A wave of migration towards the U.S. from Ecuador is continuing, with people fleeing an unprecedented surge in crimes such as kidnap, extortion and murder. The scale of the exodus is also unprecedented. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from the capital Quito. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on…
Almost a week on from the general election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and only a fraction of ballots have been counted. Last week’s vote to choose a president, regional and local representatives was marred by logistical problems and concerns about its credibility. The opposition wants the results of the presidential vote annulled —…
Israel will not renew the visa of a United Nations staff member in the country and will also deny the visa request of another UN employee as the country yet again expresses its displeasure of the global body, which has criticised Israel’s targeting of civilians and hospitals during the Gaza war. An overwhelming majority of…
Yemen’s Houthi group says it’s carried out a missile attack on a commercial ship in the Red Sea after the vessel rejected three warning calls. MSC Mediterranean Shipping confirmed its ship was targeted in the area. Retired U.S. Army, Head of the Australian Submarine Testing Program, and a Defense Advisor and Strategist., Colonel William Keegan…
Houthi attacks on tankers passing through the narrow strait of Bab Al Mandab that connects the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea, have disrupted one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Houthis say they are targeting vessels linked to Israel in a show of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. But countries in…
Israeli strikes have hit the headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza. Thousands were sheltering there. Some of the injured have been transported to hospitals in carts pulled by donkeys because there aren’t enough ambulances. Nebal Farsakh is the Media and Communications Officer of the Palestine Red Crescent Society. She says paramedics are facing…
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Muhammad Shehada, a spokesman for the Euro-Med Monitor, says Israeli operations have turned the north of Gaza into an “extermination zone”. “That is Israeli journalists using that term as well as a ‘sterile zone’ or a ‘death zone,’” he told Al Jazeera from Copenhagen. “Early on in this war, [Israeli forces]…
A warning that some of the footage may be distressing to viewers. Israel has arrested more than 2,600 Palestinians from Gaza including doctors and journalists since it began its war. The fate of those detained and their whereabouts remain largely unknown. Al Jazeera spoke to some Palestinians who were released and they gave accounts of…
As the year wraps up, we’re looking back at ten of the episodes that defined our year at The Take. This originally aired on June 28. Off the Portuguese coast in the Strait of Gibraltar, a pod of orca whales has been ramming commuter boats and ripping off boat rudders. At least three sailboats have…
Egypt is proposing a deal to bring a temporary end to the war in Gaza. But the prospects of long-term peace seem very remote. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports from Tel Aviv, Israel. 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 out our…