Putin has embraced his faith, routinely appearing at Christmas and other religious services. It is the height of the festive season for Orthodox Christians, and in Russia, there’s a little more to celebrate. 25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the church is enjoying a renaissance under President Vladimir Putin. Putin has embraced his faith, routinely appearing at Christmas and other religious services. Analysts say he is using the Russian Orthodox Church to promote a so-called pivot to traditional values. Al Jazeera’s Natasha Ghoneim reports from Moscow. – 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 […]
Haiti is the first country where black slaves declared their freedom as an independent nation. But what is far less known is that 200 years earlier, slaves in Colombia established the first free black town in the new world. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from San Basilio de Palengue, Colombia. – 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: http://www.aljazeera.com/
A television channel run by students and freelance volunteers in Malaysia is raising awareness of the plight for Rohingya Muslims, who’re escaping escalating violence in Myanmar.
Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine president, says he will personally take in any refugees. The controversial president made the offer while providing Al Jazeera’s 101 East with behind the scenes access to his government.
ISIL fighters have launched several fierce counterattacks against Iraqi forces on the eastern outskirts of Mosul city, underscoring the intense battle ahead as government troops and their allies push into densely populated neighbourhoods.
Japan is hosting the first East Asia Cricket Cup in Sano, near Tokyo. Japan’s cricketers are a long way from competing at the highest level but the game does have a presence in the country. National cricket team captain, Masaomi Kobayashi, talks to Al Jazeera about the sport’s growing popularity in Japan. – 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: http://www.aljazeera.com/
It’s been about 100 days into the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte. Since he took power, the Philippine president has overseen the killing of more than 3,500 people in his war on drugs, offended world leaders and strained relations with the US. In an exclusive first interview since he was sworn in, we talk to Duterte about his controversial war on drugs and foreign policy – including deteriorating relations with the United States and potentially warming relations with China. “We have three million drug addicts, and it’s growing. So if we do not interdict this problem, the next generation will be having a serious problem … You destroy my country, I’ll […]
The Philippine president has promised to investigate extra-judicial killings as part of his war on drugs. Three and a half thousand people have been killed so far. But in his first interview since his inauguration, Rodrigo Duterte told Al Jazeera the campaign against alleged criminals will go on. Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hay reports from Manila. – 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: http://www.aljazeera.com/
A national organisation in Sierra Leone is looking to raise funds and awareness to preserve what was once the country’s biggest slave trade port. The station on Bunce Island was set up 350 years ago to ship thousands of Africans to the Americas. Al Jazeera’s Nina Devries reports from Bunce Island. – 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: http://www.aljazeera.com/
