DHAKA: France has carried out abusive and discriminatory raids and house arrests against Muslims under its current state of emergency, traumatizing and stigmatizing those targeted, including children and the elderly.Human rights groups said, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Thursday

DHAKA: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has declared war on mosquitoes responsible for spreading the Zika virus in a recorded TV message to the nation.She said a national mobilization day would be held on Saturday, during which thousands of soldiers and state employees would work to

DHAKA: Hillary Clinton has defended her progressive record after Democratic rival Bernie Sanders mounted an attack on her links to Wall Street.‘I’m a progressive who gets results and I will be a progressive president who gets results,’ she said, reports the BBC.The two Democratic

DHAKA: North Korea appears to be preparing to launch a long-range missile, according to South Korea’s defense ministry and Japanese media.Activity has been spotted at a launch station on the west coast of the isolated nation, reports the BBC.Earlier this week Pyongyang announced it was

DHAKA: Syria’s government and the opposition have blamed each other for the suspension of peace talks in Geneva.UN envoy Staffan de Mistura called a temporary pause, saying the talks would resume on 25 February, reports the BBC.But the opposition HNC said they would not return until

DHAKA: It was Iraq’s ‘Garden of Eden’; unique wetlands in southern Iraq where a people known as the Ma’dan, or ‘Arabs of the marsh’, lived in a Mesopotamian Venice, characterised by beautifully elaborate floating houses made entirely of reeds harvested from the open

DHAKA: The Trans Pacific Partnership, one of the biggest multinational trade deals ever, has been signed by ministers from its 12 member nations in New Zealand.The ceremony in Auckland brings the huge trade pact, which has been five years in the making, another step towards to becoming a

DHAKA: German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday that he had told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani he was welcome to visit Germany the next time he comes to Europe.Speaking after meeting Rouhani in Tehran, Steinmeier said he had urged him ‘to keep Germany in mind

DHAKA: South Korea has warned the North it will ‘pay a harsh price’ if it goes ahead with its plan to launch a satellite into space.North Korea said on Tuesday it intended to carry out the launch between 8 and 25 February.Critics say it is a cover for a test of ballistic missile

DHAKA: Fighters from the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and Syria group killed 18 Iraqi soldiers in a suicide car attack north of Ramadi, continuing their counter-assault after being driven from the city by Iraqi Security Forces last month.Military sources told Al Jazeera that Tuesday

DHAKA: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont came in deadlocked, both receiving roughly 50 percent in a race that was too close to call. Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, declared the result a ‘virtual tie’.Unusually large

DHAKA: Last month, Hani Mansour took his wife, who was expecting their first child, to the Republican Hospital in the city of Taiz.After spending hours at the state-run hospital, Mansour’s wife gave birth. Mansour was overjoyed to hear the news, but was shocked when the doctor told him

DHAKA: Texas Senator Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses, the first vote of the US 2016 presidential election.‘Tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives,’ he declared, to great applause, as he railed against Washington, lobbyists and the media, reports the BBC.He

DHAKA: The nationwide process of selecting candidates to run in November’s US presidential race is under way in the state of Iowa.Voters have begun meeting - or caucusing - across the state in schools, churches and other venues, reports the BBC.Early indications based on entrance

DHAKA: The first freely elected parliament in Myanmar for 50 years has held its opening session.Hundreds of new MPs, mostly from the National League for Democracy (NLD) but also some smaller parties, have been sworn and taken their seats, reports the BBC.The NLD, led by Aung San Suu Kyi,

DHAKA: At least 10 people were killed and 20 wounded when a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up trying to enter a police building in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.Police and the interior ministry said, reports Al Jazeera.Deputy interior minister, Ayub Salangi, confirmed the death toll

DHAKA: At least 11 people were shot dead at a girl's 15th birthday party in Mexico’s Guerrero state.Its governor says, reports the BBC.Hector Astudillo Flores said a disturbance occurred at the traditional coming-of-age party in Cundancito, in the west of the region.After the shooting,

DHAKA: Chef Benoit Violier, whose Swiss restaurant was named the best in the world in December, has been found dead at his home.Violier, 44, ran the Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville in Crissier, near the city of Lausanne, reports the BBC.It earned three Michelin stars and came top in

DHAKA: Authorities of Saudi Arabia detained 33 terror suspects including nine US citizens during the past four days.The others include 14 Saudis, three Yemenis, two Syrians, an Indonesian, a Filipino, an Emirati, a Kazakhstan national and a Palestinian, reports the

DHAKA: Hundreds of MPs gathered for a new session of Myanmar’s parliament, set to choose its first democratically elected government in more than 50 years.It will be an assembly dominated by MPs from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), which won 80 percent of