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Sheikh Mishal al Ahmad al Sabah has been sworn in as the new emir of Kuwait. He takes over from his half-brother, Sheikh Nawaf, who died on Saturday. The 83-year-old has overseen internal security and has a reputation for fighting corruption. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig has more from Kuwait City. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe…

Protestors calling for Bangladesh’s government to step down have set a train on fire, killing four people. The railway minister accused the main opposition party of arson and sabotage. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports from Dhaka. 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/…

A group of opposition parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo are calling for a re-do of the general election. It follows reports of voting machine failures and closed polls. The electoral commission ex-tended voting in some parts on Thursday. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from the Capital, Kinshasa. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow…

The head of Hamas’s political bureau has arrived in Cairo for talks on the Gaza war, as hopes to grow that the Palestinian group and Israel could agree terms for another truce . Ismail Haniyeh arrived in the Egyptian capital on Wednesday to meet with Cairo’s spy chief and other Egyptian officials, who are acting…

Sudan is slipping further into chaos – as the Rapid Support Forces make advances in Jezirah state. When the war broke out eight months ago, hundreds of families from the Masalit minority group fled West Darfur to neighboring Chad. Some of those families say their young men and boys were targeted by paramilitaries. Al Jazeera’s…

Sudan’s army said that its forces had withdrawn from positions in Wad Madani after the advance of its paramilitary rivals on the city triggered a mass exodus of civilians, some already displaced during an eight-month-old war. William Carter, the Sudan Country Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council, joins Al Jazeera live from Nairobi. Subscribe to…

The European Union reached agreement early on Wednesday on new rules designed to share out the cost and work of hosting migrants more evenly and to limit the numbers of people coming in. Representatives of the European Parliament and of EU governments reached an accord after all-night talks on EU laws collectively called the New…