Polls have opened in Bangladesh and the General Election is being boycotted by the main opposition Party. It claims there is no guarantee of fairness and is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is seeking a fourth consecutive term. Violence broke out on the eve of the election – at least four…

At least six Palestnians have killed in heavy fighting in Jenin City as Israeli forces continue their nightly raids in the occupied West Bank. Raids also took place in the cities of Hebron, Nablus, Qalqilya and Jericho in the occupied West Bank. Al Jazeera’s Laura Khan has the latest from occupied East Jerusalem. Subscribe to…

It’s the fourth month of Israel’s war on Gaza, more than 22,700 Palestinians have been killed. On Saturday alone, Israeli air strikes killed 122 people – 22 of them in one house in the southern city of Khan Younis. The Strip’s southern region is under constant bombardment – after the Israeli military expanded its operations…

South Korea’s capital city is testing a new service for foreign tourists, in one of its busiest subway stations. It’s designed to interpret several different languages in near-real time, using AI technology. Al Jazeera’s Eunice Kim reports from Seoul. 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…

Israel’s war on Gaza has created a humanitarian catastrophe. UN agencies are warning that half of Gaza’s 2 point 3 million population is at risk of starvation. Tanya Haj Hassan, a pediatrician with Doctors Without Borders, says the war is killing more than 100 children each day, and that many more will suffer from life-long…

Ukraine officially celebrated Christmas last year, according to its new calendar on December 25th. But many Ukrainians didn’t accept the changes and still celebrate Orthodox Christmas on January 7th. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which previously was accused of having ties with the Russian church, says it will continue to celebrate Christmas on January 7. Al…