India’s military is stepping up rescue operations in the western state of Maharashtra and other coastal regions as the heaviest July rains in decades cause devastating floods. More than 100 people have died and many more are missing. The Indian…
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Terrifying footage shows a village house collapsing and being swept away by flood waters in northeastern Turkey on Thursday Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #Aljazeeraenglish #shorts
Smoke from US western wildfires turns full moon orange
On Friday, the full moon over the US capital, Washington, DC, was turned orange by smoke gusting from the other side of the country. Wildfires continue to ravage parts of the western US, helped by unprecedented heatwaves and drought. Firefighters…
Top US general: Taliban seek to cut off Afghan population centres | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
US top military general Mark Milley has said Taliban fighters have gained “strategic momentum” in Afghanistan as they drive to cut off population centres from the government in Kabul. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find…
Thousands protest amid global anger against COVID restrictions
Tens of thousands of people in several European countries, including Greece, France and Italy, have protested against anti-COVID measures. In Athens, Greek police tried to break up protests against compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations; some protesters threw petrol bombs and the police…
Senegal: Muslim volunteers bury unidentified COVID-19 victims
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal, health officials say there has been an increase in the number of unclaimed bodies in hospitals. Volunteers from a small charity are giving Muslim burials to the unidentified dead during the…
International Nurses Day: Argentine health workers demanding better conditions
Thousands of health workers took to the streets of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires to mark International Nurses Day. Nurses and health workers are demanding better wages and recognition for their work, especially in the midst of the pandemic. Argentina is…