Month: March 2024

Following footage broadcast by Al Jazeera of two unarmed men being shot and their bodies being bulldozed by Israeli troops in northern Gaza, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is calling on the international community to hold Israel accountable. “These are brutal and terrifying scenes because we are looking at extrajudicial killings,” PRCS spokesperson Nebal…

Israel’s PM Netanyahu’s office has told the White House that it wants to reschedule a cancelled meeting supposed to take place between officials from both countries. An Israeli delegation was due to visit Washington to discuss the planned ground offensive in Rafah. However, Netanyahu cancelled the trip following the United States’ refusal to veto a…

UN officials say they’re gravely concerned about the worsening humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Government troops are battling armed groups, including M23 fighters in mineral rich areas in the east of the country. M23 have taken control of several towns, and the provincial capital Goma is under threat. Decades of conflict have…

In the occupied West Bank, a gunman has opened fire on two buses carrying Israeli settlers. Three people were wounded. Children were reported to be among the bus passengers near Jericho, in the Jordan Valley. Israeli forces have blocked roads and say a manhunt for the attacker is underway. Al Jazeera’s Laura Khan has the…

With India amid a national election campaign, its news media is in sharp focus. Until recently it was believed that the sheer diversity of outlets ensured a range of perspectives, but now, India’s mainstream media has largely been co-opted by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Just how did the media in…

Hannah Storm’s analysis of how pro basketball got so big is pretty simple: That guy from North Carolina. “What happened was Michael Jordan,” Storm said on the latest episode of The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly. She should know, since the pioneering television broadcaster and ESPN anchor was there from before the beginning….

At least nine people have been killed in Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military targeted Naquora and Tayr Harfa, near the border with Israel on Wednesday. Fighters from the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah are among the dead. Israel has described the attacks as retaliatory. Hezbollah and the Israeli military have been launching…