Category: 2. Palestine

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has affirmed support for the creation of a Palestinian state, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again rejected such a move, during the German leader’s inaugural visit to the country.

At a joint…

Soldiers in Benin appeared on state television to say they had toppled President Patrice Talon and taken power. But government officials say they thwarted the attempted coup and remain in control.

I grew up less than a mile from Shepherds’ Field in Beit Sahour in the occupied West Bank – the hillside where, according to the Gospel of Luke, the news of Jesus’s birth was first proclaimed. For my family, these were not distant biblical…

Air travel across India has been in chaos in the past week after the country’s largest airline, IndiGo, cancelled more than 2,000 flights starting on Friday, stranding thousands of passengers at airports across the country.

The airline, which…

External support for armed groups and mercenaries is the main obstacle to peace in Sudan, the country’s justice minister told Al Jazeera at the Doha Forum. He stressed the need for a democratic transition through a Sudanese-led dialogue…

Bill Gates tells Al Jazeera about setbacks slowing efforts to reduce the global child mortality rate, as child deaths are projected to rise for the first time this century.

Doha, Qatar – The prime minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, has called for inclusive engagement, including with non-state actors such as the Palestinian group Hamas, as the only viable route to regional…

UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan says killing journalists is a war crime under international law and that the international community has a responsibility to put an end to it.

A drone attack by the RSF and its allied al-Hilou group on a preschool in Kalogi in Sudan has killed more than 100 people, dozens of whom were children. It sparked international condemnation amid worsening violence as the RSF fights…