Argentina‘s national football team has cancelled an upcoming friendly match with Israel, Argentine news sources reported. Argentinian sports website Minutouno reported on Tuesday that Saturday’s game in Jerusalem had been “suspended” amid an “escalation of violence, threats and criticism” directed at captain ‘Leo’ Messi. Argentina, a major contender to win the World Cup this summer, has made four
Saudi Arabia started issuing its first driving licences to women weeks before the kingdom lifts a ban on female drivers. The general traffic directorate on Monday began replacing internationally recognised driving licences held by women with Saudi ones across the country, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. Ten Saudi women were issued national licences after they swapped their foreign
While working on a kibbutz in 1967, a Japanese journalist discovers the hidden remains of a Palestinian village. Read more Filmmaker: Ayed Nabaa When Japanese journalist Ryuichi Hirokawa went to Israel in 1967 to work on a kibbutz, he was fascinated by the idea of a farming community based on socialist principles. He wanted to work there and study Hebrew. But two weeks after his arrival, the 1967
UN agencies appeal for funds for Syrian refugees to avoid cuts The war in Syria has created the world’s largest refugee crisis and the international community has funded less than one-third of the $5.6bn required to support them. Read more UN agencies have warned they will have to curtail services for Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries unless there is a significant funding boost. Seven year
Madagascan slam poets, artists and skateboarders make space for creative expression despite poverty and colonial legacy. Read more Editor’s note: This film will be removed on August 18, 2020. As local rapper Naty says, a group of young people are intent on making their mark in Madagascar’s cultural history. From gifted slam poet Caylah to inventive visual artist Temandrota and a crew of entreprene
Loneliness increasing in the US and young people suffer the most A study by healthcare giant Cigna suggests Americans are alarmingly lonely and that can carry significant health risks. Read more A new study in the US suggests Americans are growing increasingly lonely. Nearly half of the participants said they feel alone, isolated or left out at least some of the time. Young people between 18 and 2
South Koreans work longer hours than people in most other developed countries. Read more A controversial new law in South Korea will limit the working week from a maximum of 68 to 52 hours. The government says it will help work-life balance, but some businesses say it will make them less competitive. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Seoul.
Although it was widely expected, US President Donald Trump sent shock waves across the world, especially among his European allies, when he pulled the US out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of action (JCPOA), more commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal. Trump vowed not only to reinstate the “highest level of economic sanctions” on Iran but also threatened with huge political and economic repercus
Haley to UN: Israel acted ‘with restraint’ in deadly Gaza clashes US ambassador slams international community after Security Council holds minute silence for Palestinians killed in Gaza-Israel border clashes. Read more Israel has been roundly criticised at the United Nations Security Council for Monday’s violence against Palestinians. All the countries on the council except for the United States c
A landmark legal battle over the future of tattooing erupts in Japan after police crack down on tattoo artists in Osaka. Read more In April 2015, five police detectives raided Taiki Masuda’s tattoo studio in the Japanese prefecture of Osaka. He was accused of breaking the law by operating without a doctor’s licence. According to the country’s Medical Practitioner’s Act: “No person except a medical
Three churches were the target of suicide bombers in Indonesia’s second largest city. Read more Indonesia has suffered a number of attacks in recent years. It has long struggled with rebel groups, particularly al-Qaeda affiliated Jemaah Islamiyah, and now the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), which has been recruiting in the region. ISIL claimed responsibility for Su
Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has obtained an internal document from ACT for America, a powerful Islamophobic lobby group, which gives a rare insight into the organisation’s operations. A booklet published by the movement, The Art of Chapter Leadership, includes advice on how to “map” kindergarten to 12th Grade school boards for suspected “Islamists”, and how to monitor Muslim activities at US u
Iran’s foreign minister has held talks in China as he began a diplomatic tour with the remaining signatories of a multinational nuclear deal following the recent US withdrawal from the landmark 2015 pact. Speaking on Sunday in Beijing, Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined Tehran’s readiness “for all options” but expressed optimism that this round of negotiations could save the 2015 deal. “We hope that
The senior political leader of Hamas Ismail Haniya has travelled to Cairo with a high-ranking delegation to hold talks with senior Egyptian officials about “developments” in Palestine and the region. A Hamas statement on Sunday said the delegation had accepted an invitation extended by neighbouring Egypt. Hamas governs the Gaza Strip, a densely populated coastal enclave that shares borders with Eg
Protesters have rejected the proposed Truth and Justice Commission and are demanding that the killings of students and journalists be investigated by international rights groups. Read more People in Nicaragua held a massive protest late on Wednesday to demand the resignation of President Daniel Ortega. It’s the latest demonstration since the killing of dozens of protesters last month. Security for
International concerns are increasing as Israel escalates its military attacks against Iranian forces in Read more Israel has launched extensive attacks against Iranian targets in Syria, accusing Iran of launching rockets towards the occupied Golan Heights. Iran has denied that it was behind the rocket attacks and a senior politician has told Al Jazeera that Israel is fabricating the nature of Ira
The Iranian government has officially released a mobile messaging app in a bid to encourage users to abandon the currently banned Telegram messenger. Soroush, a homegrown app promoted by the Iranian government, boasts most of the features found in Telegram, a popular app that was used extensively as a way of communicating during 2017’s anti-government protests. The push for Soroush comes as the Na
The commodification of biomaterials, such as eggs and sperm, and their associated products, has drastically changed the ways in which we deal with reproduction and kinship. A domain of life once understood to be natural has now become a matter of choice. At first glance, the vast availability of biomaterial in the borderless marketplace seems to be liberating: single women increasingly make up the
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Unaware of the tragedy that happened to his family, five-year-old Rohit Koul played in the courtyard while his three elder siblings sat in a dimly lit room of their house in Lavdoora village, in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The children have not spoken much after their mother, Baby Koul, died three months ago due to chest disease. Nearly a year ago, th
When Emmanuel Macron announced his bid for the French presidency in November 2016 from Seine-Saint-Denis, the poorest suburb in France, the message was clear: improving the social situation in the French banlieues, or suburbs, was one of his priorities. Seine-Saint-Denis, located just northeast of Paris, had long been synonymous with the conditions that blight France’s banlieues – about 10 percent
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