Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera

Call comes as the military prepares major offensive against Taliban in heart of Lashkar Gah after fierce fighting.

Customers will soon have to show proof of a COVID-19 jab or be denied entry to restaurants, gyms and other venues.

Just how green is the auto industry’s electric revolution?

The Biden administration has extended Title 42 order, which allows authorities to expel asylum seekers.

Tunisia's largest parliamentary party faces an existential threat after President Saied assumed executive powers.

Is President Kais Saied trying to bite off more than he can chew?

Lyubov Sobol handed a travel ban, curfew order over involvement in pro-Navalny protests earlier this year.

Inhabitants of the remote Mauritian island of Agaléga fear expulsion, can see parallels with Diego Garcia.

The couple filed for divorce after 27 years of marriage, but pledged to continue their philanthropic work together.

Analysis of data suggests construction of airstrip and jetty for military use as India expands influence towards Africa.

The stakes are high after Starliner failed to dock with the ISS in 2019, ceding ground to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Iraqi culture and foreign ministries say Baghdad reached an agreement with US authorities to recover artifacts.

The 'triple threat' of COVID, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is real as countries open up.

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya alleges threats from officials and calls for a probe into her Olympics withdrawal.

Rights group calls for international probe and sanctions, slams officials' failure for years to remove explosives.

A return for US superstar Simone Biles, who had withdrawn from all other events in Tokyo, citing mental health concerns.

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan warns the impact of 'indiscriminate' gunfire and air raids will be 'catastrophic'

Ebrahim Raisi officially endorsed as Iran's next president by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran.

Car chip distributors are suspected of driving up prices and regulators are promising to punish hoarding, price-gouging.

Devastating wildfires have burned forests and villages, killing at least eight and burned through huge tracts of land.

Vitaly Shishov, who led a Kyiv-based NGO, was found hanged in a park in the Ukrainian capital, police say.

Surgeon says he buried 10 bodies over the past six days in Sudan and was told by local, refugees another 28 were found.

As far as Biles's achievements go, perhaps those at the Tokyo Olympics have been her most impressive.

The speedy closure of these plants aims to reduce the biggest source of carbon emissions.

What Malaysia's raging COVID-19 crisis tells us about failed leadership.

Bereaved and survivors maintain call for deep investigation a year after disaster rocked Beirut.

Azim Premji University report finds 47 percent of women who lost jobs last year have been made permanently redundant.

Two officers were reported to have committed suicide in July, while two others died days after the January 6 riot.

City where COVID-19 first emerged reported seven locally transmitted case among migrant workers.

Nykaa, India's top e-commerce site for beauty products, has filed documents for an IPO that could value it at $4bn.

A Belarusian sprinter who refused her team's orders to return home has been granted a Polish humanitarian visa.

Chinese state media called online video games 'spiritual opium', sending stocks of Tencent, other gaming firms tumbling.

At least six nationals of African countries injured during scuffle with Bengaluru police over alleged custodial death.

The Norwegian Refugee Council asked two Rohingya photographers to document the flood's aftermath. This is what they saw.

The union has accused Amazon of illegally threatening staff with reduced benefits, compromising election's integrity.

US secretary of state to join talks with Southeast Asian foreign ministers as political turmoil continues in Myanmar.

Officials say most fatalities were in the provincial capital Zhengzhou where the metro system was inundated with water.

As Indonesia’s COVID-19 death toll rises each day, too many young children know the despair of losing their parents.

Cases, hospitalisations and deaths continue to rise even as vaccination rates increase, US officials say.

Police say at least three killed in the country's capital following violence between Afar and Isse ethnic groups.

US and UK accuse Taliban of killing dozens of civilians in possible 'war crimes' in Spin Boldak, south Afghanistan.

Elderly and at-risk people to be offered the jabs, health ministry says, amid concerns about spread of the Delta variant.

Six months after the coup, army generals declare 'caretaker government' and pledge to hold election in 2023.

The largest US infrastructure investment in decades, the bill's passage would be a key victory for President Joe Biden.

Chinese companies are building high-rise 'hog hotels' to prevent outbreaks of swine fever.

Housing advocates expect a wave of evictions to build over the coming weeks, hurting Black and Hispanic Americans more.

Palestinian families reject court proposal to stay in homes as 'protected tenants' if they recognise Israeli ownership.

Sanctions target VP Rosario Murillo, wife of President Ortega, and seven others for 'serious human rights violations'.