While there is a global political picture for Iran's match with the US, there is also a specific one in Iraq. Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem takes us to Baghdad, where another kind of confrontation between the two powers has been unfolding for the past 20 years. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on … [Read more...]
Iran vs USA: Match-up echoes politically charged game in 1998
It will be only the second time the two have met at the tournament. The first was in 1998, in a game that has been described as the most politically charged in FIFA history. Al Jazeera's @Natacha Butler reports from Lyon, France. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: … [Read more...]
Iran vs USA: Geopolitical tensions spread past football pitch in Iraq
The tensions between Iran and the United States have affected countries across the region, none more so than Iraq. Al Jazeera's @Ali Hashem has more from Baghdad, Iraq. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: … [Read more...]
UK’s Liz Truss faces down hostile MPs, refuses to resign
British Prime Minister Liz Truss has described herself as “a fighter and not a quitter” as she faces down a hostile opposition and fury from her own Conservative Party over her botched economic plan. Truss on Wednesday attended her first session of Prime Minister’s Questions since newly appointed chancellor Jeremy Hunt ripped up the tax-cutting package unveiled by her new … [Read more...]
Protests in Indonesia as anger grows over fuel price hike
Thousands of protesters have rallied in Indonesia’s biggest cities seeking to pile pressure on the government to reverse the country’s first subsidised fuel price hike in eight years amid soaring inflation. Protests were under way in and around the capital Jakarta on Tuesday and in the cities of Surabaya, Makassar, Kendari, Aceh, and Yogyakarta, as part of a series of … [Read more...]
🇮🇩 Prison riot in Indonesia leaves police officers dead | Al Jazeera English
A siege inside a top security jail for "terrorist" convicts in Indonesia has ended with the surrender of all 155 prisoners. Five policemen taken hostage were killed before a sixth was released. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: … [Read more...]
Indonesia protests: Hundreds hurt in student-police clashes
More than 300 university students and police in Indonesia's capital were being treated in hospital on Wednesday, a day after violent clashes with police during nationwide protests triggered by a new law that critics say cripples the country's anti-corruption agency. Jakarta police chief Gatot Eddy Pramono told a news conference that at least 265 students and 39 police officers … [Read more...]
🇮🇩 Indonesia’s Football Fever | 101 East
Football inspires fanaticism in Indonesia. It also inspires danger. Football violence has killed about 75 fans in the past 25 years. Thousands more have been injured. Popular Indonesian teams travel to matches in armoured personnel carriers and riot police with automatic weapons are regular fixtures. Accusations of match-fixing fuel the anger of football crowds and brawling … [Read more...]
Football fans riot at Asian Games in Myanmar
Hundreds of angry football fans in Yangon destroyed stadium seats and set fires after Myanmar lost to Indonesia 1-0 in the South East Asian Games, booting them out of the semi-finals. Al Jazeera's Bhanu Bhatnagar reports. 2943030975001,Asia-Pacific,football fans riot in myanmar,27th southeast asian games,package,Al Jazeera English,Bhanu Bhatnagar,News,al … [Read more...]
🇮🇩 Jakarta School Brawl l 101 East
On the streets of Jakarta, Indonesia, hundreds of middle and high school pupils arm themselves with deadly weapons to fight rival gangs from other schools. These brawls can last for hours, leaving blood and bodies in their aftermath. The violence is extreme, but the motivations are muddy. In this episode of 101 East, we talk to the teenagers on the frontline, their parents, … [Read more...]