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Oct 10, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Hanna Duggal |Marium AliPublished |Marium Ali
While Israel continues its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers have ramped up their attacks on people, often under the protection of Israeli soldiers. Over the past year, at least 1,423 incidents of settler violence in the occupied West Bank were recorded – an average of four a day, according to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Mohammed Haddad |Marium AliPublished |Marium Ali
As Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 41,000 people, nears one year, assaults in the occupied West Bank continue, with at least 703 people killed by Israeli forces since October 7. Despite Gaza and the West Bank being just 33km (21 miles) apart at their closest points, Israeli restrictions have long prevented travel and interaction between the two Palestinian territories, even before the recent conflict.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Marium AliPublished |Marium Ali
The United Nations, in collaboration with Palestinian health authorities, has officially begun a campaign to vaccinate children in the Gaza Strip against the poliovirus, which can cause paralysis of the limbs or even death in children. This comes after the virus, previously defeated in the enclave following a mass vaccination drive, was discovered last month after 25 years.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Alia Chughtai |Marium AliPublished |Marium Ali
Protests began in Bangladesh last month over a controversial government job-quota system and transformed into nationwide unrest following a harsh crackdown by authorities. Nearly 300 people were killed within weeks in one of the most violent phases of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule. On July 21, the Supreme Court scaled back the quota, which reserved one-third of government jobs for descendants of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War veterans.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Marium AliPublished |Marium Ali
While summer has only just begun in the Northern Hemisphere, heatwaves have already gripped many parts of the world including across the United States, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East and South Asia. Extreme heat has led to more than a thousand deaths, urgent health warnings and school closures.
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May 3, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Hanna Duggal |Marium AliPublished |Marium Ali
Every year on May 3, UNESCO commemorates World Press Freedom Day. It is being marked today at a particularly perilous time for journalists globally, with Israel’s war on Gaza becoming the deadliest conflict for journalists and media workers. list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4list 2 of 4list 3 of 4list 4 of 4end of list“When we lose a journalist, we lose our eyes and ears to the outside world. We lose a voice for the voiceless,” Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement today.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Marium AliPublished |Marium Ali
As a new moon was not sighted on Monday evening after Maghrib prayers, Muslims in Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries will fast one more day, completing 30 days of Ramadan. The first day of Eid will then be celebrated on Wednesday, April 10. Eid al-Fitr, the “festival of breaking the fast”, is celebrated at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan by Muslims worldwide.
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Mar 10, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Marium AliPublished |Marium Ali
Following the sighting of the crescent by the moon-sighting committee, Saudi Arabia has announced that the first day of fasting will be Monday, March 11. There are about 1.9 billion Muslims around the world, approximately 25 percent of the world population. Indonesia has the world’s highest Muslim population, with some 240 million Muslims living in the country. Pakistan is second with about 225 million Muslims, followed by India (211 million), Bangladesh (155 million), and Nigeria (111 million).
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Feb 4, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Marium AliPublished |Marium Ali
In 2004, as broadband was replacing dial-up internet and mobile phones with colour screens were gaining popularity, on February 4, a social network, named “TheFacebook”, was launched by 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommates at Harvard University. Facebook was named after the physical student directory distributed at universities at the start of the academic year, commonly known as a “face book”.
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Dec 31, 2023 | 
aljazeera.com | Marium AliPublished |Marium Ali
Al Jazeera takes a look at the unparalleled climate events from the past year. The year 2023 has been the hottest on record, according to scientists. According to observers, sizzling heatwaves, devastating floods, and storms have all contributed to global weather records being smashed this year. "[Year] 2023 has now had six record-breaking months and two record-breaking seasons,” Samantha Burgess, deputy director of Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), said in a statement this month.
