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Israel continues to pound Gaza, killing Palestinians, as Hamas says it is working around the clock and engaging with mediators “to stop the famine and end this criminal war.” 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/i3x2qx

Qatar confirms 2036 Olympic Games host city bid with its 2022 FIFA World Cup infrastructure a key selling point aje.io/ipz346

The famine we’re seeing in Gaza now is the most horrific stage of Israel’s starvation campaign, UN expert on food Michael Fakhri has told Al Jazeera. He’s calling on countries to stop Israel starving Palestinians to death.

Six more medical facilities in besieged Gaza have suspended operations including the Public Service Hospital and the Central Oxygen Station after Israel’s “insistence” on preventing the WHO from delivering fuel to hospitals. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/rrqq3l

On Monday, 28 countries issued a joint statement calling on Israel to "end" the war on Gaza, marking the latest example of intensifying criticism by Israel’s allies. So, who are these countries? And how have Israel and its closest ally, the US, reacted? aje.io/e7kkyw

Bangladesh has declared a national day of mourning for dozens of children and adults who were killed when a military plane crashed into a school. Here’s what we know about the crash.

More Palestinian children were forcibly displaced in the occupied West Bank during the first half of 2025 due to home demolitions by Israeli forces compared with any other corresponding period since records began, Save the Children finds. 🔴LIVE updates: aje.io/fh1y4

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to hear Vanuatu’s case on climate crisis obligations as the Pacific island nation's reefs are devastated by global warming, cyclones and rising seas. — in pictures aje.io/la4hla

The wave of Afghan refugees and migrants being sent back from Iran has not stopped, with more than 410,000 being pushed out since the end of Tehran's war with Israel. We look at why Iran is cracking down on irregular migration aje.io/a4shs8

Palestinians in Gaza dig through trash for food as Israel’s war on the besieged enclave fuels a man-made hunger crisis, leaving families desperate to survive.

"We have a moral duty to express our criticism of [Israel's] policies in Gaza with absolute clarity.” Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has criticised Israel’s war on Gaza following a visit to the enclave. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/80y7ot

Russia downplays expectations of any breakthrough in upcoming talks with Ukraine in Turkiye, as Ukrainian officials say one child was killed in overnight Russian attacks ⤵️ aje.io/i1t9ec

Palestine solidarity demonstrators stage a ‘red line for Gaza’ protest in central London to denounce Israeli atrocities in the besieged enclave. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dme925

“The General Assembly has the authority to call upon peacekeepers to accompany humanitarian convoys into Gaza.” Michael Fakhri, UN special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, says that all members of the UN General Assembly must act to deliver aid to Gaza amid famine.

US President Trump has spent months attacking US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates more quickly, raising concerns for the independence of the Federal Reserve. Here's all you need to know aje.io/dt0z3f

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Sea cucumbers are a costly and popular delicacy in Asia. But those diving for them in Sierra Leone's Banana Islands see few rewards ⤵️ aje.io/ovidw9

Australian writer Alistair Kitchen was interrogated by US customs agents for hours and deported back to Australia in June 2025. He says it was because of his writing on Palestine solidarity protests at Columbia University and his views on Israel-Palestine.