Indonesia passes law allowing greater military role in government Activists in world’s third-largest democracy warn that changes to the law could signal a return to military rule. Prabowo Subianto, centre, who took office last October, was a special forces commander [File: Tatan Syuflana/AP] Published On 20 Mar 202520 Mar 2025 Indonesia’s parliament has ratified a…
Counting the Cost Will Trump’s policies pay off or will the US fall into recession? President Donald Trump wants to restructure the US economy. He’s promising Americans a boom in wealth. President Donald Trump wants to transform the United States into a manufacturing powerhouse. His favourite tool to help him achieve that is tariffs. He…
Homes and buildings in a residential area in Yemen’s capital were hit in some of the latest air attacks by the US.
Columbia, I want my money back As a Palestinian student, my time at Columbia University has been marked by fear, uncertainty and intimidation. Tamara Turki Palestinian-Austrian journalist currently attending Columbia Journalism School Published On 20 Mar 202520 Mar 2025 I fear each ring of the doorbell or approaching stranger could be law enforcement coming to…
Houthis claim missile launch at Israel amid renewed fighting in Gaza Yemen-based group says hypersonic missile fired on Ben Gurion airport in second attack after Israel breaks Gaza ceasefire. The Houthis have been targeted by waves of US strikes and have pledged to escalate their response, including targeting Israel [File: Houthi Media Office via AP]…
EXPLAINER Nowruz 2025: Traditions, haft sin and celebrations of the Persian New Year Celebrated across Iran and several other countries, the holiday symbolises renewal and prosperity. The Haft Sin traditional table of Nowruz is a central part of the celebration and a family tradition. [AFP] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 20 Mar 202520 Mar 2025 As…
EXCLUSIVE The ‘ghost reporters’ writing pro-Russian propaganda in West Africa Al Jazeera finds that an influence campaign using nonexistent writers is spreading anti-France sentiment across West and Central Africa. Video Duration 24 minutes 42 seconds play-arrow 24:42 Africa’s Ghost Reporters I Al Jazeera Investigations By Yarno RitzenPublished On 20 Mar 202520 Mar 2025 Eight pallbearers –…
China executes 4 dual Canadian citizens despite Ottawa’s plea for clemency China’s embassy in Ottawa has confirmed executions of four dual Canadian-Chinese citizens for drug offences. Flags of Canada and China are placed for the first China-Canada economic and financial strategy dialogue in Beijing, China, on November 12, 2018 [Jason Lee/Reuters] Published On 20 Mar…
EXPLAINER New JFK assassination files: What was revealed about Oswald and CIA plots? New files released on Tuesday don’t shed new light on Kennedy’s assassination. But they reveal details about CIA plots. Part of a file from the CIA, dated February 3, 1968, titled Mexico City Chronology, about Lee Harvey Oswald’s time in Mexico and…
Spring brings more Russian advances as Putin rejects a ceasefire in Ukraine Amid truce negotiations, Russian forces were stirring in the south after pushing Ukraine out of Kursk. Olha Kyzym, head of the department of education of the Pechenihy village council, picks up a piece of shrapnel of a Shahed drone on the rooftop of a…