Finland takes top spot, US gets lowest-ever rank in World Happiness Report The US fell to 24th place amid a rise in social isolation, while Costa Rica and Mexico break into the top 10. A plaque along with Finland’s flag [File: Johanna Geron/Reuters] By Al JazeeraPublished On 20 Mar 202520 Mar 2025 The US fell to…
The Indian Premier League is set to return for its 18th season on Saturday as the Kolkata Knight Riders open their title defence at their home ground, the Eden Gardens. The tournament will see 10 teams vying for the chance to win the world’s most lucrative franchise Twenty20 cricket league. Here’s what you need to…
Eyewitnesses say an Israeli military strike on a UN guesthouse in Deir el-Balah killed a Bulgarian UN aid worker.
News AU welcomes Doha talks between DR Congo and Rwanda leaders Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, met in Doha on Tuesday. Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, right, and Rwandan President Paul Kagame, left, meet with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Qatar [Handout/Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Reuters]…
Pope Francis stops using oxygen mask as condition improves, Vatican says The Vatican says Pope Francis is ‘improving’ after spending five weeks in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. Roman Catholic nuns attend a prayer service in St Peter’s Square, as Pope Francis continues hospitalisation, at the Vatican [Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters] Published On 19 Mar 202519 Mar 2025 Pope…
Israeli forces have resumed some ground operations in Gaza and reportedly taken the Netzarim Corridor.
Inside Story Is US support for Israel complicating efforts to reach peace in Gaza? Emboldened by Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu is intensifying the war. There’s been widespread international condemnation of Israel’s renewed bombing of Gaza, including from the United Nations. But the United States was the only country on the 15-member UN Security Council to…
News Israeli forces resume Gaza ground assault, seize part of Netzarim Corridor Israeli army says forces retake part of key land corridor to expand a ‘security zone and create a partial buffer’. Palestinians flee their homes after heavy Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza Strip [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters] By Al JazeeraPublished On 19 Mar 202519 Mar 2025…
Mahmoud Khalil, who the Trump administration is seeking to deport, says he is a “political prisoner.”
Advocates decry Trump administration effort to deport immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra appears to be first high-profile immigration advocate targeted in Donald Trump’s deportation push. Jeanette Vizguerra leaves a church in Denver, Colorado, where she sought sanctuary on May 12, 2017 [David Zalubowski/AP Photo] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 19 Mar 202519 Mar 2025 United States Immigration…