The crisis in Gaza is front and centre at the Doha Forum, which is underway here in Qatar. World leaders are using the platform to increase pressure on Israel over its campaign in Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Doha, Qatar. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on…
The Iranian human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi has been honoured in her absence at a ceremony in Norway, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Mohammadi is in prison in Tehran, and has not seen her exiled family in nearly a decade. The Nobel Committee has called her ‘the symbol of what it means to be…
Voters in Hong Kong are going to the polls in the first legislative elections in two years. But nearly all opposition candidates have effectively been barred, under new rules imposed by Beijing. 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 website:…
The mass exodus persists. Those fleeing northern Gaza term it the ‘journey of death.’ Many Palestinians perish during evacuation. Israelis labeled south areas as ‘safe,’ but they’re under attack now. Residents of Khan Younis are instructed to escape to al-Mawasi on the coastline—a perilous area lacking infrastructure, water, food, electricity, and toilets. The situation rapidly…
Earlier we reported the World Health Organization executive board unanimously voted in favour of a resolution calling for “immediate and unimpeded” healthcare aid for Gaza. It was only the seventh time in the UN body’s 75-year history that such a vote took place. “It is an important moment for WHO – an organisation focusing on…
The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks has risen to 17,700 since the war began on October the 7th. For those who’ve managed to survive — the so-called safe areas can be extremely dangerous. Israel says what it calls ‘safe zones’ will be spared the bombing and fighting that’s devastated much of the rest…
Another wave of Palestinians, forced from their homes in Gaza. This time, to a small slice of land in the south designated by Israel as a ‘safe zone’. But conditions in Al Mawasi are bleak, and for those living in its makeshift camps, bitterly cold. International aid organisations do not recognise the facility and are…
From Facebook and Instagram to Amazon Prime, most U.S. consumers have an online footprint that is growing daily. Email addresses, phone numbers, shopping habits, birthdays and more are all being rolled into a monetizable data profile the companies and data brokers are using to better understand the needs and wants of consumers. Often this is…
As the world is focused on the events unfolding in Gaza, Israel has also escalated its attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, where Hamas has no authority or military presence. Journalist Mariam Barghouti joins us to discuss the intensification of surveillance technologies, the clamp down on speech and the rise of violence in the…
Niger’s military junta has revoked an anti-migration law that helped reduce the flow of West Africans to Europe. That’s raised concerns in Europe of an increase in the number of migrants trying to reach the EU. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Dakar, in Senegal. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish…