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TikTok executive seeks to push back on legislators' claims that the Chinese-based app poses a national security threat.

The Russian Athletics Federation is still excluded from international competition due to a ban over the war in Ukraine.

Qatari businessman's offer reveals lofty ambitions for the club, including investment in the team and the city.

Brazil's president will seek to boost trade ties and secure greater Chinese investments during visit to China next week.

Putin strengthens his ties with China in 56th week of the war, but his forces seem to lose momentum on the battlefield.

The Corporate Europe Observatory is sounding the alarm on the hydrogen industry at the centre of the EU climate agenda.

A US court rules James and Jennifer Crumbley, whose son killed four in a school attack, can be tried for manslaughter.

Manhattan district attorney's office says congressional Republicans have no right to interfere in a local case.

With US and Canada promoting different approaches to worsening crisis in Haiti, experts say question is 'what's next?'

Bipartisan support to ban the app has grown over concerns of Chinese government influence, spread of 'harmful content'.

The UK's central bank announces 11th consecutive interest rate increase as it focuses on fighting inflation.

Since the Taliban's takeover in 2021, only girls aged 12 and under have been allowed to go to school.

Electric vehicles are critical to addressing the climate crisis but improvements are needed to their technology.

Senegalese communities battle with climate-driven rising sea levels that disrupt habitats and threaten livelihoods.

Conservative groups are trying to restrict availability or ban books covering topics such as race and gender identity.

Nnamdi Kanu's family argued in court that he was a victim of extraordinary rendition from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021.

French people are angry that the government is lifting the retirement age, and doing so without a parliamentary vote.

Nearly 100 applicants who applied for protective visas after working with US forces in Iraq remain in limbo.

The move comes a day after Ethiopia's parliament voted to remove the TPLF from a list of 'terrorist' organisations.

Using five hair locks, scientists found the composer was genetically predisposed to liver disease and had hepatitis B.

Ekweremadu, a former Nigerian deputy senate president, was pronounced guilty alongside his wife and a doctor.

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Amir Abu Khadijeh, 25, was shot in the head in the city of Tulkarem, says the Palestinian health ministry.

Wall Street Journal reports the move is part of a broader plan to retain modest forces in the Middle East.

A new law passed in Uganda appears to be the first to outlaw merely identifying as LGBTQ, a rights group says.

Uebert Angel, appointed by President Mnangagwa, offered undercover Al Jazeera reporters his diplomatic cover to launder.

Kamlesh Pattni, implicated in the Goldenberg scandal which almost bankrupted Kenya, is now smuggling gold from Zimbabwe.

A judge at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court also charged the two men with incitement to cause serious social unrest.

Gangs that smuggle gold and launder money, that is what the Gold Mafia investigation is about. But who are they exactly?

Twenty years ago, in the aftermath of 9/11, the US invaded Iraq, which had nothing to do with the attacks.

Al Jazeera infiltrates large gold-smuggling rings and reveals a giant money laundering scheme.

After the Iraq war, the closely guarded, lavish estates belonging to the former strongman were opened to the public.

Recent cases of Marburg disease have also been reported in Cameroon and Tanzania, according to the WHO.

India and UK engage in a week of tense exchanges triggered by Indian police's search for the Sikh separatist in Punjab.

Mohammed Abbkr, 28, is alleged to have violently attacked the men in London and Birmingham.

The rocket lifted off and separated as planned, but the upper stage appeared to ignite and then shut down.

Case stems from a 2019 remark in which opposition leader asked why 'all thieves have Modi as (their) common surname'.

Countries serious about ending the heinous crime of trafficking should consider implementing the Nordic model.

For the next 30 days, Muslims observing Ramadan will refrain from eating or drinking anything from sunrise to sunset.

Climate change, pollution and waste have compounded water concerns by squeezing the Earth's resources.

101 East investigates the supreme leader's sister, Kim Yo-jong, who some say could be North Korea's next ruler.

The opposition says the law may shield incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu from any fallout from his corruption trials.

Reports say the titles of the conversations were visible but the substance of other users' conversations was not.

Afghanistan's new leaders believe in dialogue and an exchange of ideas. But it takes two hands to clap.

Armour-piercing ammunition emits low levels of radiation after exploding but is not considered a nuclear weapon.

Another 28 people were still missing after a boat headed for Europe capsized off the coast of Tunisia.

PLA says the USS Milius's intrusion into its territorial waters undermined regional peace and stability.

Election panel moves April 30 vote to October after PM Shehbaz Sharif's government refuses to provide necessary funds.

Only a few banks have some problems and it's better to 'nip that in the bud', Citi CEO Jane Fraser says.

Australia’s 122-year-old constitution does not acknowledge the Indigenous population as country's original inhabitants.