At least seven people have been killed and some 30 wounded in a series of blasts in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad and the country’s capital, Kabul, Taliban sources told Al Jazeera. The casualties occurred when improvised explosive devices went off on Saturday, the […]
Day: September 18, 2021
Niger’s nomadic herders get together to celebrate cultural ties
For three days, this semi-arid patch edging the Sahara desert blooms with a riot of colours – red, orange, blue, fuschia – as thousands of nomadic herders don their best dress for a festival celebrating their culture. For most of the time, the tiny oasis […]
France accuses Australia, US of ‘lying’ over submarine deal
France has accused longtime allies Australia and the United States of lying over a security pact that saw the Australian government scrap a contract to buy French submarines in favour of US vessels. “There has been lying, duplicity, a major breach of trust and contempt,” […]
War of terror: Legal colonialism reincarnated
In the canon of 9/11 anniversary essays, “newness” is a perennial theme: the “unprecedented” changes spawned by an “unprecedented” threat. Commentators mourn America’s “loss of innocence” – erasing the blood of centuries of settler colonisation, imperial expansionism, and enslavement from the United States’ historical slate. […]
US steps up plan to expel Haitian migrants from Texas border city
The United States says it will step up the number of “removal flights” for thousands of migrants who have arrived in the Texas border city of Del Rio. The migrants, many of them Haitian, were being held in an area controlled by US Customs and […]
Will threat of sanctions end the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray?
War-hit region facing severe shortage of aid, cash and fuel due to ‘de facto humanitarian aid blockade’, UN says. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/9/18/will-sanctions-threat-end-the-conflict-in-ethiopias-tigray
Afghanistan: Several reported dead in Jalalabad blasts
At least three people have been killed and some 20 wounded in a series of blasts in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, according to local sources. News agencies quoting witnesses and security sources said the fatalities occurred during at least three explosions in the […]
Apology ‘not enough’, say survivors of US drone attack in Kabul
A day after the United States military admitted that a drone attack in Afghanistan’s capital last month mistakenly killed 10 members of a family, including seven children, survivors have said Washington’s apology was not enough. Emal Ahmadi, whose three-year-old daughter Malika was killed on August […]
UNSC urges Somalia’s feuding leaders to settle dispute
The United Nations Security Council has urged Somalia’s feuding government leaders to resolve their disagreements through dialogue and give top priority to holding long-delayed national elections this year. The 15-member body in a statement on Saturday also called on the federal government and regional states […]
France to work with India to promote ‘truly multilateral’ order
France’s foreign affairs minister has agreed with his Indian counterpart to work on a programme to promote “a truly multilateral international order”, the French foreign ministry said. Jean-Yves Le Drian and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar also agreed during a call to deepen their strategic partnership, “based on […]