ISIL has claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings that have killed 85 people in south east Iran. The attack happened at a cemetery in the city of Kerman on Wednesday, during a ceremony at the tomb of the assassinated senior Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have…
Mourners gather for senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri’s funeral in Beirut. Al-Arouri was killed in a drone strike on a Hamas office in Lebanon on Tuesday. 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 AJE Mobile App:…
More than half of the 11,000 Palestinians in Israeli custody were detained after October 7. They enter a prison system described by rights groups as a “vigilante organisation operating entirely outside both law and ethics”. On Monday, a 23-year-old man from Nablus became the latest Palestinian to die in an Israeli prison. Al Jazeera’s Bernard…
All 379 passengers and crew escaped relatively unscathed after Japan Airlines flight 516 burst into flames following a crash with a coast guard plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The Airbus A350 jet was able to evacuate all passengers in under 20 minutes. WSJ explains how air safety advances and the plane’s design helped to ensure…
Saleh al-Arouri has been laid to rest at the Martyrs Cemetery outside the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, where people are streaming in and out to pay their respects. Al-Arouri was the deputy chief of Hamas, was assassinated in his office on Tuesday along with six other members of the movement. While Israel has not…
Israeli forces are conducting widespread raids in the occupied West Bank, targeting areas like Nur Shams and Jenin refugee camps, suspecting the presence of armed individuals. However, with the frequency of these daily raids, observers argue there may be additional motives. In Nur Shams, over a 40-hour operation, more than 400 Palestinians were detained, and…
In the US, the history of the boycott as a protest movement dates back at least as far as the Boston Tea Party. Yet today, many states have legislation designed to penalize those boycotting. What does Israel have to do with the right to protest in the United States? In this episode: – Julia Bacha,…
Heavy fighting in the centre of Gaza has forced many Palestinians to flee. Many are moving south towards Rafah and the safety of an evacuation zone in al Mawasi. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from al-Mawasi in southern Gaza. 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…
An exchange between Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Hackett challenges White House National Security Spokesperson, John Kirby about US responsibility over the escalation of tensions in the Red Sea. 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 AJE Mobile…
It has been said to be the worst attack since the 1979 revolution. More than 80 people were killed in the southeastern city of Kerman on Wednesday, when two explosives went off, during a crowded procession. It happened during a ceremony marking four years since the US assassinated one of Iran’s top Generals, Qassem Soleimani….