‘Our lifeline’: Kashmiris fear losing orchards, land to mega Modi projects Residents fear losing vast tracts of agricultural land they depend on for their livelihoods as New Delhi pushes a slew of roads, railways and other projects. An apple orchard in Wuyan, south of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir [File: Dar Yasin/AP] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 10…
Video Duration 08 minutes 16 seconds play-arrow 08:16 DigiDocs Sylvia Wynter: Beyond man Sylvia Wynter was a radical philosopher from the Caribbean who explored modern history from the perspective of slavery, the Middle passage and plantation economics. In this animated documentary short, Wynter calls on us to rethink the very notion of what it is…
Super Bowl: Eagles deny Chiefs historic three-peat in thumping win Philadelphia Eagles beat Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 to lift Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts celebrate with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LIX [Mike Segar/Reuters] Published On 10 Feb 202510 Feb 2025 The…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,082 Here are the key developments on the 1,082nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Specialists remove a burned car in the courtyard of a damaged multistorey residential building following recent shelling in Makiivka, a Russian-controlled region of Ukraine, on February 9, 2025 [Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters] Published…
Trump says will impose 25% tariffs on imports of steel, aluminium US president announces latest tariffs following trade measures directed at Canada, Mexico and China. US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters accompanied by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Burgum’s wife Kathryn Burgum, onboard Air Force One on February 9, 2025 [Ben Curtis/AP] Published On…
News US committed to ‘buying and owning’ Gaza, Trump says US president says other countries in the Middle East could be tasked with rebuilding parts of the war-ravaged enclave. US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One on February 9, 2025 [Ben Curtis/AP] Published On 10 Feb 202510 Feb 2025 United States…
‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer US president’s executive order provides resettlement for Afrikaners ‘who are victims of unjust racial discrimination’. Afrikaners are mostly white descendants of early Dutch and French settlers, who own the majority of the country’s farmland [Thando Hlophe/Reuters] Published On 9 Feb 20259 Feb 2025 United…
Trump says Musk to uncover billions in ‘fraud and abuse’ at US Pentagon SpaceX and Tesla boss Musk is presiding over a purge of US government jobs that critics call an ‘evisceration of democracy’. Donald Trump (left) has appointed Elon Musk (right) to investigate spending in the US federal workforce [File: Brandon Bell/Pool via Reuters]…
Libya finds two mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants, refugees Rights groups and UN agencies have documented systematic abuse against migrants, refugees in Libya including torture, rape and extortion. Bodies of migrants and refugees were discovered in a farm in Kufra, southeastern Libya [Alwahat district Security Directorate/Handout via Reuters] Published On 9 Feb…
EXPLAINER Here’s how Israel is repeatedly violating the Lebanon ceasefire A November 27 ceasefire was supposed to end violent attacks, but Israel has continued sporadic strikes on Lebanon. Damaged buildings stand in Naqoura, near the Lebanese border with Israel [Ali Hankir/Reuters] By Justin SalhaniPublished On 9 Feb 20259 Feb 2025 Under the initial terms of the…