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Image source, SAMIULLAH POPAL/EPA ByBBC Afghan service Published 34 minutes ago Five years on from the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, women and girls have told the BBC their lives are unrecognisable under the rule of the regime. The hard-line Islamist group has been eroding the rights of the 22 million women in the country since […]

ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Liverpool’s new head coach Andoni Iraola and players applaud fans after a preseason friendly [File: AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026 A ‌‌consortium which includes Amazon founder Jeff […]

Credit: Kamchybek Tashiev / Facebook Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov claimed in an August 13 interview with journalist Ali Toktakunov that he’d planned for his former ally and security chief Kamshubek Tashiev to follow him in the presidency, but changed course once he realized “he’s not ready.” The revelation comes in tandem with Kyrgyzstan’s prosecutor general […]

Credit: Shutterstock The 17th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) Conference, scheduled to be held at Kathmandu University, Nepal, from August 23-29, was cancelled on August 5 and later shifted online. The cancellation was done by the organizers, at the formal request of the Nepali government.  The IATS conference is one of […]

This undated photo, released by China’s military, shows the Honghe, the frigate that took part in the passex with Indonesia on Aug. 12, 2026. Credit: X/ China Military Bugle In a rare moment of diplomatic friction, Taiwan has called on the Indonesian government to clarify joint naval exercises with China that took place in waters […]

A helicopter carries the Indian flag while passing over India’s Maitri research station in Antarctica, Feb. 2, 2005. Credit: Indian Ministry of Science and Technology For generations, India’s strategic policies have been anchored by two geographical features: the Himalayas guarding its northern boundaries and the Indian Ocean protecting its maritime boundaries. However, amid renewed scientific […]

Credit: Depositphotos When Singapore gained independence in 1965, it had no army, few resources, and limited room for error. Other countries turned down its requests for military assistance. Israel did not. That history still has relevance as Singapore’s leaders have repeatedly recognized the contribution Israel made at a time when its existence was in jeopardy. […]

What’s next for far-right Reform UK after Farage’s by-election win?

ListenListen (5 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Qusra Mayor Abdulatheem Wadi points his mobile phone at Palestinian houses which were besieged by Israeli settlers in Qusra village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank [Ali Sawafta/Reuters] By Simon Speakman Cordall Published On 14 Aug 202614 […]

ListenListen (4 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Luzviminda Siapo (L), whose son Raymart is believed to have been a victim of an extrajudicial killing in March 2017 during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-illegal drugs campaign, reacts at the close of a Truth Commission […]