The US Defense Secretary has arrived in Doha after visiting Bahrain and Israel on Monday. Lloyd Austin announced the formation of a multinational naval task force to patrol the Red Sea. It’s in response to attacks by Houthi fighters from Yemen on commercial vessels passing through the crucial shipping route. Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker reports….
For those displaced by the bombing campaign, conditions are extremely harsh. This was the scene at a distribution centre in Rafah, where a charity was giving out food to hundreds of people. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people have converged on the southern city, which has little capacity to supply them with the food, water…
Thailand’s Prime Minister says he is withdrawing a defamation case against a leading anti-corruption crusader. Chuwit Kamolvisit calls himself the nation’s whistleblower. He accuses the prime minister of illegal land deals and that could be his final act after decades of controversy. Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reports from Bangkok, Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow…
Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, had told Al Jazeera from Geneva that she saw “a lack of everything” in Gaza during her recent trip. “There is a lack of operational space for the humanitarian actors, but most importantly, there is an acute lack of safety and security for…
A warning that some of the footage may be distressing to viewers. Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Anas al-Sharif has headed to the site of the Israeli attack on Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. “Victims are just lying on the ground. Many have been killed, bodies ripped apart. Even animals aren’t spared,” he said as…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo goes to the polls this week to decide who will lead the country as it faces an insurgency, a refugee crisis, and immense poverty despite huge mineral wealth. Al Jazeera’s Shola Lawal takes a look at what’s at stake in this election. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us…
The healthcare system in the Gaza Strip is on the verge of collapse. The few remaining hospitals still functioning are receiving an overwhelming number of injured people every day – and now they are running out of medicine. Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us…
At least 116 people have been killed in an earthquake in northwest China. Most of the deaths were reported in Gansu province. Thousands of emergency workers have been deployed to help with recovery efforts. Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu reports from Beijing, China. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on…
Iraq has held its first provincial elections in ten years — with initial results set to be announced on Tuesday. The ruling Shia alliance is widely expected to win, after a boycott by the main political opposition. Turnout was low, at 41 percent. Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reports from Baghdad. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe…
A volcano in southwest Iceland has erupted, spewing lava and smoke across a wide area weeks after nearly 4,000 residents of a nearby town were evacuated amid intense seismic activity. The eruption started at about 10:17pm (22:17 GMT) on Monday on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the country’s civil defence to…