Fears grow of wider Middle East war

Vote counting is underway in South Africa’s general election. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress is facing its biggest challenge yet for the first time in thirty years. Soaring unemployment and rolling power cuts are among the main issues for many voters. Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna reports from the results operation center, in the town…

Several Arab leaders are in Beijing for an Arab-China summit, with Israel’s war on Gaza set to dominate the talks. Heads of state from Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Tunisia, are among those attending. Discussions will include expanding China’s trade ties in the region. Andy Mok is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre…

Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s Senior Political Analyst, delves into the strategic and political considerations behind Iranian attacks in Iraq and Pakistan. Bishara highlighted that Iran aims to convey various messages, foremost among them being an assertion of its regional power and an unequivocal warning against any attempts to challenge it. Additionally, he suggested that, beyond…

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas opened his speech by immediately saying that Palestinians will not exit Gaza. “We will not leave. We will not leave. We will not leave,” he said. “Palestine is our homeland. It is the land of our fathers, our grandfathers. It will remain ours.” “And if anyone were to leave, it…

James Elder, a UNICEF spokesman, says the situation in Gaza is “dire”. “It should break our hearts that it’s been allowed to get to this point,” he told Al Jazeera, adding that as soon as he walked into the hospital in Deir el-Balah, he found a little boy named Ali who was asleep in the…

CNN’s Kylie Atwood sits down with top American diplomat Antony Blinken to discuss if recent actions by China violate a commitment made by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to President Joe Biden to not interfere with the 2024 elections. #CNN #News