From its foundation in 2004 to its collapse six years later and subsequent attempts to recover its vast losses, this is the inside story of the rise and fall of Kabul Bank. Involving nearly $1bn of money laundering, deception, embezzlement and failure of accountability, the banking disaster hit the savings of many Afghan families and…… Read More
Casualties were reported in a crowd stampede at a Halloween celebration in Seoul. Al Jazeera’s Mosun Kim reports from Seoul, South Korea. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #SouthKorea #Crowd #Casualties #Stampede #Wounded… Read More
A remote Mauritian island is being quietly transformed into a military hub for India’s navy. That’s what we found using satellite pictures, shipping data, financial documents, and images from a barely accessible island about 1100 km north of Mauritius. The Island of Secrets also shows how the construction project on Agaléga has the potential to…… Read More
More than 30 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a children’s day-care centre in a northeastern province of Thailand, a police spokesperson said. Victims included both children and adults, police said in a statement on Thursday, adding that the gunman was an ex-police officer and a manhunt was underway. The prime minister…… Read More
A key bridge linking the Crimean peninsula with mainland Russia has been partially destroyed in a truck explosion, Russian media reported, putting at risk a key supply route for Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the Duma, called it “an act of war” as the country’s investigative committee…… Read More
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced seven members of an armed group to death for their role in a 2016 attack on a cafe in the capital Dhaka which left 22 people dead. The siege on the Holey Artisan cafe in Dhaka killed mostly foreigners. The men say they will appeal the charges – which…… Read More
October 20th 2011, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is dragged from a drain pipe, tortured and killed. Libya’s self-proclaimed ‘Brother Leader, the one-time revolutionary who overthrew a king and promised a country governed by the people, met his end at the hands of a new generation of revolutionaries, Libyans seeking an end to Gaddafi’s often brutal 42-year…… Read More
Chinese cyber-scam operations are stealing tens of billions of dollars from victims around the world. But few realise that thousands of those perpetrating these frauds are victims too. Young men and women are enslaved, tortured and forced to scam in countries like Cambodia. In an exclusive report, 101 East investigates Chinese cyber-slave syndicates operating in…… Read More
At least 32 people were killed when two ferries collided on a Bangladeshi river in the capital, Dhaka. A ferry carrying about 100 passengers capsized when it was struck by a larger boat, which then left the area. Three children were among the dead. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports from near the scene of the…… Read More
Attackers have killed at least seven people in an assault on an Islamic seminary in a Rohingya refugee camp on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the Bangladeshi police said. The attackers shot dead some victims and stabbed others with knives, a regional police chief told the AFP news agency on Friday. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe…… Read More
A notorious highway in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is the site of a shocking trade. Girls as young as 10 are being forced to work as prostitutes – and it’s their own families selling them to passing trucks. The girls are from the Bachara tribe, a low-caste community known as Dalits. Most of…… Read More
Russia has launched a murder investigation after the daughter of pro-Kremlin commentator Alexander Dugin was killed in a car bomb explosion near Moscow. Unverified social media footage appears to show Darya Dugina’s father Alexander at the scene. He’s been dubbed ‘Vladimir Putin’s brain’. Both have supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi has…… Read More