Jordan’s King Abdullah II presses Blinken to push for a ceasefire in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Jordan’s King Abdullah II presses Blinken to push for a ceasefire in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to push for a ceasefire in Gaza and bring an end to the humanitarian crisis in the besieged Palestinian territory, as the months-long war continues to rage. The king met Blinken in the Jordanian capital Amman on Sunday…

Bangladesh holds election to keep PM Sheikh Hasina in power | Elections News

Bangladesh holds election to keep PM Sheikh Hasina in power | Elections News

Polls have closed and counting is under way in Bangladesh’s general election, marked by a low voter turnout and a boycott by the opposition and its allies. Sunday’s “one-sided” vote, as the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) put it, is set to keep Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in power for…

‘We fled oppression, not our home’: Albania to Australia and back again | Features

‘We fled oppression, not our home’: Albania to Australia and back again | Features

Pogradec, Albania – Almost every evening during the summer of 1975, Bajram Fezollari’s father, Feridon, would take him on a walk along the banks of Lake Ohrid. But these were not simply strolls for bonding purposes between a once-distant father who had spent more than a decade behind bars and…

Hamza, son of Al Jazeera’s Wael Dahdouh, killed in Israeli attack in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Hamza, son of Al Jazeera’s Wael Dahdouh, killed in Israeli attack in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Hamza Dahdouh, the eldest son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, Wael Dahdouh, has been killed by an Israeli missile strike in the western part of Khan Younis, Gaza. Journalist Mustafa Thuraya was also killed in the attack, when the vehicle they were travelling in near al-Mawasi, a supposedly safe…

Bangladesh counts votes in low-turnout election boycotted by opposition | Sheikh Hasina News

Bangladesh counts votes in low-turnout election boycotted by opposition | Sheikh Hasina News

Bangladesh election officials are counting votes after a controversial poll, fraught with violence and boycotted by the opposition, is guaranteed to give a fourth straight term to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladeshis largely stayed away from the vote on Sunday as initial signs suggested a low turnout, despite widespread reports…

What happened to Alaska Airlines’s Boeing 737 Max 9 whose door blew off? | Explainer News

What happened to Alaska Airlines’s Boeing 737 Max 9 whose door blew off? | Explainer News

An order by US officials to ground 737 Max 9s for inspection will affect 171 aircraft worldwide. A cabin panel flew off in midair during an Alaska Airlines flight, leaving a gaping hole in the plane’s fuselage and forcing an emergency landing. The incident took place on Saturday. Social media…

Bhutan holds general election as economic crisis hits ‘national happiness’ | Elections News

Bhutan holds general election as economic crisis hits ‘national happiness’ | Elections News

The picturesque Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is set to hold a general election with serious economic challenges calling into question its longstanding policy of prioritising “Gross National Happiness” over growth. Both parties contesting Tuesday’s vote are committed to a constitutionally enshrined philosophy of a government that measures its success by…