For nearly nine months, Israel’s war on Gaza has forced Palestinians to run from place to place in search of pockets of safety in the besieged Strip. Israel’s latest mass evacuation order told 250,000 displaced people in Khan Younis, Gaza’s second-largest city, to leave, as it carries out renewed attacks…
Britons will head to the polls on July 4. Here’s what you need to know about the parties, leaders, and key election issues. On July 4, Britons will head to the polls to choose the next party to lead the country, after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced snap elections on…
EXPLAINER The world has faced its 12th straight month of historic heat, with this summer on track to be among the hottest yet. While summer has only just begun in the Northern Hemisphere, heatwaves have already gripped many parts of the world including across the United States, Mexico, Europe, the…
Violators of industry code of conduct to be subject to fines of up to 10 percent of annual turnover. Australia will impose hefty fines on supermarket chains found to be abusing their bargaining power over suppliers. Under the rules announced by the government on Monday, supermarket chains earning more than…
One out of every 69 people on Earth is now displaced. That is about 120 million people, or 1.5 percent of the world’s population, who have been uprooted from their homes. Behind these numbers are countless human stories of families separated, livelihoods lost and communities shattered. Sixty-eight million of those…
At least 117.3 million people, or one in 69 individuals worldwide, remain forcibly displaced, according to a report released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today. Forced displacement as a result of conflict and violence, persecution and human rights violations, has continued to rise in the first…
Al Jazeera takes a look at the world’s largest religious gathering Mecca sees every year. Hajj, the largest annual Muslim gathering, occurs in Mecca from the eighth to the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah, the final month of the Islamic calendar. This year, based on the moon sighting, Hajj will start on…
The Bharatiya Janata Party has fallen short of a majority on its own, but has the numbers with its National Democratic Alliance to form the next Indian government. With all of India’s 640 million votes counted following a six-week-long election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), together with its National Democratic Alliance…
Mexico has begun to count votes after a Sunday election that will almost certainly result in the country’s first female president. The two frontrunners are Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling Morena party, supported by the governing coalition Let’s Keep Making History (Sigamos Haciendo Historia), and Xochitl Galvez, supported by a coalition…
EXPLAINER The African National Congress (ANC) has lost parliamentary majority and will need coalition partners to surpass 50 percent votes and form a government. Nearly all the ballots have been counted in South Africa, but the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has received only 40.21 percent votes in Wednesday’s election,…
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