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On The Listening Post this week: protests in Dhaka are about more than road safety, but the government will not let that message air. Plus, how the late Tom Wolfe inspires journalists today. Speaking the unspeakable in Bangladesh It is rare for traffic accidents to result in international headlines. But that is what happened in…… Read More

A court in Bangladesh has just sentenced seven people to death for one of the worst attacks in the country’s history. Twenty-two people died in the siege on the Holey Artisan cafe in the capital Dhaka in 2016. Nearly all the victims were foreigners. An eighth person has been acquitted. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury joins…… Read More

In January 2018, seven-year-old Zainab Ansari was raped and murdered. Her body was discovered on a rubbish heap in Kasur, Pakistan’s “child abuse capital”, sparking national outrage that reverberated across the world. Zainab’s father, Amin, channelled his grief into a fight for justice and demanded systemic change. Two years later, the government of Pakistan passed…… Read More

AJ’s Investigative Unit has uncovered corruption in the Maldives. Secretly filmed interviews describe how men on mopeds carried millions in cash to the Maldives’ political elite. President Abdulla Yameen and his former deputy, Ahmed Adeeb, are accused of receiving cash in bags filled with up to $1m, so much that it was “difficult to carry,”…… Read More

COVID-19 has left thousands of people unemployed and homeless in Bangladesh. Several charities are struggling to stay open as people feel exhausted over the pandemic and extended restrictions. Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez Hoda-Yan reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/… Read More

Spilling secrets. Hollywood actor @amrwaked investigates the origins and influence of secret societies and their desire to hold sway from the shadows. 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/ #Decoded #AlJazeeraDigitalSeries #amrwaked #Aljazeeraenglish #دهاليز_عمرو_واكد #الجزيرة_O2 #نفس_جديد… Read More

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A long-awaited inquiry has criticised the FBI investigation into Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Special Counsel John Durham says the agency lacked evidence and relied too heavily on Trump’s political opponents. While the US special prosecutor chides the FBI’s approach to a politically charged investigation, he did not issue new charges. Former President Trump is…… Read More

For the first time members of Kenya’s counter-terrorism police admit to “eliminating” suspected Muslim radicals. Speaking exclusively to Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit, officers from four units of Kenya’s counter-terrorism apparatus admitted the police assassinate suspects on government orders. They claim that the order to assassinate is made by the National Security Council, a body chaired…… Read More

A senior police officer in Northern Ireland has been shot and seriously injured. Two gunmen attacked Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in front of his son. Police have arrested 3 men in connection with the shooting. Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find…… Read More

At least six people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in violence in Bangladesh. The unrest continued for a second day on Saturday over claims the Muslim holy book, the Quran, was disrespected in a social media image. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports from Dhaka. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find…… Read More

Rights groups are calling for an investigation into the killing of a prominent Rohingya leader at the world’s largest refugee camp. The shooting of refugee advocate Mohibullah happened at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury has been speaking to people there, who say they are devastated and fearful. – Subscribe to our channel:…… Read More