News AU welcomes Doha talks between DR Congo and Rwanda leaders Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, met in Doha on Tuesday. Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, right, and Rwandan President Paul Kagame, left, meet with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Qatar [Handout/Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Reuters]…
Eyewitnesses say an Israeli military strike on a UN guesthouse in Deir el-Balah killed a Bulgarian UN aid worker.
Israeli forces have resumed some ground operations in Gaza and reportedly taken the Netzarim Corridor.
Pope Francis stops using oxygen mask as condition improves, Vatican says The Vatican says Pope Francis is ‘improving’ after spending five weeks in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. Roman Catholic nuns attend a prayer service in St Peter’s Square, as Pope Francis continues hospitalisation, at the Vatican [Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters] Published On 19 Mar 202519 Mar 2025 Pope…
Mahmoud Khalil, who the Trump administration is seeking to deport, says he is a “political prisoner.”
News Israeli forces resume Gaza ground assault, seize part of Netzarim Corridor Israeli army says forces retake part of key land corridor to expand a ‘security zone and create a partial buffer’. Palestinians flee their homes after heavy Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza Strip [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters] By Al JazeeraPublished On 19 Mar 202519 Mar 2025…
Inside Story Is US support for Israel complicating efforts to reach peace in Gaza? Emboldened by Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu is intensifying the war. There’s been widespread international condemnation of Israel’s renewed bombing of Gaza, including from the United Nations. But the United States was the only country on the 15-member UN Security Council to…
How Trump took credit for the Gaza ceasefire – and then let it unravel Analysts say the US president, who advocated for displacing Palestinians, was never invested in ending the Gaza war. Palestinians flee their homes after the Israeli army issued forced displacement orders for neighbourhoods in Beit Hanoon in the northern Gaza Strip on…
Advocates decry Trump administration effort to deport immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra appears to be first high-profile immigration advocate targeted in Donald Trump’s deportation push. Jeanette Vizguerra leaves a church in Denver, Colorado, where she sought sanctuary on May 12, 2017 [David Zalubowski/AP Photo] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 19 Mar 202519 Mar 2025 United States Immigration…
Opinions Pakistan’s ‘war on terror’ approach is dangerous Refusing to see the roots of insurgencies, using ‘terrorism’ labels, and scapegoating neighbours are not winning strategies. Obaidullah Baheer Lecturer of Transitional Justice at the American University in Afghanistan Published On 19 Mar 202519 Mar 2025 Pakistan army soldiers stand at a tunnel where the Jaffar Express…