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Israeli troops raid Al Jazeera in Ramallah in West Bank, shut down bureau, action aired live
World | Sep 22, 2024, 08:17 AM ISTIsrael's latest move comes amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel extends ban on Al Jazeera channel for 45 days citing 'security threat'
World | Jun 09, 2024, 09:18 PM ISTIsrael had imposed a 35-day ban on Al Jazeera, accusing of promoting Hamas goals, by raiding a Jerusalem hotel room used by the Qatar-based network on May 5. Al Jazeera has been highly critical of Israel's operations in the war and one of its journalists was killed in Gaza when the war began.
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Israel to return video equipment seized from US news outlet after intense backlash
World | May 22, 2024, 07:08 AM ISTIsrael officials seized camera and broadcasting equipment from the Associated Press on Tuesday as it was airing a live video of Gaza, accusing it of violating a new media law. The move sparked intense backlash from the Biden administration, journalism organisations and the United Nations.
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'This is not Al Jazeera': Israel seizes broadcasting equipment of top US news outlet I KNOW WHY?
World | May 21, 2024, 11:47 PM ISTIsraeli authorities confiscated a camera and broadcasting gear owned by The Associated Press (AP) in southern Israel on Tuesday, alleging that the American news outlet breached a recent media regulation by supplying footage to Al Jazeera.
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Netanyahu vows to ban Al Jazeera news network in Israel, calls it 'Hamas mouthpiece'
World | May 05, 2024, 06:31 PM ISTThe statement from Netanyahu’s office said that under a law passed last month, the government can take action against a foreign channel seen as “harming the country.”
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Israel passes law to ban Al Jazeera from broadcasting, Netanyahu calls it 'terrorist channel'
World | Apr 02, 2024, 06:17 AM ISTIsraeli officials have long complained about Al Jazeera's coverage and sought to shut it down under a legislation allowing temporary ban on foreign news networks citing threats to national security. Israel has accused the channel of inciting anti-Israel sentiments, which Al Jazeera has denied.
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Al-Jazeera reporter Abu Akleh killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
World | May 11, 2022, 12:55 PM ISTThe Israeli military said its forces came under attack with heavy gunfire and explosives while operating in Jenin, and that they fired back.
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List Al Jazeera as 'foreign agent' for acting as Qatari govt's alter ego: US senators to Trump administration
World | Jun 20, 2019, 10:58 AM ISTThe US requires all agencies, individuals and organisations controlled or funded by international governments to be registered with the Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) which aims to restrict the spread of propaganda inside America.
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Inhuman! How some viewers reacted to London terror attack with ‘joyful emojis’
World | Mar 24, 2017, 12:03 AM ISTDuring a brutal terror attack at the heart of Westminster on Wednesday in which four people were killed including the lone attacker, people watching Al Jazeera's coverage on Facebook Live reacted with ‘joyful emojis’.
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Two Al-Jazeera journalists walk free after pardon in Egypt
World | Sep 23, 2015, 10:50 PM ISTCairo: Ahead of Eid-ul Adha, two Al-Jazeera journalists today walked free after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardoned them along with 98 others who were charged with supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood group and violating
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Drowned Syrian toddler laid to rest
World | Sep 04, 2015, 05:19 PM ISTDamascus: A Syrian toddler whose lifeless body was found on a Turkish beach was laid to rest on Friday along with his brother and mother, the media reported.Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, who had drowned along with
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Egypt sentences 3 Al-Jazeera reporters to 3 years in prison
World | Aug 29, 2015, 03:48 PM ISTCairo: An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison, the last twist in a long-running trial criticized worldwide by press freedom advocates and human rights activists.The case against
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Al-Jazeera journalist remains in Germany awaiting extradition decision
World | Jun 22, 2015, 09:15 AM ISTBerlin: A prominent Al Jazeera journalist will remain in German custody for a second night, prosecutors said Sunday, adding they have not yet decided whether to extradite him to Egypt or set him free.As dozens
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Al Jazeera's Pakistan bureau chief an al-Qaida man, US says
World | May 09, 2015, 07:09 PM ISTWashington: The US has labelled a journalist, who interviewed Osama bin Laden and for years managed Al Jazeera's bureau in Pakistan, as a member of al-Qaida and put him on a terrorist list, according to
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Top five news headlines you might have missed today
India | Apr 22, 2015, 09:16 PM ISTMan Commits suicide by hanging himself from a tree at AAP rallyA farmer today committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at 'kisan rally' organised by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to oppose the Central
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Al Jazeera taken off air over wrong India map
World | Apr 22, 2015, 08:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: International news channel Al Jazeera was on Wednesday forced to go off air in the country for five days as the government penalized it for repeatedly showing wrong maps of India.Al Jazeera on
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India secretly tried to procure Israeli arms through South Africa, reveals Spy Cables
India | Feb 26, 2015, 10:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: A disclosure of certain South African Intelligence documents have revealed that India was looking to buy Israeli weapons secretly through ‘a parallel procurement system' via South Africa.The documents obtained by The Guardian and
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Egypt issues law on extradition of foreign defendants
World | Nov 13, 2014, 10:17 AM ISTCairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi today issued a decree on the extradition of foreign defendants and convicted people to their countries to be tried or serve their sentences.The law specifies that the General Prosecution
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Al-Jazeera journalists plead not guilty
World | Feb 21, 2014, 12:30 PM ISTCairo: Three journalists from al-Jazeera have denied all charges at the start of a trial in Cairo that has raised concerns about freedom of speech in Egypt. Egyptian-Canadian bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy, Australian reporter Peter
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Kenyan vice president pleads innocence at ICC
World | Sep 11, 2013, 07:45 AM ISTThe Hague: Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto, who faces charges of crimes against humanity related to the deadly post-election violence in 2008, has pleaded not guilty, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday."How was it that somebody innocent,