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What happened in the Kolkata rape case that triggered doctors’ protests?

Doctors and activists demand the safeguarding of women and medical professionals after a trainee medic was murdered.

Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2024

‘We are all on the front line’: DR Congo’s young women rebels take on M23

Self-defence militias called the Wazalendo are taking up arms against the M23 group that’s launching attacks in DRC.

Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2024

Kiribati votes in key election after years of turbulence

Pacific island nation is strategically important, but voters also have economic concerns.

Al Jazeera · Aug 14, 2024

‘Just civilians’: Families of Gaza school strike victims refute Hamas links

Among those Israel killed and claims were fighters are an Arabic professor, a hospital employee and a retired principal.

Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2024

Exclusive: Al-Tabin attack ‘deliberately timed to cause maximum casualties’

Israeli attack on Gaza City school killing over 100 was ‘calculated’ to cause widespread loss of life, Al Jazeera finds.

Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2024

How serious are the wildfires near Athens, Greece?

The flames began on Sunday and have quickly spread to several suburbs of Athens.

Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2024

Would a hidden ocean on Mars spur human settlement?

A new NASA study suggests Mars contains an ocean of water underground, sparking conversations about human settlement.

Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2024

Israeli crowds storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, West Bank villages on Jewish holiday

Far-right government minister joins march on Al-Aqsa in occupied East Jerusalem on Jewish mourning day Tisha B’Av.

Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2024

Who is Thomas Kwoyelo, Ugandan LRA rebel commander guilty of war crimes?

Kwoyelo is the first member of the Lord’s Resistance Army militia group to face trial in Uganda.

Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2024

Israel, civilian deaths and the question of proportionality

Israel’s fatal al-Tabin School attack raises questions of how many civilians Israel will kill to execute Hamas fighters.

Al Jazeera · Aug 12, 2024