Hong Kong court denies bail to Jimmy Lai over fraud charges

Vocal pro-democracy supporter will be in jail until April, in a move condemned as an attempt to silence critics.

India denies reprisal attacks after troops killed in Kashmir

But residents of one area outside Srinagar have told Al Jazeera details about an attack they say was carried out by security forces.

Greek museum auctions art to stay afloat

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Syria: UN says urgent aid needed for three million displaced

Syria: UN says urgent aid needed for three million displaced

Key test: South Koreans sit university exam amid COVID-19 surge

Key test: South Koreans sit university exam amid COVID-19 surge

Burkina Faso: Half a million children a step from famine

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Pakistan's disabled: Artificial limbs to help hundreds walk again

A local charity is giving artificial limbs to more than a hundred people.

Former French President Giscard d’Estaing dies of COVID-19 at 94

Giscard remembered as a leader who modernised France and was a champion of European integration.

Second COVID-19 wave sweeps Brazil, overwhelming hospitals

Hospitals in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are filling fast, as cases and deaths rise again

Three prominent Hong Kong activists jailed

Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam were found guilty of unlawful assembly.

Protesters rally after Thai PM acquitted of ethics violation

Anti-government protesters have rallied in Thailand after the prime minister was acquitted of an ethics violation and allowed to keep his job.

Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine approved for public use in UK

Vaccine to be made available across UK from next week, says government.

'2020 is a bad year for Tigray people': Ethiopian refugee in Sudan

More than 45,000 people have fled Ethiopia's Tigray region to neighbouring Sudan.

Indonesia volcano Mount Ili Lewotolok active for several days

Authorities have closed the nearby airport and set up a safety zone.

China lands on moon in mission to collect samples from surface

If the Chang’e-5 mission is successful, China will become third country after US and Russia to collect lunar material.

UK air pollution: Mother's legal fight over cause of death

The local authority where nine-year-old girl died has admitted it should have treated pollution levels as a public health emergency.

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in world first

Vaccine to be made available across UK from next week, says government.

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for 2019 ‘illegal assembly’

Prominent Hong Kong activist is one of three who pleaded guilty over rally held by police station in June 2019.

Chinese gov't cracks down on frozen food, says virus traces found

All imported meat and seafood now must undergo screening procedures, say Chinese authorities.

Beirut blast: Survivors want officials to be punished

More than 200 people were killed, thousands were wounded and tens of thousands became homeless.

BREAKING: Joshua Wong sentenced to nine months in prison

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Mexico: Obrador marks two years since taking office

As AMLO kicks off the third year of his presidency, criticisms over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic have grown.

The people vs Shell: Dutch campaigners take oil giant to court

Environmentalists are not seeking compensation from Shell but want to force the company to change its actions.

Iran parliament moves to halt IAEA access to nuclear sites

The proposed changes could allow Iran to resume uranium enrichment at levels of 20 percent.

Azerbaijan fully reclaims lands around Nagorno-Karabakh

Lachin is the last of three regions around Nagorno-Karabakh handed over by Armenia to Azerbaijan under truce.

UK's rapid saliva test for COVID-19 makes waves

Its developers say it is faster than existing alternatives, aiming to rebuild confidence in the global economy with a system of mass-testing.

Tokyo Mask Land opens amid COVID-19 crisis

Event will run for a month in Yokohama with exhibitions on the history of face masks and unique mask making workshops.

UK rights activists in bid to stop deportations to Jamaica

A flight is due to leave London's Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, carrying about 50 people being deported to Jamaica, including some who have been living in the UK for decades.

Ethiopia refugees in Sudan face hunger

Aid agencies say there is enough food to go around, but many say their nutritional needs are not being met.

UK: COVID testing of college students underway before holidays

Tested en masse before the Christmas break, universities across the UK take unprecedented coronavirus measures as students return home to their families.

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surges to 12-year high

Destruction of the world’s largest rainforest in 2020 rose 9.5 percent from a year earlier according to government data.

French government drops draft law curbing filming of police

Governing party official says controversial piece of legislation will be ‘rewritten’ after uproar.

Senior Iranian official accuses Israel over nuclear scientist's killing

Israel accused of using remote-controlled weapons to kill its top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Trump in bid to exclude immigrants from census count

A case, which could shape the future of US politics by changing how many seats states have in the House of Representatives is being heard at the Supreme Court

Ethiopia refugees struggle in Sudan camps

Aid agencies and local volunteers are helping tens of thousands of Ethiopian refugees in eastern Sudan regain a sense of normality in makeshift camps.

Iraq public schools reopen amid COVID-19 crisis

Iraq public schools have reopened their doors after being closed since March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

India farmers block major roads in New Delhi protest

Farmers vent their frustration towards the government's new agricultural legislation.

Brazil municipal elections: Centrists win big in two main cities

Brazilian voters seem to prefer centrist candidates over those espousing extreme views.

Investigators search doctor’s office in Maradona death probe

Tearful Leopoldo Luque tells reporters he gave investigators all records of his treatment of the football star.

Tigray conflict: Ethiopian federal forces hunt for TPLF leaders

The Ethiopian government launched a manhunt on Sunday for the leaders of the northern region of Tigray after announcing military operations were complete.

At least 110 civilians killed in ‘gruesome’ Nigeria massacre

Farmers harvesting crops in Borno state attacked by armed men on motorcycles, in the ‘most violent direct’ assault against civilians this year, UN says.

At least 31 Afghan soldiers killed in suicide bombing

Local health officials say another 24 were injured in one of the country's worst attacks in recent months.

Elite runners brave Delhi half-marathon dubbed ‘suicidal’

The race was scaled back as the city experiences a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic and dangerous air quality.

UN: 110 civilians killed in Nigeria attack

The United Nations says at least 110 civilians have been killed and many more injured in an attack in Nigeria’s northeast.

‘We are fed up’: Guatemalans continue anti-government protests

Guatemala’s Congress annulled a contentious budget this week, but protesters are still calling for the president and legislators to resign.

Pakistanis celebrate release of 'world's loneliest elephant'

After decades of mistreatment in an Islamabad zoo, he's being moved to a sanctuary in Cambodia.

UK theatre technicians get new green jobs amid COVID-19 losses

How UK theatre technicians, left jobless due to covid-19, are helping people transform their homes.

Latin America's poorest hit by economic fallout of COVID-19

Concerns that remote communities in Latin America could face major challenges accessing coronavirus vaccines.

Tales of abuse as Bangladeshi female workers return from the Gulf

Why Bangladesh workers hit hard by the pandemic are arriving home from abroad - without wages, physically tortured or worse; in coffins.

France: Protesters clash with police over new security law

Tens of thousands demonstrate nationwide against security legislation that would restrict sharing images of police.