Doha-based Al Jazeera’s veteran Gaza correspondent Wael al-Dahdouh lost the fifth member of his family Sunday after his son and another journalist were killed in an Israeli airstrike Al Jazeera’s bureau chief in Gaza, Wael al-Dahdouh (C) hugs his daughter during the funeral of his son Hamza Wael al-Dahdouh, a journalist with the Al Jazeera […]
Continue reading …The agreement accentuates historical ties between Ethiopia and Somaliland – and historical hostility with Somalia. Somalis march against the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal at Yarisow stadiumin Mogadishu on January 3, 2024 [Feisal Omar/Reuters] On Monday, an agreement signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Muse Bihi Abdi of the […]
Continue reading …The Foreign Ministry expressed concern about a recent agreement signed by Ethiopia and Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland. Demonstrators gather in a stadium during a demonstration in support of Somalia’s government following the port deal signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland at Eng Yariisow Stadium in Mogadishu, Jan. 3, 2024. (AFP Photo) […]
Continue reading …Somalia has described an agreement that landlocked Ethiopia made with the self-declared republic of Somaliland over sea access as an act of “aggression”. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud addressed MPs following Ethiopia’s agreement with Somaliland Somaliland seceded from Somalia more than 30 years ago, but is not recognised internationally. It said that Ethiopia agreed to […]
Continue reading …At least 103 people were killed and 173 others injured when two explosions ripped through a crowd commemorating slain Gen. Qassem Soleimani on the anniversary of his killing, state media confirmed. In this undated file photo, former Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani (C) attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo) The blasts, which state […]
Continue reading …Israeli forces attacked Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip with tank fire and airstrikes on Tuesday, residents said, and Israeli ground troops and Hamas militants also battled in other parts of the shattered Palestinian enclave. The sun rises above the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on January 1 , 2024, amid […]
Continue reading …A Japan Airlines jet burst into flames on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday after a collision on the ground with a Japan Coast Guard plane. A Japan Airlines plane burning at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening | KYODO A total of 367 passengers and 12 crew members were on board the plane, […]
Continue reading …Israelis and Palestinians end a dark year on Sunday, with no end in sight to the deadliest military offensive on Gaza, triggered by Hamas’ bloodiest attack on Israel. An Israeli soldier operates in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in this handout picture released on December 29, 2023. […]
Continue reading …With no end in sight to Israel’s deadliest military offensive on Gaza, killing nearly 22,000 people, the Palestinians will leave behind a dark year on Sunday. A man mourns a loved one killed in Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, Dec. 27, 2023. (AFP Photo) There has been no respite from Israel’s air […]
Continue reading …All the latest developments from the Israel Hamas war. Two hundred and forty-one Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours in Israeli shelling of Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. The ministry also reported that 20,915 people had been killed and more than 54,5918 injured since Israel began its bombing campaign […]
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