Local officials blame a fall in the distribution of food aid and a prolonged drought for the deaths of over 600 people in the last few weeks in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The United Nations says 1.2 million children suffer from acute malnutrition in the country. Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe…
A commemoration has been held for the late Al Jazeera journalist, Samer Abudaqqa. He was killed in an Israeli drone strike on Gaza on Friday. Friends and colleagues gathered in the Occupied West Bank to pay their tributes. Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports from Ramallah. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish…
In a video posted on Telegram by Hamas’s armed wing, 79-year-old Haiem Bery says the elderly captives have chronic illnesses and are “living in very harsh conditions”. Bery added that the captives do not want to be killed “as a direct result of Israeli air strikes”. “We do not understand why we have been abandoned…
Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official, is holding a news conference shortly after one given by the Israeli and American defence chiefs. He played a video showing Hamas fighters targeting Israeli troops behind a tank with a rocket-propelled grenade. It also showed disabled Israeli military bulldozers being towed away through Gaza. “These are the invaders…
In Rafah, in the south of Gaza, families of displaced Palestinians are struggling to find food for their newborns. Crucial items like diapers and milk have become expensive — or impossible to find. Al Jazeera’s Ibtissem Guenfoud reports. 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…
After more than two months of war and siege, more chaotic scenes at the Rafah Crossing, as people fight to get desperately-needed humanitarian aid. Before the war, 850 trucks entered the strip every day. That ended when Israel imposed a complete blockade . Israel has temporarily reopened the route through Karam Abu Salem for the…
Israel’s defense minister Yoav Gallant is holding a news conference with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after talks in Tel Aviv. Gallant says Israel has been destroying Hamas’s infrastructure and taking out its leadership. “We will continue until we fully achieve our goals,” he said. Austin, for his part, said the US’s support for Israel…
As artificial intelligence advances and earns more investments, it poses an even bigger threat to all kinds of workers. Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich warns that artificial intelligence will not just displace manufacturing jobs but also workers in the knowledge economy. Columbia University economics professor Jeffrey Sachs predicts that workers will need to adapt…
A 12-year-old girl has been killed in an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Donya Abu Mohsen died when a shell hit the pediatric ward where she and several other children were sheltering. She had already lost her family and her leg in a missile attack on their house. Last month, she told…
At least eight people have died and dozens injured after an explosion in the Guinean capital Conakry. The cause of the fire is unknown. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports. 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 Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download…