World News: Kazakhstan plane crash: 100 people on board
Bek Air flight carrying a passenger plane with 100 people on board, crashes after take off near Kazakhstan’s Almaty airport. – Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish…
World News: Lebanon’s president delays consultations to name prime minister
Lebanon’s president has postponed the process of picking a new Prime Minister, until Thursday. The news comes after another night of violence, security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at people…
World News: UN Climate Summit: COP25 negotiators reach climate deal
A deal has been reached at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP25) in Spain after a two-day deadlock. The talks were aimed at deciding how the 2015 Paris accord should be implemented.…
World News: Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir sentenced to 2 years for corruption
Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in prison on financial irregularity charges in the first of several cases against the leader who was removed after nearly 30…
World News: Trump impeachment: Committee sends charges to full House for vote
A key committee of the US House of Representatives voted along party lines on Friday to approve two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, charging the president with abuse of power and…
World News: Ex-PM Tebboune elected Algeria’s new president
In Algeria, former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been declared the winner of Thursday’s presidential vote. Preliminary results show he won 58 percent of the vote. His closest rival, Abdelkader Bengrina, came…
World News: ‘No ifs, no buts’: Johnson says Brexit by January 31
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s party has claimed an emphatic victory in the UK’s general election – seen as a critical juncture in the Brexit crisis engulfing Britain. The vote has left the…
World News: Jeremy Corbyn to resign as Labour leader after election defeat
The main opposition Labour Party is expected to win fewer than 200 seats – losing many in its traditional heartland. Its leader Jeremy Corbyn acknowledged heavy losses for his party and says…
World News: Boris Johnson scores landslide win in UK general election
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to call a snap election looks to have paid off. Official results from Thursday’s vote are coming in but exit polls indicate his Conservative party is…
World News: India’s Parliament approves contentious citizenship bill
India’s Parliament has approved a controversial citizenship bill that grants citizenship to minorities facing persecution from three neighbouring countries – but excludes Muslims. A day after clearing the lower house, the Citizenship…
World News: Former Saudi consul-general accused in Khashoggi murder case
The State Department has just announced that Mohammed Al-Otaibi – the former consul-general of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul – is accused of gross human rights violations in the murder case of Saudi…
World News: Trump impeachment: Democrats introduce two formal charges
US House Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, one on abuse of power and the other on obstruction of Congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, flanked by…
World News: Algerian court convicts 2 ex-prime ministers for corruption
Two former Algerian prime ministers were convicted of corruption-related charges and sentenced to lengthy prison terms in a landmark trial. Both served under long-time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika who was pushed out by…
World News: Ostrava: Six killed Czech hospital shooting, gunman at large
An attacker shot and killed at least six people and seriously injured two at a hospital in the northeast Czech city of Ostrava on Tuesday, police said. Police said on Twitter they…
World News: Russia faces 4-year ban from Olympics
Russia has been accused of manipulating laboratory data, which was handed over to investigators. A key panel recommended banning Russia from hosting or competing in major international events. Al Jazeera’s Lee Wellings…
World News: Tourists injured after volcanic eruption in New Zealand
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said there were about 100 people on the island at the time of the volcanic eruption. Al Jazeera talks to journalist Daniel Walker from Newstalk…
World News: US House to draft impeachment charges against Trump: Pelosi
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she has instructed the House Judiciary Committee to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump over his effort to pressure Ukraine…
World News: Iraq parliament approves PM Adel Abdul Mahdi’s resignation
On Friday, an embattled Adel Abdul Mahdi formally submitted his offer to step down following the killing of more than 50 demonstrators by the security forces in Baghdad. Speaker Mohammad al-Halbusi said…
World News: Iraqi PM to resign after deadly anti-government protests
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has said he will submit his resignation to the country’s Parliament after a day of intense bloodshed amid mass anti-government demonstrations. Abdul Mahdi’s decision, announced in…
World News: Injuries after gunshots, stabbings near London Bridge area
Police say a number of people have been injured after gunshots, stabbings in the United Kingdom near the London Bridge area, of London. The area has been evacuated and some buildings have…
World News: Holey Artisan cafe attack: Dhaka court sentences seven to death
A court in Bangladesh has just sentenced seven people to death for one of the worst attacks in the country’s history. Twenty-two people died in the siege on the Holey Artisan cafe…
World News: UK Supreme Court rules Parliament suspension ‘unlawful and void’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he suspended the United Kingdom’s Parliament, the country’s highest court has ruled. The suspension was “unlawful, void and of no effect”, the UK’s Supreme Court…
World News: UK’s Thomas Cook goes bankrupt, thousands of tourists stranded
The world’s oldest travel company, Thomas Cook, has collapsed, leaving more than 600,000 people who bought its package holidays stranded in various countries spanning the globe. The British government has been urged…
World News: Pakistan hands over captured pilot Abhinandan Varthaman to India
Pakistan has handed over a captured pilot to Indian authorities at the Wagah border, a move aimed at de-escalating tensions after days of hostilities between the South Asian neighbours. Wing Commander Abhinandan…
World News: Spain: Catalan leaders get 13 years in jail for sedition
Nine of 12 Catalan separatist leaders who defied the Spanish government and held an independence referendum in 2017 have been jailed for up to 13 years for sedition. The separatist leaders’ failed…
World News: Ecuador’s Moreno, indigenous groups reach deal to end protests
Ecuador’s government has just agreed to repeal a law that ended decades-old fuel subsidies after holding talks with indigenous leaders. Demonstrators angry at the rise in fuel prices earlier attacked government buildings…
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