Houthis to halt Israel, Red Sea attacks if Gaza truce comes into force Spokesman al-Bukhaiti says Houthis will stop operations in support of Gaza when truce comes into effect on Sunday. Flames and smoke rise from the damaged Greek-flagged oil tanker MV Sounion after an attack by Houthi groups on the Red Sea on September…
News ‘Heartbreaking’: More than 60 killed in Nigeria tanker explosion The death toll likely to go up in the latest tanker explosion in Africa’s largest economy amid rising fuel cost. Tanker explosions are not uncommon in Nigeria, with this image showing people gather at the scene of a fuel tanker explosion in Majiya town, Nigeria…
Biden’s Ukraine disaster was decades in the making American securocrats pushed for expansionist policies in the 1990s that set the West and Russia on a path of confrontation. Leonid Ragozin Leonid Ragozin is a freelance journalist based in Riga. Published On 18 Jan 202518 Jan 2025 President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrive…
Who is Steve Witkoff, Trump’s man at the Gaza ceasefire talks? The real estate magnate and Trump golf partner is said to have played a key role in the Gaza ceasefire deal. Steve Witkoff arrives at a campaign rally for Donald Trump [Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP] By Alice SperiPublished On 18 Jan 202518 Jan 2025 As both…
The long-awaited ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas brings to a halt more than 15 months of genocidal war on the occupied Gaza Strip. Its timing – on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration – also raises uncomfortable questions about the Biden administration’s role in earlier peace talks. Diana Buttu, a Palestinian human rights…
Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds play-arrow 25:00 Reframe Doctors on the front lines in Gaza – Dr Victoria Rose & Fatima Bhutto Victoria Rose is a British senior plastic and reconstructive surgeon who has been on two medical missions to Gaza since October 7, 2023. In this interview of Al Jazeera’s new series Reframe,…
What has Donald Trump promised to do on day one of his second term? The US president-elect takes office on January 20, after a campaign that featured dozens of promises of executive action. President-elect Donald Trump will begin his second term on January 20 [File: Alex Brandon/AP Photo] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 18 Jan 202518…
But the organisation carried on. In 2018, Women’s March leaders helped rally against Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he faced questions about allegations of sexual assault. Then, in 2020, they held a vigil for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was known for her work on gender equality. And in 2022,…
Australian Open: Iga Swiatek routs Emma Raducanu in straight sets Poland’s Iga Swiatek cruises past Emma Raducanu in straight sets in battle of former Grand Slam winners in Melbourne. Iga Swiatek of Poland acknowledges the crowd after beating Britain’s Emma Raducanu [Darrian Traynor/Getty Images] Published On 18 Jan 202518 Jan 2025 Everything came so easily…
Israel’s government has approved a deal with Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza, which is to begin on Sunday morning.