Sierra Leone’s government says armed men attacked institutions in the capital in an attempted coup last Sunday. Thousands of inmates are still on the run after they escaped from a maximum-security prison. But the president is reassuring people that everything is under control. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us…
The US has always been Israel’s most important ally. What’s behind the relationship? What keeps it going? And why are some people questioning how it works? #AJStartHere with @SandraGathmann explains. 00:59 – The US has supported Israel from the beginning 01:44 – Why the US supported Zionism 02:29 – The US and Israel’s “shared values”…
Casualties are being reported in the Israeli air strike on the Jabalia refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip. Footage from the ground shared by Palestinian journalists and tv crews show residents using their hands to pull out survivors from under the rubble, while others discover dead bodies, including a baby whose body appears to…
There’ve been more Israeli raids in the Occupied West Bank. Soldiers killed a 21-year-old Palestinian baker in the early hours of Sunday morning in the city of Qalqilya. Witnesses say soldiers indiscriminately opened fire as they entered the town. Israeli forces also raided homes in Nablus. At least 60 Palestinians have been arrested in the…
Israel is expanding its bombing of Gaza, with dozens more Palestinians killed in strikes across the Strip. The new wave of attacks from land, sea and air began after a ceasefire with Hamas expired on Friday. Talks to reach a new ceasefire deal have collapsed, with Hamas saying there’ll be no more negotiations on captives…
Patrick Bet-David, Adam Sosnick, Tom Ellsworth, and Vincent Oshana are joined by Chris Cuomo as they discuss why 2,500 New York City cops quit their jobs this year.
Hospitals in some areas of China have been overwhelmed after a surge in respiratory illnesses among children. Following a surge in respiratory illnesses in China, particularly among children, paediatric units in city hospitals are swamped. Many hospital wards are full. The World Health Organization has asked Beijing to provide more information on the cases. Al…
The Israeli army has called on residents from certain neighbourhoods in southern Khan Younis to evacuate to other areas. The warning came through the new evacuation system that Israel says was elaborated for civilians to avoid being targeted. Since Friday, Israeli forces started dropping leaflets showing a map of Gaza divided into thousands of numbered…
There has been an intense exchange of fire along the Israel-Lebanon border. The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has launched several attacks on Israeli military positions since hostilities resumed on Friday, following the end of the Gaza ceasefire. Israel has used white phosphorus shells and carried out raids targeting what it says are the sources of…
In detailing the scenes within Khan Younis’s al-Nassar Hospital in Gaza, James Elder, UNICEF’s global spokesperson, paints a grim picture. He describes children with severe injuries, mothers grieving over critically ill children, and an overall atmosphere resembling a death zone. Elder emphasizes the dual threat faced by children: the immediate danger of Israeli air strikes…