Opinions What poisoned Fallujah can tell us about toxic risks in Gaza and Lebanon Toxic remnants of war adversely affect the health not just of those immediately exposed but also of future generations. Published On 24 Mar 202524 Mar 2025 Residents stand amid the debris of houses destroyed by the US army in Fallujah, Iraq,…
An Israeli air strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza has killed at least five Palestinians.
Video Duration 09 minutes 59 seconds play-arrow 09:59Start Here War in the Arctic? | Start Here United States President Donald Trump has been talking about buying Greenland, but the backdrop is a bigger story about competing interests and growing competition in the Arctic – a region where big global powers collide. So what is going…
Greenland PM slams US delegation’s ‘provocation’ US accused of raising pressure amid Trump’s calls to annex semi-autonomous island, while Denmark raises security. Houses are pictured in Ilulissat, Greenland, September [File: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters] Published On 24 Mar 202524 Mar 2025 Greenland’s prime minister has criticised a planned trip by a high-profile United States delegation as a…
Venezuela resumes accepting people deported from US Plane carrying 199 deportees lands as Caracas agrees to work around US crackdown on foreign nationals. Venezuelan migrants arrive in Caracas from Guantanamo Bay [File: Leonardo Fernandez Vilori/Reuters] Published On 24 Mar 202524 Mar 2025 A plane carrying 199 people deported from the United States has landed in…
Features Lebanon-Syria border clashes reflect new realities on the ground Clashes along the Lebanon-Syria border drew armies, threaten Damascus and Beirut’s state-building projects. Syrian troops deployed to the village of Hawsh al-Sayyid Ali after a cross-border incident that Syrian officials blamed on Lebanon’s Hezbollah [Omar Albam/AP] By Justin SalhaniPublished On 24 Mar 202524 Mar 2025 Beirut,…
EXPLAINER Canada election 2025: What you need to know Canadians will vote in parliamentary elections on April 28 amid anxiety over Donald Trump’s tariffs, annexation threats. Canada’s main political party leaders, from left to right: Mark Carney of the Liberals, Conservative Pierre Poilievre, the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh and Yves-Francois Blanchet of the Bloc Quebecois [File:…
EXPLAINER US-Russia talks on Ukraine war: What’s on the table in Saudi Arabia? Russia and the US hold talks in the Saudi capital as they aim to make progress towards peace in Ukraine, a day after US-Ukraine talks. Video Duration 04 minutes 13 seconds play-arrow 04:13 Russia, US meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss potential…
Mapping the human toll of the conflict in DR Congo Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions to flee their homes in Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera) By Marium AliPublished On 24 Mar 202524 Mar 2025 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing one of the world’s…
‘Callous’: Are Malian troops and Russian mercenaries attacking civilians? Conflict monitors say Wagner fighters have intensified combat and widened their operation areas since 2023. An undated photograph provided by the French military shows three Russian mercenaries in northern Mali [File: French Army via AP] By Shola LawalPublished On 24 Mar 202524 Mar 2025 Grainy camera footage…