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Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with maximum 15 years in prison
The law is backed mainly by Shia Muslim parties who form the largest coalition in Iraq’s parliament.Iraq’s parliament has passed a law criminalising same-se
Pro-Palestine student protests spread in second week of demonstrations
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations continue in universities across the United States, as they also spread to schools in Europe and Australia. In the second week of
The Abu Ghraib abuse scandal 20 years on: What redress…
When the US TV news programme 60 Minutes II revealed images of Iraqi men being abused and humiliated by their American jailers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq 20 y
Al Jazeera helps Hamas and can’t be trusted for reporting…
When Al Jazeera first opened its bureau in Jerusalem’s technological park 18 years ago, I enjoyed the novelty of getting interviewed on the Qatari n
‘Free at last’: When South Africa voted in democracy, kicked…
He cast a vote. There is nothing remarkable about that. In this year alone nearly 50 percent of the world’s population will head to the polls in at least 6
April 27, 1994: What has changed in South Africa 30…
Three decades ago, on April 27, 1994, after centuries of white rule, Black South Africans voted in general elections for the first time. This marked the officia
Kenya flooding death toll climbs to 70 since March
More than 120,000 people have been displaced, Kenyan government says, with 22 others injured and eight reported missing.Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have k
Israeli pressure delayed Freedom Flotilla’s departure for Gaza: Organisers
A flotilla of ships set to depart for the Gaza Strip on Friday to bring aid to Palestinians has been stranded in Turkey due to administrative roadblocks, as org
Are US campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza going…
Clashes between students and police officers have been reported all over the United States during intensifying university protests. What started as the Gaza sol
With eyes on US college campuses, students stress: ‘Gaza is…
Global attention has turned to universities across the United States, where students have erected encampments to demand action to end Israel’s war on the Gaza
Photos: Students block Paris’s Sciences Po to protest Israel’s war…
Students blocked access to Paris’s prestigious Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) university over Israel’s war on Gaza, demanding the instit
Across the Western world, public opinion on Palestine is finally…
For a very long time, many in the Western world have not engaged at all with the issues stemming from the occupation of Palestine. The occupation was in the new
