuwait’s head of state, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, had fled to Saudi […]
Japan is facing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. Tokyo confirmed a record 472 coronavirus infections on Saturday and the capital’s governor says a citywide state of emergency may have to be imposed. It is a step that has already been taken in Okinawa. Infections appear […]
Thousands of people have marched in Germany’s capital to protest against measures imposed to stem the coronavirus pandemic, saying those restrictions violated people’s rights and freedoms. The crowds rallying in central Berlin on Saturday comprised an array of groups including opponents of vaccinations and conspiracy theorists, among […]
The World Health Organization warned the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be “lengthy”, as it met to evaluate the situation, six months after sounding the international alarm. India confirmed the steepest spike of 57,118 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking its coronavirus caseload […]
