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World

At least 3,661 killed this year in Haiti violence: UN

More than 3,600 people have been killed this year in the “senseless” gang violence ravaging Haiti, the United Nations said on Friday. The Western...

AFPSeptember 27, 2024

A young Palestinian who works with his father at the morgue at the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza stands next to the bodies of people killed in the fighting who have yet to be identified

World

The struggle to keep track of Gaza war deaths

The health ministry in Gaza says the war that erupted after Hamas attacked on Israel on October 7 has killed more than 41,467 people....

AFPSeptember 24, 2024

Portugal is battling the worst blazes it has seen this summer

World

Portugal battles ferocious wildfires as toll rises to seven

Thousands of firefighters on Tuesday battled wildfires in Portugal that have killed seven people and burnt more land in a matter of days than...

AFPSeptember 17, 2024

The attack in Lviv was part of a wider barrage on Ukraine

World

Russian strike on Ukraine’s historic Lviv kills seven

A Russian strike on the historic centre of Lviv in western Ukraine has killed seven people including three children, officials said Wednesday, a day...

AFPSeptember 4, 2024

World

Nearly 40,000 and counting: the struggle to keep track of Gaza deaths

With much of Gaza reduced to rubble by 10 months of war, counting the dead has become a challenge for the Hamas-run territory’s health...

AFPAugust 7, 2024

Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Gaza, Wael Al-Dahdouh (C), during the funeral of his son Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist who was killed in Rafah

Business

Probe highlights ‘attack on press freedom’ in Gaza war

"Today's Gaza journalists have long known that their 'press' vests do not protect them," he wrote..

AFPJune 25, 2024

Aerial view of people walking through a flooded street at the Navegantes neighborhood in Porto Alegre, Rio da Grande do State, Brazil

World

Death toll in southern Brazil flood rises to 56

The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil has climbed to 56 people, with 74 injured and another...

AFPMay 4, 2024

Ukraine said it shot down a Russian bomber that had fired missiles on two cities overnight

World

Zelensky says NATO must choose ‘whether we indeed are allies’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that NATO must decide if it is Ukraine’s ally and urged the defence alliance’s members to accelerate weapons...

AFPApril 19, 2024