Females of all faiths invited to wear headscarves for one day in solidarity with Muslim women worldwide. Growing up in the Bronx in New York City with a hijab covering her head, Nazma Khan says she is all too familiar with religious discrimination from a young age. The Bangladesh native migrated to the United States at the age of 11 […]

Libya’s navy says up to 100 refugees are missing as it rescues 300 from three boats in the Mediterranean Sea. Between 90 and 100 refugees are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after their rubber dinghy sank off the coast of Libya. The inflatable boat was carrying more than 100 people when it went down off the eastern city […]

A woman who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart is living several blocks from a Salt Lake City elementary school following her release from prison in September, according to Utah’s sex-offender registry. Wanda Barzee, 73, is listed in the registry as living in an apartment near the school after her initial placement in a halfway house. She was released on parole much […]

Foreign Ministry says it has suspended weapons and ammunition over concerns they could be used in the war in Yemen. Norway has suspended exports of weapons and ammunition to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over concerns they could be used in the war in Yemen, the country’s foreign ministry has told Al Jazeera. The Scandinavian country said while there was […]

Al Jazeera obtains tape in which Sheikh Abdullah accuses Saudi and UAE of plotting to take Qatar’s wealth by force. A member of the Qatari royal family, who was allegedly held against his will in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has accused Saudi Arabia and the UAE of orchestrating a months-long Gulf crisis in order to seize Qatar’s wealth, and […]

Organisers say that want viewers to see not just the British capital, but the entire world in a new light. London’s bleak winter is getting a bright makeover. Landmarks in the city have been adorned with lights and installations as part of the four-day Lumiere festival. The works of dozens of British and international artists are also being put on […]

Germany’s Social Democratic Party is meeting later on Sunday to decide whether to start formal talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel to form a coalition government. Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) is meeting later on Sunday to decide whether to start formal talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel to form a coalition government. The SPD leader Martin Schulz backtracked from his earlier […]

Taliban claims responsibility for the attack on InterContinental Hotel that has left at least five civilians killed. Afghan special forces have ended a siege at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel, leaving at least five civilians dead in an attack claimed by the Taliban armed group, a government official has told Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera’s Jennifer Glasse, reporting from Kabul, said the siege […]

Turkey-Qatar deal signed in 2014 enables deployment of Turkish air, naval forces in the Gulf state, Turkish envoy says. Turkey plans to deploy air and naval forces to Qatar in addition to ground troops that are already stationed in the country, a Turkish diplomat said on Wednesday. Fikret Ozer, Turkish ambassador to Qatar, however, declined to state a timeline for the […]

Female reporters in Senegal’s Casamance region break the communication barriers between opposing sides. Ziguinchor, Senegal – On a hot, steamy day in Ziguinchor, a small coastal city in Senegal’s southern Casamance region, 31-year-old Marie Leocadie Coly walks into a recording studio, turns on the fan and puts on her headphones. At the signal from the producer sitting behind the glass […]