Police are probing a possible hate crime after scissors-wielding suspect allegedly attacks sixth-grader’s headscarf. Police in the Canadian city of Toronto are investigating a possible hate crime after an 11-year-old Muslim girl was attacked by a man who allegedly tried to cut off her hijab twice on her way to school.  Sixth-grade student Khawlah Noman was walking with her younger […]

Aid agencies say they are overwhelmed by the scale of humanitarian needs in Syria. Aid agencies say they are overwhelmed by the scale of humanitarian needs in Syria. They are warning that if the Syrian government’s bombardment continues, a million displaced people will amass near the Turkish border. Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu reports from northern Idlib, in Syria. Source: Read […]

Taps in the drought-hit South African city could be turned off by April 21. Like many others in Cape Town, Sandra Dickson has no other option but to get creative. “We catch water from our showers in buckets, and throw it into our toilets,” Dickson, who has been living in the South African city for the last 24 years, told […]

Social media users note irony of Wagner converting to Islam after being member of Islamophobic party. A leading politician from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has converted to Islam and resigned from his position with the anti-Muslim party, the party has confirmed. Arthur Wagner, a leading member of the far-right party in Germany’s eastern German state of Brandenburg, stepped down […]

Indigenous Australians call the day marking arrival of British prisoners in 1778 ‘Invasion Day’ and demand date change. Melbourne, Australia – While most Australians fire up the barbecue and crack open beers to celebrate national day on Friday, Robbie Thorpe will be marching in the shadow of Victoria’s state parliament. Like many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, he doesn’t […]

Incident comes as party of slain former President Ali Abdullah Saleh chooses its new leader. A warplane from the Saudi-led military alliance fighting in Yemen has crashed after suffering a “technical failure”, a coalition statement said. However, according to rebel-run al-Masirah television, Houthi rebels claimed on Sunday they shot down the plane, a British-made Tornado fighter jet. The aircraft went down in Saada […]

But when did the UK join the megastate in the first place? Here's what we know about when the volatile affair with Europe began. When did Britain join the EU? Tory PM Edward Heath took the UK into the European Economic Area in January 1973. The move came after President de Gaulle of France twice blocked UK membership during the […]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for restraint after at least seven people are killed in DRC rallies. The UN chief has called on Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to peacefully leave office in accordance with an agreement in late 2016. The comments by Antonio Guterres late on Sunday came after security forces killed at least seven […]

The standing of Argentina’s labour unions has been damaged after several union leaders were arrested for corruption. Argentina’s labour unions are among the strongest in Latin America. But their standing has been damaged after several union leaders were arrested for corruption. Some, however, believe the arrests are a way for the government to pressure unions to support its policies. Al […]

Al Jazeera goes to Mount Sterling, Kentucky, to meet some of the roughly one-third of Americans that still support the US president after his first year in office. It’s been a year since President Donald Trump took the oath of office, and most polls show his most ardent support comes from roughly 30 percent of Americans. In the first of […]