An Al Jazeera digital investigation reveals that video the Israeli army claims to show the killing of four Palestinians fighters, is in fact four unarmed Palestinian men surrendering to Israeli soldiers before being shot at close range. Subscribe to follow the latest news on Israel-Gaza war. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter…… Read More
In one of the most audacious individual espionage operations ever, Eli Cohen, an Egyptian-born Jewish accounting clerk, was recruited by Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, trained intensively as a field agent for six months and given a new identity as an Arab businessman in South America. In 1962, he was deployed as a spy to Damascus…… Read More
Many German cities are seeing large scale demonstrations against the country’s far right party. The Alternative for Germany or A-F-D in recent days. The protests were sparked by reports that leading members of the party have discussed mass deportation of migrants. Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane has more from Berlin. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow…… Read More
On The Listening Post this week: protests in Dhaka are about more than road safety, but the government will not let that message air. Plus, how the late Tom Wolfe inspires journalists today. Speaking the unspeakable in Bangladesh It is rare for traffic accidents to result in international headlines. But that is what happened in…… Read More
A court in Bangladesh has just sentenced seven people to death for one of the worst attacks in the country’s history. Twenty-two people died in the siege on the Holey Artisan cafe in the capital Dhaka in 2016. Nearly all the victims were foreigners. An eighth person has been acquitted. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury joins…… Read More
Armed men in Pakistan have targetted the Sri Lanka cricket team on their way to a test match in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. At least six Pakistani police officers were killed in the attack and several cricketers wounded. Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reports. At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events…… Read More
Last week, the body of a Filipina woman was found in a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait. It turned out to be Joanna Demafelis; she had gone to Kuwait to work as a maid, hoping to earn enough to support her family. Joanna’s body has arrived in Manila, greeted by her distraught family.…… Read More
With the 7 day ceasefire in Gaza over, fighting has resumed between Israel & Hamas. Caught in the middle are civilians from both sides. It’s raised questions about proportionality and accountability. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is acting in self-defence, after the attack by Hamas on October 7th. Under international law, Israel is the…… Read More
Between 1952 and 1960, Britain fought a vicious war in Kenya against the anticolonial Mau Mau movement. It was an exceptionally bloody conflict, with atrocities committed on both sides. For decades, many of the worst abuses by British colonial forces were kept hidden. Piecing together survivor testimonies and expert analysis from British and Kenyan historians,…… Read More
ISIL and the Taliban – Featured Documentary Raising its black flag over the rugged mountainous regions of Afghanistan, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has emerged as a new threat to the war-ravaged country as it battles the Taliban for supremacy. Raising its black flag over the rugged mountainous regions of Afghanistan,…… Read More
In January 2018, seven-year-old Zainab Ansari was raped and murdered. Her body was discovered on a rubbish heap in Kasur, Pakistan’s “child abuse capital”, sparking national outrage that reverberated across the world. Zainab’s father, Amin, channelled his grief into a fight for justice and demanded systemic change. Two years later, the government of Pakistan passed…… Read More
At least two people have been killed and hundreds injured in Bangladesh’s capital, as security forces fought with opposition protesters. Police have detained the leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. The BNP wants the government to step down and hand over power to a caretaker administration, ahead of general elections in January. Al Jazeera’s…… Read More