Tauhierah Salie

INTERNATIONAL The death of all American leaders would not be enough to avenge the 2020 killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, a senior general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Wednesday. "The blood of Haj Qassem Soleimani is very expensive," said Mohammad Pakpour, the ground forces commander of the elite unit, speaking in the city of Kerman. "Killing all of America's leaders isn't enough to avenge him, so […]

INTERNATIONAL Algeria accused Morocco on Tuesday of "targeted killings" of three people near the disputed area of Western Sahara, as relations between the two countries continues to deteriorate. Media linked to the Polisario Front reported a Moroccan air strike early Sunday against trucks close to the border between the desert territory and Mauritania, killing three people of unknown nationalities. The alleged killings could not be independently verified, and neither Morocco nor Mauritania have commented. "Algeria vigorously condemns […]

INTERNATIONAL An uncharacteristically quiet and sombre atmosphere has presided over the Abu Atiyeh neighbourhood in Jenin refugee camp since the start of Ramadan. For many years at this time, Palestinian teenager Sanad Abu Atiyeh would bang his drums and sing his wake-up chants throughout the Muslim holy month to awake people for their pre-dawn meals, or Suhor. This year, however, Sanad could not make it to Ramadan. On 31 March, two days before the […]

INTERNATIONAL Six years after deliberations first began, Indonesia’s parliament has passed a landmark bill to tackle sexual violence, aimed at providing a legal framework for victims to seek justice. A majority of lawmakers backed the bill at the plenary session in parliament, overcoming opposition from some conservative groups in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country. “We hope that the implementation of this law will resolve sexual violence cases,” speaker of the […]

INTERNATIONAL Israeli police say its forces have shot dead a Palestinian man in the port city of Asqalan (Ashkelon), alleging that he had attempted to stab a police officer with a kitchen knife. Witnesses told Al Jazeera that the incident happened on Tuesday morning when Israeli police entered a work site to check whether the Palestinians there had permits. “The Palestinians are saying that the man did not pose any […]