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Blast in Pakistan kills six police officers during polio vaccination drive

Al Jazeera English
11 mois depuis

At least six police officers have been killed and nearly two dozen others wounded after an explosive device targeted their vehicle during a polio vaccination drive in northwestern Pakistan. Officials told Al Jazeera the blast took place early morning on Monday in Bajaur, a tribal district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province neighbouring Afghanistan when Pakistan began its latest round of the vaccination campaign. “The blast took place early in the morning when the police team went out for the polio vaccination drive. We have shifted most of the injured to a local hospital in Bajaur while critical patients were sent to Peshawar,” Bilal Faizi, spokesperson for the provincial rescue services, told Al Jazeera. Zeeshan Salahuddin is the Director of the Centre for Regional and Global Connectivity at the Tabadlab think-tank. He joins us live from Islamabad to discuss the latest updates. 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: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Pakistan #TalibanPakistan #PakistanPolioVaccination #BajaurAttack #BajaurBlast #KhyberPakhtunkhwa #PakistanTalibanAttacks

In a new space race, who’s in and who’s out? | The Take

Al Jazeera English
11 mois depuis

Are we entering a new space race? Later this month, Japan aims to land a probe on the moon’s south pole. If it’s successful, it would be the fifth nation ever to have a successful moon landing. Just months earlier, India became fourth. Is the next generation of the space race heating up, and what will it mean for democratic access to space? For more: Listen to Necessary Tomorrows, a new podcast from Al Jazeera and Doha Debates. In this episode: - Namrata Goswami, Professor, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University Episode credits: This episode was produced by Negin Owliaei and our host Malika Bilal. Zaina Badr and Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

Palestinian girl loses her sight and her family in Gaza attack | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

Al Jazeera English
11 mois depuis

“Do you know where my mom and dad are?” An 11-year-old girl who lost her sight in an Israeli attack in Gaza was left in the hospital asking for her parents’ whereabouts, unaware they had been killed. 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: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News

Senior Hezbollah commander Wissam al-Tawil killed in Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon

Al Jazeera English
11 mois depuis

A high-level Hezbollah field commander has been assassinated in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon. Wissam al Tawil, known as 'Jawad', was the group's director of military operations. He was killed when the car he was travelling in was targeted. Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan joins us live now from Ibil El Saki in Southern Lebanon to discuss the latest updates. 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: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #WissamAlTawil #HajjJawad #Lebanon #Israel #Hezbollah #SouthernLebanon #LebanonIsraelBorderTension #RedwanForce #HezbollahSpecialForce #HezbollahElitforce #HezbollahFieldCommanderKilled #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar #IsraelWar #IsraelPalestineWar #IsraelGazaWar #WissamHassanTawil #MajdalSelm