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ByLyse Doucet Chief international correspondent In a whitewashed basement in a village south of Kabul, a dozen young women bustle about, stirring cauldrons of bubbling cherries and plums, and sticking labels on glass jam jars. Ventures like this are one of the rare spaces where women are still able to gain skills and employment in […]

ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Smoke rises during Houthi missile and drone strikes on the Red Sea port city of al-Makha, Yemen, August 9, 2026 [Reuters] By AFP and Reuters Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026 The Houthis have launched […]

ListenListen (5 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo US President Donald Trump gestures as he departs the Nassau County Police Academy Center for Training and Intelligence in New York on August 14 [Kent Nishimura/AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug […]

Wildfires fuelled by record heat are ravaging Europe, burning around 500,000 hectares and forcing thousands to flee.

Israeli soldiers accused of supporting ‘terrorist’ settlers in Qusra

ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Passengers at the terminal at Vincenzo Bellini Catania Airport following its closure due to an ash cloud from Sicily’s Mount Etna eruption in Catania, Italy, August 14, 2026 [Matteo Minnella/Reuters] By Al Jazeera Staff, Reuters and […]

ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Jason Arday, who became the youngest Black professor in the history of University of Cambridge in 2023, stepped down on August 5, 2026, and was found dead on August 14 [Screen grab/YouTube/ Cambridge University] By Al […]

ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo The USS Abraham Lincoln is seen operating in the Arabian Sea in 2019 [AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff and AFP Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026 United States President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about […]

A potential environmental disaster is unfolding off Oman, where a grounded tanker is leaking sanctioned Russian oil.

ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Andres Manuel Lopez Beltran walks past a banner depicting his father in 2013 [File: Marco Ugarte/The Associated Press] By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026 The son of former Mexican […]