Tag: Al Jazeera

‘We were praying for her to faint’.
Orthopedic surgeon Mark Perlmutter recounts amputating the leg of a five-year-old girl in Gaza without anaesthesia after supplies ran out during Israel’s genocidal war. He says doctors sang to her as she remained awake through the procedure.

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges over the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024. Mangione became a polarising figure amid wider anger over the US health insurance system.

Donald Trump says the law stopping him from seeking a third presidential term is ‘very strong’, but he keeps teasing the idea.

Al Jazeera’s @avawarrinerr explains why US presidents are limited to two terms, and whether Trump could find a way around it.

The largest reservoir in the United States, located on the border of Arizona and Nevada, just hit a record low. Lake Mead’s water levels are down by two-thirds, potentially impacting supplies of water and energy for millions across the western United States.

Artists in Gaza painted a mural honouring former Burger King employee Arianna Hamilton, who was reportedly fired after saying “Free Palestine” to an Israeli-American customer at a drive-through window in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania.

US President Donald Trump says the decision to make a plane switch in Turkiye after the NATO summit was made by the Secret Service. The Washington Post revealed Trump boarded Air Force One, but used a catering truck to move to another aircraft due to an alleged Iranian threat.

President Masoud Pezeshkian says Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is in ‘perfect health’, as Iran undergoes a security shakeup with several senior commanders appointed to new roles, while Washington and Tehran continue to demand compensation from one another over the war.
Al Jazeera’s Marah Rayan has the latest.

The war on Iran is exposing shortages in US weapons stockpiles, raising questions about years of defence spending. As a former Pentagon official points out, after less than five months of fighting the US is already running out of ammunition against a ‘middle-tier country’.

‘We’re going backwards.’ Palestinians in Gaza say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of the US-backed 15-point plan has deepened uncertainty over an end to the war. Hamas says it remains committed to the agreement.