Month: October 2024

The Big Picture: How Israel Won the West examines how Israel has come to occupy such a privileged and protected place in the Western world. It traces the journey of the Jewish people from biblical stories of origin through centuries of persecution and the advent of Zionism, all the way to the creation of Israel…

At least 16 people have been killed in a shooting between criminal gangs in southern Mexico. Police said two officers are among those who died in the state of Guerrero. It comes hours after three police officers were injured in car bomb explosions in the centre of the country. Al Jazeera’s Julia Galiano reports from…

Israeli forces have stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital, the main hospital serving the area of north Gaza that’s been under Israeli siege for almost three weeks. Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum has been following the story. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check…

Some of the biggest names in the Democratic Party have descended on the must-win state of Georgia. Former President Barack Obama and 2024 Candidate Kamala Harris have been campaigning there together for the first time. The event was set up to help America’s only black president encourage voters to elect the first woman of colour…

Musician Bruce Springsteen condemned Donald Trump as “an American tyrant” at an election rally for Kamala Harris in the battleground state of Georgia, where actor Samuel L Jackson and director Spike Lee also campaigned for the Democratic candidate. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our…

The UN reports that over 10,000 people in Haiti have fled their homes in just the past week due to an alarming surge in gang violence. Armed groups in and around Port-au-Prince are intensifying their attacks, vying for control of strategic areas. The situation has led to severe displacement, with many Haitians living in fear…

Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports live from Hasbaiyya, southern Lebanon. He says at around 4am, an Israeli—either an air strike or a drone strike—came into the compound where journalists are being housed in a series of villas. Khan reports that we are hearing that three people have been killed—two cameramen and a technician. He says…

Louisiana detains more asylum seekers and migrants than almost any other state, part of a widely criticized US system advocates say treats innocent people like convicted criminals. In Louisiana, asylum seekers are often held in former prisons and subjected to conditions advocates call arbitrary and cruel. Read more of Courting Injustice, Bloomberg’s investigation into the…

For the first time in more than two decades Mexico overtook China as the largest importer of goods to the U.S. Mexican goods imported to the U.S. totaled $475 billion in 2023 about $20 billion higher than the previous year. Feuling that trend are simmering trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, an effort to bring…