Muntaser al-Shawwa, 16, was severely wounded two weeks ago, with his family accusing the Israeli army of ‘shooting to kill’.Ramallah, occupied West Bank – A Palestinian teenager has succumbed to Israeli army gunshot wounds he sustained two weeks ago during a raid in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health on Monday evening announced the death of Muntaser al-Shawwa, 16, adding that he was severely wounded when a “bullet pierced through his head from behind his ear”. Al-Shawwa was shot during an overnight Israeli army raid on the Balata refugee camp in Nablus city in the northern occupied…
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Moscow, Russia – As the first anniversary of the war approaches on Friday, Al Jazeera spoke to Pavel Felgenhauer, a Russian defence analyst who served as a senior research officer in the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Felgenhauer, who has published widely on Russian foreign and defence policies, military doctrine, arms trade and the military-industrial complex, believes the war is likely to escalate but could end this year. According to him, after 12 months of bloody battles, “the intensity of the fighting is too high for it to be maintained for long”. Which side will ultimately seize a decisive victory? Like…
Assam, India – As Saidul Islam stares at rows of wilted cauliflowers and cabbages, the 33-year-old is unable to decide what is more frightening – his dying crop or weeks of imprisonment. The patch of land where Islam grows his vegetables was not watered for two weeks while the vegetable grower from Assam’s Dalgaon village, about 100km from state capital Dispur, was bundled into jail on charges of marrying an underage girl seven years ago. His bride was then 15. On February 3, the police in Assam – ruled by the Hindu right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – went on…
Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting against the government’s plan to pass a judicial reform bill that they say threatens democracy. Demonstrators from across Israel descended on Jerusalem on Monday to rally near the Knesset for a second straight week ahead of the first reading of the legislation to change the way judges are picked. Many critics say it will upend the country’s system of checks and balances and concentrate power in the hands of the prime minister. They also say that Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister who is on trial on corruption charges, has a conflict of interest.…
Washington, DC – Some right-wing United States Republicans are slamming Joe Biden’s visit to Ukraine, invoking crises at home that they accuse the president of ignoring as he pledges support for Kyiv. The opposition to Biden’s previously unannounced visit on Monday highlighted the views of a small but vocal cohort of ultraconservative US legislators who are sceptical of US support for Ukraine. First-term Republican Congressman Andy Ogles accused Biden of prioritising “political field trips” on Monday. “America-last Biden visited UKRAINE before visiting the people living through an environmental crisis in East Palestine, Ohio,” Ogles wrote on Twitter, referring to a…
Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey‘s breakout season continues to get better and better. On Monday night, Morrissey set the Jets’ franchise record for points by a defenceman in a single season when he opened the scoring against the New York Rangers and picked up his 57th point of the year. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Morrisey’s record-breaking goal came on a Jets’ power play when his blast from the point found its way past Igor Shesterkin, his 12th tally of the year. The 27-year-old picked up his 57th point in his 57th game of the season. Morrisey has…
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has expressed “deep concern and dismay” over Israel’s settlement activity in a watered-down statement replacing a draft resolution that would have explicitly condemned Israeli policies. The UNSC presidential statement — approved on Monday by all 15 members of the council, including the United States — also underscored what it called the “obligation of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to renounce and confront terror”. “The Security Council reiterates that continuing Israeli settlement activities are dangerously imperiling the viability of the two-state solution based on the 1967 lines,” the council said. The symbolic measure came in response…
Founder of military group accuses defence officials of withholding ammunition from his fighters as part of an ongoing rivalry.Yevgeny Prigozhin, the billionaire founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, has accused unspecified officials of denying his fighters sufficient ammunition as part of an ongoing rivalry between himself and parts of the Russian elite. Prigozhin, a onetime catering entrepreneur who used to shun the public spotlight, has assumed an ever more public role in Russian politics since the start of the war in Ukraine a year ago as his Wagner Group spearheads Russia’s months-long battle for the city of Bakhmut in eastern…
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu dropped her opening-round match 6-3, 6-4 to Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina at the Dubai Open on Monday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., had two aces and broke on two of her six opportunities. Andreescu also won 63 per cent of first-serve points in the one-hour, 32-minute match. Rybakina, meanwhile, fired six aces and converted on 4-of-7 break point chances, with three of them coming in the second set. The tournament’s ninth seed won 72.7 per cent of first-serve points. In women’s doubles action, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., along with partner Bethanie…
Documentary by Al Jazeera English’s programme details the killing of the renowned correspondent by Israeli forces.Al Jazeera English’s current affairs programme Fault Lines has won the prestigious George Polk Award in the category of foreign television reporting for its short news documentary titled The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh. The film detailed the killing of the renowned Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent by Israeli forces on May 11, 2022, winning the channel its second George Polk Award. “We are extremely grateful to the George Polk Award judges for their recognition of this film and the immense influence and inspirational legacy that…