Last month the film Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you’re a girl) won the Oscar for best documentary (short subject). The film focuses on Afghan girls who learn to skate through a programme run by Berlin-based NGO Skateistan which purports to “give children the opportunity […]
The Israeli parliament has strengthened the security detail for Benny Gantz, the main electoral challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after it deemed various death threats against Gantz to be credible. The threats came in the wake of last week’s volatile and inconclusive election, in which Netanyahu […]
Deadly mass shootings in the United States have occurred for years and a spate of shootings last year fueled the continuing debate over what can be done to stop such crimes in the country. Proponents of gun control face a difficult roadblock, however: The Second […]
Taiwan‘s government said on Sunday that an elderly Taiwanese woman who was part of a tour group in Egypt was likely infected with the COVID-19 virus while there last month and unlikely the source of infection of 12 Egyptian crew on a Nile cruise. Egyptian […]
Antofagasta, Chile – Cities across Chile erupted in mass celebration and outrage on Sunday as women and their supporters rallied for International Women’s Day. In Santiago, a plaza that has become the city’s ground zero for protests in recent months could not contain the crowd, […]
At least 21 people have now died in the United States from the coronavirus as it spread to 30 states with hundreds of confirmed cases nationwide. Oregon was the latest to declare a state of emergency on Sunday, and 60 million people in California and New York states […]
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has had a controversial rise to power, and he appears to be tightening his grip even further. Media reports suggest at least 20 princes, officials and army officers have been arrested in the kingdom’s latest purge. They include […]
A roundup of royals and aides has widened in Saudi Arabia, according to several reports, in what is believed to be the latest crackdown by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the kingdom’s de facto ruler, against potential challengers to his power. On Saturday, a day after […]
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Italy has jumped by at least 133 in the past 24 hours, bringing its total to 366. Italy imposed a quarantine in Lombardy and other severely affected areas, impacting some 16 million people as it stepped up […]
Nearly a year of fighting near Libya‘s capital has taken a heavy toll on the economy. Many businesses have closed and young people have sought work abroad. But some entrepreneurs say they are determined to carve out opportunities. Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports from Tripoli. […]
