Figure includes 29 children and 28 women killed in air raids on Damascus suburb, war monitoring group reports. At least 23 people have been killed in Syrian and Russian air raids on the outskirts of the country’s capital Damascus. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the figure includes six children and four women […]

A fake Twitter account purporting to report on behalf of Al Jazeera was spreading false news about Iran protests. Twitter has suspended a fake account on the social media platform purporting to report on behalf of Al Jazeera on the ongoing protests in Iran. In a statement on Tuesday, Al Jazeera called on Twitter to remove the fake […]

Al Jazeera spoke to locals in the Iranian capital to get their views on the nuclear deal and the bellicose US rhetoric. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the 2015 deal is not renegotiable. On Twitter, he called Trump’s announcement a “desperate attempt” to undermine a solid multilateral agreement. We spoke to people on […]

A battle is ongoing over a collection of Iraqi Jewish heirlooms, as few agree on where it should be based. Baltimore, United States – A group of men and women celebrate a young man’s bar mitzvah, the Jewish rite of passage when boys turn 13, as a rabbi wraps “tefillin” – black leather straps used […]

Claiming that the Palestinians had ‘disrespected’ the US, Donald Trump is threatening more aid cuts to Palestine. US President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold millions of dollars in aid to Palestine unless they pursue peace with Israel. Trump made the comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he also reaffirmed his commitment […]

It’s an old technology, but 3G is new to Palestinian carriers Jawwal and Wataniya because a previous Israeli ban had prevented the introduction of the mobile service. Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have finally gained access to 3G mobile phone services, after Israel lifted a ban on the technology. But the infrastructure upgrade wasn’t […]

WASHINGTON — American troops were among 15 people killed on Wednesday in a suicide bombing in northern Syria that was claimed by the Islamic State, just weeks after President Trump ordered the withdrawal of United States forces with what he declared the extremist group’s defeat. The attack targeted a restaurant in the northern city of […]

A Suspect has been arrested in the case of seven-year-old Zainab, who was raped and murdered in Kasur. Police have arrested the main suspect involved in the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in the central Punjab province of Pakistan, a police official told Al Jazeera.  Zainab Ansari was found dead in a rubbish dump […]

Despite objections from Tehran and dissent from other member states, the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting about the now-diminishing demonstrations in Iran. The UN Security Council has wrapped up a special session demanded by the Trump administration on the recent protests in Iran – with the US accusing Tehran of stifling the voices […]

Price of large pita bread nearly doubled in bid to ease the country’s budget woes. Jordan said on Friday that a decision to end subsidies on staple pita bread will take effect on Saturday, the first such step in over two decades to ease the country’s budget woes. The price of a kilo of white […]