Annual congress expected to green-light move to do away with term limits, a move Donald Trump apparently appreciates. A Chinese official defended President Xi Jinping’s move to abolish presidential term limits saying it would strengthen the country’s governance as the annual National People’s Congress was expected to green-light the move. With the two-week legislative session beginning on Monday, the body […]

An al-Qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for attacks in Burkina Faso that left 16 people dead, including eight gunmen, at the army headquarters and French embassy. An al-Qaeda-linked group has claimed claiming it was behind Saturday’s attack in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou. The French Embassy and the army headquarters were targetted – leaving 16 people, including eight gunmen, dead. Al […]

Syria’s eight year civil war has left 370,000 people dead, including more than 21,000 children Syrian civil war began with anti-Assad uprising in 2011 before conflict sprawled Observers estimate 370,000 people have been killed in the ensuing violence Among them are 112,000 civilians including 21,000 children and 13,000 women Eight years of war in Syria have left more than 370,000 […]

Another mosque frequented by the Turkish community in Germany was attacked on Friday. A mosque in Berlin has been set on fire by masked assailants in the early hours of Sunday morning.   “Witnesses told us that three assailants with covered faces threw burning material and immediately ran away,” said Bayram Turk, the head of the mosque association. This attacks comes only […]

Musk acted on WhatsApp cofounder’s request to #deletefacebook. The verified Facebook pages for SpaceX and Tesla have been eliminated after Elon Musk, the chief executive of both companies, was dared by a Twitter user to delete them. The social media site has been roiled by reports that Facebook user data was exploited by British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica on behalf […]

Attack took place near the entrance of the Al-Aqsa compound in the Muslim quarter of the Old City. One person has been killed after a knife attack in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday. The victim of the stabbing, an Israeli security guard, was seriously wounded and the attacker shot dead, Israeli media reported. The assault took place near […]

Sobia Ahmad has built a wall, not a border wall, but an artistic one that highlights the faces, fears and faith of America’s Muslim immigrants. US President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies have been at the centre of debate not only in the United States, but worldwide. And one artist in Washington has built her own wall – to highlight […]

Police have imposed a curfew in some parts of the main city of Srinagar and have shut down schools and businesses. The deaths of three suspected rebel fighters in Indian-administered Kashmir has provoked protests at their funerals. Police have imposed a curfew in some parts of the main city of Srinagar and have shut down schools and businesses. Al Jazeera’s […]

The incident comes in the face of a major demonstration marking Land Day and the right of return of Palestinian refugees A Palestinian farmer has been killed by Israeli artillery fire near Khan Yunis in Gaza, the Palestinian health ministry said. According to eyewitnesses, the victim, identified by the ministry as 31-year-old Omar Samour, was on his land near the […]

WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Volkswagen (VW) and its former chief executive Martin Winterkorn over the German automaker’s diesel emissions scandal, alleging a “massive fraud” on U.S. investors. VW was caught using illegal software to cheat U.S. pollution tests in 2015, triggering a global backlash against diesel that and has so far cost […]