Instagram and WhatsApp services have been disrupted in Iran, following days of protests over the death of a woman who was detained by what are known as morality police. Three more people, including a security forces member have been killed, raising the death toll to at least seven. Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Iran #IranProtests #MahsaAmini #aljazeeraenglish mahsa amini mahsa amini news mahsa amini hijab
The latest gang fighting in Haiti started on Sunday, forcing thousands of people from their homes. Al Jazeera’s @Manuel Rapalo reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Haiti #GangViolence
The Saudi coalition has launched air strikes in Sanaa and Hodeidah in retaliation against attacks on its oil facilities. Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they hit several areas inside the Kingdom on Friday. One was near the Formula One circuit in Jeddah, where the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix will be held on Sunday. Al Jazeera’s @Andrew Chappelle reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #SaudiArabia #Yemen #HouthiRebels
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched a series of attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia. No injuries have been reported but oil storage facilities have been damaged in a barrage of drones and at least one ballistic missile. The attacks come just days after the US sent patriot missile interceptors to Saudi following urgent requests from the kingdom. Al Jazeera’s @Mike Hanna reports from Washington, DC. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #SaudiArabia #Yemen #HouthiRebels
The United Nations refugee agency says more than 2.5 million people have already fled from Ukraine in what has become the fastest exodus since World War II. Many of those are women and children. Concerns are growing about how to protect them from becoming victims of human trafficking. Al Jazeera’s @Jillian Wolf reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #UnitedNations #Ukraine #Russia #UkrainianRefugees
The United Nations Security Council failed to adopt a resolution condemning the invasion of Ukraine. Russia vetoed the vote that would have confirmed the sovereignty of Ukraine and demanded that Russia immediately withdraw its forces. Al Jazeera’s @Shihab Rattansi reports from the United Nations. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Ukraine #Russia #China #UNSC
Several members of the United Nations Security Council have on Monday condemned Russia’s moves to escalate its crisis with Ukraine. The UNSC held an emergency meeting after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine and deployed Russian troops to them, for what he described as a peacekeeping operation, in defiance of international law. Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from the UN headquarters in New York. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UkraineCrisis #Donetsk #UNSC
The United States and Russia have sparred over the Ukraine crisis at the UN Security Council, with Washington warning of a “horrific” war should Moscow decide to invade its neighbour and Russian diplomats playing down the threat of military conflict. US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the council during a special open session on Monday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would threaten global security. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from the United Nations headquarters in New York. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UnitedNations #RussiaUkraineTensions #UNSC
Burkina Faso’s army has announced it has deposed President Roch Kabore, dissolved the government and the national assembly, and suspended the constitution, seizing control of the country after two days of unrest at army camps in the capital. The announcement, signed on Monday by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba and read by another officer on state television, said the takeover had been carried out without violence and those detained were in a secure location. The country’s borders have also been closed, it added. Before the army statement, the African Union and the West African bloc ECOWAS both condemned what they called an attempted coup, saying they held the military responsible […]
Lebanon’s government is failing its people, the United Nations has said. The UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, says the Lebanese government is failing its population. He spent the last two weeks assessing the government’s response to the economic crisis. De Schaffer blamed the authorities for plunging the country into poverty. The World Bank says Lebanon’s economic meltdown is one of the worst in the world. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, Lebanon.
