India’s BJP-ruled Uttarakhand implements ‘totally biased’ common civil code Introduction of Uniform Civil Code to replace India’s patchwork of laws on marriage, divorce and inheritance is a longstanding BJP goal. Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, centre, gestures as he arrives to attend a special session of the state assembly that passed the Uniform Civil…
Opinions On the Auschwitz anniversary, Europe cannot ignore its far-right problem Far-right leaders may be paying respects today, but their power reflects the growing threat of genocidal violence in Europe. Farid Hafez Senior researcher with Georgetown University’s The Bridge Initiative Published On 27 Jan 202527 Jan 2025 Wreaths stand in front of the Death Wall…
US President Donald Trump has proposed clearing Palestinians out of Gaza and moving them to Jordan and Egypt.
Top Fuji TV executives in Japan resign over sex scandal Chairman and president step down to take responsibility for a widening sex assault scandal linked to celebrity host. Fuji TV President Koichi Minato, left, and chairman Shuji Kano bow at the beginning of a news conference at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo [Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP] Published…
EXPLAINER ‘Hell on Earth’: Who were the victims killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz? January 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the notorious Nazi extermination camp in Poland. A drone view of the ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (Work sets you free) gate on the site of the former Auschwitz Nazi German concentration and…
Al Jazeera’s Moath al-Kahlout has been speaking to displaced Palestinians who’ve been allowed back in north Gaza.
Alexander Lukashenko wins seventh straight term in ‘sham’ Belarus election Election officials say Lukashenko received 86.8 percent of the vote amid accusations that the vote was neither free nor fair. Lukashenko speaks at a news conference after casting his vote in the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus [Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters] Published On 27 Jan 202527 Jan…
Palestinians return to north Gaza after over a year, Hamas hails ‘victory’ Thousands of Palestinians head on foot to what is left of their homes after 15 months of war and forced displacement by Israel. Displaced Palestinians celebrate as they return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip [Jehad Alshrafi/AP] Published On 27 Jan…
In Pictures Mass protests across Greece to demand justice for Tempe train crash victims A passenger train packed with students collided with a freight train in February 2023 killing fifty-seven people. A protester in Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki holds a banner reading “I have no oxygen”. [Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters] Published On 27 Jan 202527 Jan…
In Pictures Long walk home: Palestinians march on foot to north Gaza Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians cross the so-called Netzarim Corridor to their homes in northern Gaza. Palestinians make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza [Ramadan Abed/Reuters] Published On 27 Jan 202527 Jan 2025 Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are…