Category: 2. Palestine

Phase 2 of the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has started, and it will involve “the full demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza,” U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff declared on Sunday. Israel has opposed advancing to…

Palestinians in Gaza have told Al Jazeera the second phase of the ceasefire won’t improve their lives. They say little will change until Israel stops bombing the Strip and allows in more aid. On Wednesday, the US announced it was…

Cuban president says soldiers fell defending ‘sovereignty of a sister nation’ amid escalating tensions with Washington.

Cuba has paid tribute to 32 of its…

Poll workers are counting ballots cast in Uganda’s contentious general election. President Yoweri Museveni is widely expected to extend his four-decade rule, amid opposition claims of vote rigging. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi visited a…

Antonio Guterres appears to take aim at the US, which recently slashed its contribution, telling the UN to ‘adapt or die’.

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres…

In June 2025, the UK government proscribed the UK-based group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000. This was not a security decision, but a political one, marking an unprecedented escalation in the…

The United States has imposed new sanctions against Iran, targeting political and security officials over the crackdown on antigovernment protesters, amid US President Donald Trump’s threats to intervene militarily against the country.

The US…