Yasin Aktay, adviser to president, tells Al Jazeera that parties making the accusations are responsible to prove them. A senior Turkish official has denied the claims by a monitoring group and Syrian state media that Turkey’s military used chemical weapons on civilians in its operation against the Kurdish YPG fighters in northwestern Syria. “It is out of the question for Turkey […]

Prime Minister Andrej Babis and his cabinet will resign on Wednesday, leaving the Czech Republic in political limbo. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has lost a confidence vote in parliament, an expected result that marks the end of his short-lived minority government. Only 78 members of parliament on Tuesday voted in favour of the government, while 117 were against.  Babis, the […]

Qatar and Chad have signed Memorandum of Understanding restoring diplomatic relations. Qatar and Chad have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) resuming diplomatic relations between the two countries, Qatar’s foreign minister has said. Relations were severed in August after the start of a Saudi-led blockade against Qatar.  The agreement was reached after Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatari foreign minister, held […]

Hunger, disease, uncleared rubbish and the destruction of local traditions are threatening to destroy the Asmat people on Papua. Modern-day life is threatening the existence of tribes in a remote jungle region of Indonesia. People in Papua are blaming the government for not doing enough to help them. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Agats on the plight of the […]

Stories showcased at this year’s Berlin Film Festival explore the effects of colonisation, nuclear weapons, and climate change. This year’s Berlin Film Festival is giving a voice to indigenous filmmakers, who are not often represented in mainstream cinema. From the Pacific to the Arctic, the storytellers explore the effects of colonisation, nuclear weapons, and climate change. Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane […]

As conditions in Syria worsen, women are connecting with their future partners online. The war in Syria has taken many lives and forced many of its men to flee the country or join the military, raising the ratio of women to men drastically. The economic crisis gripping the country has also delayed the age of marriage, with many young men […]

Police have charged a Newmarket resident in connection with an investigation into a fatal fail-to-remain collision in Springwater Township. According to Ontario Provincial Police, on May 5 of last year, Dominik Andrew Adamek, 28, was walking at the intersection of County Road 53 and Carson Road when he was struck by a vehicle. Police say Adamek was pronounced dead at […]

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The two parties that have ruled El Salvador for three decades could lose their grip on power on Sunday if voters choose as president a young outsider from a small third party who has vowed to lift the economy and stem the flow of migrants from one of the world’s most violent countries. Opinion polls in […]

Court suspends shutdown of TV stations that were blocked after promising to show Raila Odinga’s symbolic inauguration. Kenya’s High Court has suspended the shutdown of three independent television stations, which were blocked earlier this week after they had planned to broadcast a contentious, symbolic “swearing in” ceremony for opposition leader Raila Odinga. The country’s High Court ordered a 14-day suspension […]

A paramilitary camp in Srinagar has been attacked just hours after a two-day attack on another camp in Jammu was ended. Armed fighters have opened fire near a military camp in Indian-administered Kashmir. At least one paramilitary solider has been killed. The attack comes just hours after government troops ended a two-day gun battle at another army camp where five […]