December 21, 2020 12:19 pm
Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto said it traced malware that infected the personal phones of 36 journalists, producers, anchors and executives at Al-Jazeera back to the Israel-based NSO Group, which has been widely condemned for selling spyware to repressive governments.
September 18, 2017 1:35 pm
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic and transport links with Qatar in June, accusing their gas-rich neighbor of backing terrorism. Among their demands was a request to shut down Al Jazeera television and scale back ties with Iran.
September 18, 2017 8:01 am
The decision to remove the channel was reported earlier on Sunday in the Wall Street Journal.
August 07, 2017 1:20 pm
. Israel yesterday announced it would revoke the press credentials of Al-Jazeera journalists, effectively preventing them from working in Israel.
July 01, 2017 3:02 pm
The UN Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, "has been raising concerns" about the closure of the Qatari station and affiliated media, the spokesman continued.
June 17, 2017 3:29 pm
Al Jazeera is the flagship broadcaster for Qatar, which is in a stand-off with fellow Arab states which accuse it of ties to terrorism, in a row that is endangering stability in the region.
June 14, 2017 12:51 am
While Israel complains about Al-Jazeera's coverage, the station is also one of the few Arab media channels that interviews Israeli officials, giving Israeli leaders a rare outlet to address the Arab public.
June 09, 2017 7:26 am
Al Jazeera is the flagship broadcaster for Qatar, which is in a stand-off with fellow Arab states which accuse it of ties to terrorism, in a row that is endangering stability in the region.
June 08, 2017 10:36 pm
"Al Jazeera's editorial policy is going to continue the same regardless of what happens with this event," Souag told Reuters at the network's headquarters.
June 05, 2017 10:59 pm
"The Ministry of Information closed the office of the Al-Jazeera channel and withdrew the licence it was granted," the official Saudi Press Agency reported.