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Russian police detained more than 800 people attending a protest in Moscow yesterday to demand free elections, including prominent activist Lyubov Sobol, after authorities warned that the demonstration was illegal.
Police removed Sobol from a taxi and bundled her into a van minutes before the start of what anti-Kremlin activists described as a peaceful walk to protest against the exclusion...
Police fired teargas and used water cannons against protesters in Nantes yesterday as skirmishes broke out on the fringes of a demonstration and tributes to a young man who disappeared and drowned in the western French city.
The death of Steve Canico has become a fresh focal point for protests and scrutiny over policing methods in France.
The 24-year-old disappeared in...
Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam said the federal capital will embrace the complete ban on polythene or plastic bags by August 14, while allowing other biodegradable alternates to overcome plastic pollution.
He said that the ministry of climate change, under the legislation approved by the cabinet, has allowed plastic bag producers to adopt innovative substitutes...
In a bid to promote local sheep production and control the price of sheep during Eid al-Adha, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), in co-operation with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) and Widam Food Company, have announced the subsidised sheep prices initiative.
The sale of sheep will begin today (Dhu al-Hijjah 3) and continue until August 13...
Ooredoo has announced a promotion that gives Shahry and Qatarna customers using the Ooredoo app even more value. With the new promotion, all Shahry and Qatarna customers will receive 35% discount on up to two Uber rides, up to a value of QR20 per ride.
Shahry 100, Shahry 150, and Shahry 200 customers will get one promotional code per month,...
Six foreign language courses for students aged 5-15 years are now on offer at the Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII), part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). The classes will run for 15 weeks and are set to commence in September 2019.
The fall courses, offered through the Language Center at TII,...
Friends and colleagues pay homage to mayor of Somali capital who succumbed to wounds after suicide blast in his office.
His name was Abdirahman Omar Osman but, to Somalis, the mayor of Mogadishu was simply known as "injineer yariisow", meaning "the small engineer" due to his slight stature and civil engineering training.
The 53-year-old's soft voice and easy-going personality belied his...
Amid massive spikes in prices and budget austerity measures, Harare delays publication of official numbers until 2020.
Harare, Zimbabwe - The statistics agency in Zimbabwe will not publish annualised inflation numbers until February of next year, to enable the government to collect more data comparing price information on a like-for-like basis, a top official said amid rising unrest over skyrocketing costs and goods shortages.
In a...
Former Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou was handed a suspended 6-month jail term over 2016 campaign breaches.
A court in Benin has handed a top opposition politician a suspended six-month jail term over campaign breaches and banned him from standing for elections for five years, in the latest case targeting rivals of President Patrice Talon.
Former Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou, who lives in France, was...
Gold miner's wife tests positive - the fourth case confirmed in Goma - as officials fear epidemic could last 2-3 years.
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are racing to contain the Ebola virus after an infected man with a large family contaminated several people amid fears the epidemic could last two to three years in the country.
"The gold...
Statement by spokesman of ruling Transitional Military Council comes as generals resume talks with protest leaders.
A spokesman for Sudan's ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) has said nine members of a paramilitary group have been dismissed and detained over the recent killing of protesters in the cities of Omdurman and El-Obeid.
Speaking to reporters on Friday after a night of negotiations between...
Officials say at least 19 killed in assault on the camp in Abyan province, a day after dozens die in attacks in Aden.
An al-Qaeda attack on a military camp in war-torn Yemen has killed at least 19 soldiers, security officials said, a day after dozens of people were killed in separate assaults by Houthi rebels and the Islamic State in Aden.
Gunmen stormed the al-Mahfad army base...
Netherlands and Switzerland already put their funding on hold after report alleged mismanagement by agency's leadership.
Belgium is suspending its contribution to the UN relief organisation for Palestinian refugees, becoming the third country to do so after a leaked report alleged mismanagement at the agency.
The findings in the internal ethics report, first published by Al Jazeera on Monday, include allegations of misconduct, nepotism...
Tlaib and Omar are shunning propaganda trips to Israel and organising their own visit to occupied Palestine.
Following President Donald Trump's racist suggestion that they should "go back" to "the broken and crime infested" places that they came from, one of the four freshman democratic congresswomen of colour, known widely as "the squad", is planning to pay an official visit to...
