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Israeli attack on the Nasser Hospital’s maternity ward in southern Gaza has killed at least one child and injured three others. Al Jazeera’s Wael Dahdouh visited the Nasser Medical complex in Khan Younis and filed this report. 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:…

There are concerns that the global anti-tobacco movement is losing momentum. It follows the reversal of measures in New Zealand and Malaysia to ban smoking for future generations. Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi 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: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our…

Chile has voted to reject a new conservative constitution, leaving the text drafted during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in force. With nearly all of the ballots tallied on Sunday night, more than 55 percent of Chileans voted against the text, compared with about 44 percent in favour. The proposed constitution, which was drafted by…

Families in Gaza are facing a dire humanitarian crisis and their desperation is growing by the day. Our correspondent, Ismail al-Ghoul, has more from Gaza City. As we reported earlier, a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Israel has been using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. Omar Shakir, the group’s…

The United States has deployed two aircraft carriers and fighter jets to the Middle East during Israel’s war on Gaza. It is reportedly moving more warships from the Arabian Gulf to the Gulf of Aden to deter Houthi attacks on the Red Sea. US military aid has allowed Israel to continue its wholesale destruction of…

Thousands of displaced people have fled the formerly safe city of Wad Madani in Sudan, as the war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reaches the city. Paramilitary forces established a base in the east of Sudan’s second-largest city and the capital of al-Jazirah state, the AFP news agency reported on…

Iraqi voters are heading to the polls in the first provincial elections for a decade. The ruling Shia Muslim alliance is likely to extend its grip on power amid a boycott by populist Shia leader Moqtada Al-Sadr, its main political rival. The election sets the stage for parliamentary elections scheduled for 2025, which will determine…

A huge fire has broken out in Guinea’s capital Conakry after an explosion at a fuel depot. There are reports that dozens of injured people have been taken to two of the city’s main hospitals. 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…

Dozens of Palestinian bodies have been confiscated by Israel in the occupied West Bank, since the war began on October 7. Human rights organisations fear that many more are being taken away from Gaza and they may not be returned like several others whose remains have not been returned for years by Israeli authorities. Al…

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has gone on trial for alleged national security offences, hours after the United Kingdom joined calls for his immediate release. Lai, who has been imprisoned since December 2020, arrived in court at 10am (02:00 GMT) where he is charged with conspiring to collude with foreign powers under the national…