Month: December 2023

Russia says a Ukrainian strike on Belgorod has killed at least 18 people, including two children. Russia’s Defence Ministry says 13 missiles were intercepted in the area. Moscow has called for an emergency session at the UN Security council about the attack. It follows Russia’s largest assault on Ukraine this year in which 39 people…

The 2024 US Presidential election is starting to look a lot like 2020 – a rematch between former President Donald Trump, and current President Joe Biden. But, aside from familiar candidates, that’s where the similarities end. Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett reports from The White House. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish…

There have been clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the Occupied West Bank – during a raid on Tulkarem. Israeli forces surrounded the two main hospitals in the city and besieged the entrances of the nearby Nur Shams refugee camp. Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim has the latest in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank….

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the border zone between the Gaza Strip and Egypt should be under Israel’s control. Netanyahu made the comments at a news conference where he also promised to continue Israel’s war on Gaza. “The Philadelphi Corridor – or to put it more correctly, the southern stoppage point [of…

Continuous Israeli attacks have led to a fresh exodus of Palestinians already driven from northern Gaza. The southern town of Rafah is struggling to cope with the influx. The UN says around 100-thousand people had arrived here in recent days. Virtually the entire population of Gaza – around 2.3 million people – is dependent on…

South Africa has filed a case at the UN’s International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide. The petition accuses Israel of calculated actions intended to bring about the physical destruction of Palestine. Article II of the Genocide Convention was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948 and de-fines the crime of genocide. It…

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel should take control of the Philadelphia Corridor, on Gaza’s border with Egypt. Gawdat Bahgat’s, a political science professor at the National Defense University, joins Al Jazeera’s live from Washington DC to discuss the latest developments. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports from Deir Al Balah camp in the…

Israel’s foreign ministry has hit back at South Africa for filing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice. On X, its spokesperson Lior Haiat said ‘Israel rejects with disgust the blood libel spread by South Africa’. He added that the claim ‘lacks both factual and a legal basis, and constitutes a despicable and…