Azerbaijan’s military has moved into the last territory handed over by Armenia. The agreement followed six weeks of intense fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez-Hodayan has …
Iran’s parliament has passed a draft motion to halt unrestricted access by the International Atomic Energy Agency to its nuclear sites. The proposed changes could allow Iran to resume uranium …
The United Nations says at least 110 civilians have been killed and many more injured in an attack in Nigeria’s northeast. Funerals have been held for some of the dozens …
Activists in Pakistan are celebrating the release of an animal dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant”. After decades of mistreatment in an Islamabad zoo, he’s being moved to a sanctuary in …
Rights groups say thousands of migrant workers in Gulf countries, mostly working as domestic help, are at risk of bad working conditions and physical and sexual assault. In November last …
Demonstrations have been held across France to protest against a planned law that restricts filming and publishing police officers’ faces. Anger against the proposed legislation has grown since a video …
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has accused Israel of killing a high-ranking Iranian nuclear physicist and said that Tehran would retaliate in its own time. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who Israeli intelligence accuse …
Iran’s president has accused Israel of assassinating its prominent nuclear scientist. Hassan Rouhani says the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh will not slow down Tehran’s nuclear programme. Gunmen ambushed a vehicle …
Thousands of farmers in India have finally marched on the capital despite police barricades to keep them out of New Delhi. They want the government to scrap laws which could …
An elite police unit in Bangladesh is being accused of hundreds of extrajudicial killings, over several years. It has drawn international concern, including calls from US senators for sanctions. People …