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Protests erupt after the firing squad execution of three Shia men accused of 2014 deadly bombing. Bahrain officials said a city hall was set ablaze during a night of clashes between police and protesters, following the execution of three men convicted of a deadly bombing...

Bombing raids on rebel-held parts of Aleppo and Idlib come after US and Russia agree on ceasefire deal. Ruinous violence has raged in several parts of Syria, shortly after the US and Russia sealed an ambitious agreement aimed at breathing life back into a stuttering...

The US secretary of state visited Qatar on the second stop of his Gulf tour.   SOURCE:ALJAZEERA

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Following more than four years in captivity, 26 Asian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates have been released from their captors, China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday. The sailors arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, and international mediators said the action the...

Turkey on Saturday vehemently condemned an Islamophobic incident in Sweden where a group of neo-fascist politicians burned the Muslim holy book Quran. "We strongly condemn the hideous provocations by an Islamophobic and racist politician and his followers who came to Denmark from Sweden's Malmo city,”...

Aljazeera speak to Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar, and Slavoj Zizek defends his stance on refugees in Europe. In this week's UpFront, Mehdi Hasan speaks to Iranian Vice President and Head of Iran's Environmental Protection Organisation, Masoumeh Ebtekar, on her country's support for Bashar al-Assad...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he personally killed suspected criminals when he was mayor of a southern city to set an example for police. Duterte made the comments in a speech late on Monday night to businessmen as he discussed his campaign to eradicate...

By: Minister Chang Tzi-chin Environmental Protection Administration Republic of China (Taiwan) As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere keep setting record highs. The Working Group I Contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

By:Patrick Strickland Ahmad al-Kharoubi, 19, killed during protest against home demolition by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian teen during clashes that erupted when soldiers arrived to demolish the home of an alleged attacker. Israeli court rules against Palestinian family's...

Bombing raids kill 22 people as Russia announces new round of Syria ceasefire talks with the US and regional powers. Missiles slammed into the biggest market in rebel-held Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and leveling buildings, as rescuers sifted through rubble from...