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Beijing has condemned the punitive economic measures during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's first state visit.

After young Black man Tyre Nichols was killed by police, there are renewed calls to reform law enforcement in the US.

A note swap scheme has led to cash shortages across the country as Nigeria heads for elections on February 25.

The agreement would provide for monitoring mechanisms designed to prevent war in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

In a city with more than 450 deaths, a newspaper's last edition bears testimony to life before it was forever upended.

China's commerce ministry said the US firms were put on an 'unreliable entities list' owing to weapons sales to Taiwan.

DRC authorities have denied its soldiers entered a neutral zone and opened fire on Rwanda's troops.

North Korea increased its stockpile of weapons-grade plutonium from 50kg to 70kg, South Korea's defence paper says.

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

Ukraine says a renewed Russian offensive is under way following 12 months of bloodshed.

Four Papuan men were killed and their bodies mutilated after a deal to buy arms from the Indonesian troops fell apart.

North Korean leader attends groundbreaking ceremonies amid concerns for isolated country's food situation.

Half of Nigeria's population are women but only 4 percent were elected into government in 2019. Will 2023 be different?

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 358th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Speed of aid deliveries to Syria criticised as 5.3 million are left homeless

It is rising fast as a contender amid dramatic outbreaks among mammals, and could be far deadlier than COVID-19.

Five people are dead and 100 missing after the storm battered the North Island, home to most of the population.

Luxembourg court bailiffs issue new seizure orders for units of Malaysian state oil firm in long-running land dispute.

Hundreds of elderly people marched in the cities of Wuhan and Dalian despite heavy security presence.

Analysts, legal experts and human rights groups condemn the move, which they say violates international law.

David Malpass led lender through crises including the war in Ukraine but faced criticism over stance on climate change.

Timed to the 25th anniversary of the film Titanic, the release offers a look at one of the earliest dives to the wreck.

House Judiciary Committee writes to top Silicon Valley executives amid claims conservative speech is being suppressed.

Cambodia's longtime ruler Hun Sen has 'overseen a systematic assault on fundamental freedoms', report states.

Tributes have poured in for Welch, who gained acclaim as an actress and sex symbol during the 1960s and 1970s.

Qatar and UK are acting as intermediaries to secure agreement to release Americans jailed in Iran, NBC News reports.

Police operation comes as President Lula da Silva promises to crack down on illegal commercial activity in the Amazon.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office cautioned a historic federal debt default could occur before July.

The former US envoy to the UN, who is seeking the White House in 2024, has a history of lauding and defending Israel.

With a lag in the transport of basic, commercial goods through border crossings, NW Syria faces a spike in food prices.

Russia may be using balloons to preserve its decreasing stocks of reconnaissance drones as attrition rates soar.

Melting of the Florida-sized glacier is of grave concern, with the potential for significant global sea level rise.

Emergency teams are working continuously to find survivors in Turkey and Syria before rescue phase comes to a close.

Peyton Gendron apologizes in court after admitting he 'shot and killed people because they were Black'.

Volunteers continue to search for survivors more than a week after earthquakes devastated Turkey and Syria.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says it is 'crucial' to know how the coronavirus pandemic started.

Plan to open US' largest and most reliable charging network to all drivers is a potential game-changer in EV usage.

Complainants said Sequoia Capital, Thoma Bravo and Paradigm were 'incentivized' to tout FTX by their $550m investment.

The roots of the Peruvian crisis go beyond the standoff between ex-President Castillo's supporters and the government.

A bus carrying 66 people plunged off of a cliff in the worst accident involving migrants in Panama in a decade.

Signs of strength in consumer spending could potentially elicit 'more aggressive action' from the US Fed.

The Kremlin has banned the spread of 'false information' or criticism about the Russian army during the war in Ukraine.

New study says only 26 percent of Americans have a 'favourable opinion of the news media' - the lowest in five years.

‘We are witnessing a horrific situation.’

An Italian court found the former prime minister not guilty of bribing witnesses to lie about his notorious parties.

An anti-colonial future is bursting forth. People are waking up. Yes, they are woke.

IOM chief says number of women and children migrating from Horn of Africa to Gulf states has significantly increased.

This Turkish worker has been rescuing families stuck underneath the rubble for days.

How the 2011 uprising turned sour.

Seven survivors made it back to the Libyan shores in 'extremely dire conditions', according to the UN migration agency.