South Asia
Fact check: Do quarter of US’s ‘drug boat’ searches find nothing?
A 2024 Coast Guard report found 27 percent of drug boat searches came back empty-handed.
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NGOs note 28 new ‘carbon bomb’ projects since 2021
Potential CO2 emissions from new projects 11 times global "carbon budget" remaining to hit Paris Agreement targets.
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The Louvre and other great museum heists
The smash-and-grab heist at the world’s most visited museum is only the latest in many audacious art thefts.
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Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim detained by RSF in el-Fasher
Journalist reported from el-Fasher through the war, sharing the situation on the ground with an international audience.
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Europe lacks coordination as Russia ‘prepares for war with NATO’: Experts
Analysts tell Al Jazeera that Europe lacks an assertive response to Russia's suspected operations.
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China and India resume direct flights after five-year hiatus
The move underscores efforts to rebuild relations and draw closer after US President Donald Trump's stiff tariffs.
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Newly Invigorated ASEAN sees itself as China-US “mediator”
“Together, we are much stronger than individual [ASEAN] countries, midsize economies ourselves.”
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Turkiye court charges jailed opposition leader with ‘political espionage’
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, whose March arrest sparked nationwide protests, denies all the charges against him.
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What’s in the Thai-Cambodia peace agreement and can it hold?
Trump oversees the peace deal and trade agreements in visit to Malaysia - but what is in the pact on the border dispute?
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Afghan women’s football returns to international stage in FIFA tournament
Afghanistan women's refugee team played their first match in a FIFA-organised four-team friendly competition in Morocco.
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Cameroon President Biya declared election victor; challenger protests
92-year-old incumbent reportedly secures 53.66 percent; challenger reports gunfire targeting supporters.
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Four killed in Cameroon protests as election results awaited
Clashes erupt as opposition leader disputes election, with long-awaited official results expected on Monday.
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Nearly all journalists covering US Defense Department reject new rules
Pentagon correspondent Nancy Youssef says she and her colleagues made a tough decision, but new rules were "untenable"
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Concerns for civilians high after RSF claims control of Sudan’s el-Fasher
UN chief Guterres warns of 'terrible escalation' of conflict as officials sound alarm over reports of civilian killings.
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Bombs left behind in Gaza present significant challenge
Nicholas Torbet, Middle East director at The HALO Trust, says the scale of unexploded ordnance in Gaza is remarkable
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Deadly violence in Cameroon ahead of presidential election results
Deadly clashes have broken out in Cameroon after opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma declared victory in an election yet
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Mali shuts schools as fuel blockade imposed by fighters paralyses country
Military rulers order two-week closure for schools, universities as JNIM's fuel blockade causes further disruptions.
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Why Riek Machar’s trial brings ‘existentially high’ stakes for South Sudan
Some see the first vice president’s trial as a provocation that has set the country on a path to war.
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Brazil on the cusp of US trade deal: Lula
Brazilian president expects 'definitive solution' in the coming days over tariffs raised by US over Bolsonaro jailing.
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Is the US planning an attack on Venezuela?
AJ Defense Editor @alexgatopoulos looks at the US's show of force toward Venezuela and why it's happening
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