Migrant deaths hit record number in 2024, UN agency says Nearly 9,000 fatalities confirmed worldwide, but real toll likely much higher. About 40 people carry an inflatable boat before boarding to attempt crossing the English Channel illegally to Britain [File: Denis Charlet/AFP] Published On 21 Mar 202521 Mar 2025 Nearly 9,000 people died last year…
UpFront Israeli ex-deputy FM confronted over Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza Redi Tlhabi challenges ex-Israeli deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon on Israel’s ceasefire breach and its war on Gaza. Israel has shattered the ceasefire with Hamas this week through extensive air raids that killed hundreds of civilians, including at least 200 children. Israeli ground troops…
Faced with burnout, soaring rents, and a yearning for a slower, more intentional life, Gen Z is leaving cities behind for farms. From homesteading to off-grid communities, young people are redefining success through self-sufficiency and sustainability. But is rural life truly the answer, or does it bring its own set of challenges? With increasing land costs,…
Trying to heal the trauma of Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank In Tulkarem and Jenin, dedicated volunteers work to help the people traumatised and displaced by Israel’s raids. Omaima Faraj, a 25-year-old volunteer nurse in Tulkarem (Restricted Use) By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 21 Mar 202521 Mar 2025 Jenin and Tulkarem, occupied West Bank…
UpFront Can Ukraine and Russia realistically reach peace? Redi Tlhabi discusses the Russia-Ukraine war and what’s next with a former US diplomat and a Russian professor. For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have agreed to a partial ceasefire proposed by the United…
Video captured Israeli forces blowing up Gaza’s Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital and an adjacent medical school.
Sudanese soldiers have been celebrating the recapture of the presidential palace from paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
News French actor Gerard Depardieu to face trial on sexual assault charges Film legend to face trial in Paris for alleged sexual assault of two women during a 2021 film shoot. French actor Gerard Depardieu [File: Tobias Schwarz/AFP] Published On 21 Mar 202521 Mar 2025 French film legend Gerard Depardieu is set to go on…
US blocking Canadian access to historical library on Quebec-Vermont border Haskell Free Library denounces ‘unilateral’ US move amid tensions over Donald Trump’s continued threats against Canada. The Haskell Free Library opened in 1905, a year after the adjoining Opera House [File: Simon Lacombe/Al Jazeera] By Jillian Kestler-D’AmoursPublished On 21 Mar 202521 Mar 2025 Montreal, Canada –…
Sudan’s army retakes presidential palace in Khartoum, strikes blow to RSF Sudan’s army retakes the presidential palace in Khartoum, striking a blow to the Rapid Support Forces in a key symbolic victory. Members of the Sudanese armed forces sit on an army vehicle in Omdurman, Sudan, on March 9, 2024 [El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters] By Mat NashedPublished…