Week in pictures: An earthquake in Taiwan to Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem
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Six months of devastation in Israel’s war on Gaza with no sign of an end | Israel War on Gaza
In Gaza, each day brings more death as strikes topple buildings with families inside. Six months of war have killed more than 33,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Israel’s siege, bombardment and ground offensive have created what the United Nations and aid officials call a man-made crisis of…
Palestinians mark last days of Ramadan on the eve of six months of war | Israel War on Gaza News
Palestinian Muslims are marking a tense and sombre last weekend in Ramadan, as Israel’s war on Gaza approaches the six-month mark. Some 120,000 people descended on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which dominates the Old City in Jerusalem, officials said on Friday. There were minor scuffles between worshippers and Israeli police…
Gaza’s children face long road to healing | Israel War on Gaza News
Eight out of 10 schools in the Gaza Strip are damaged or destroyed, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) says, but it is the psychological damage of Israel’s war on the territory’s nearly 1.2 million children that has experts worried. “To be able to learn, you need to be in…
Tourist numbers up in post-war Afghanistan | Tourism News
His soldier son toured Afghanistan with fighters in his crosshairs, but US traveller Oscar Wells has a different objective – sightseeing promoted by the Taliban’s fledgling tourism sector. Marvelling at the 15th century Blue Mosque in northern Mazar-i-Sharif, 65-year-old Wells is among a small but rising number of travellers visiting…
Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem | Israel War on Gaza News
Tens of thousands of Israelis have marched in Jerusalem, calling for increased efforts to free captives held in Gaza and the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Demonstrators on Sunday evening blocked a main city highway, after earlier rallying in front of the Israeli parliament, lighting fires and waving the…
Photos: Aftermath of an Israeli air strike on hospital courtyard | Israel War on Gaza News
At least two people have been killed and several others wounded after an Israeli air strike hit the courtyard of the crowded Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Palestinian authorities said. The Government Media Office in Gaza, which is governed by the Palestinian group Hamas, said the attack…
Belfast mural artists put up powerful show of solidarity with Gaza | In Pictures
A group of mural artists in Northern Ireland have transformed Belfast’s iconic International Wall into the Palestinian Wall, in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people and artists amid Israel’s continuing war on Gaza. The mural artists painted images that were sent to them by Palestinian artists who would…
Angry farmers block Brussels to protest EU policies, cheap Ukraine imports | Protests News
Farmers threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight in Brussels as hundreds of tractors sealed off streets close to the European Union headquarters, where agriculture ministers sought to ease a crisis that has led to months of protests across the 27-member bloc. The farmers on Tuesday protested…
Indian police detain opposition protesters in New Delhi | Protests News
Indian police have detained dozens of opposition protesters as they sought to march to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence. The arrests on Tuesday prevented supporters of Delhi’s top elected official, Arvind Kejriwal, from demanding the release of the prominent opposition leader after he was detained on corruption charges last week. The…