• India orders 300m COVID shots as court demands a vaccine ‘roadmap’ aje.io/uhv3cd
• Brazilians bang pots in protest as 2,500 more people die of COVID-19 aje.io/a84agr
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From children who have lost both parents to those living in poverty or forced into marriage, the COVID-19 pandemic has made life harder for India's most vulnerable children ⤵️ aje.io/4vevdz
Indonesia cancels Hajj again amid concerns over COVID aje.io/kw4tm5
Greece launches mass vaccination campaign for refugees, months after the first shots were rolled out to the wider population in early January aje.io/wq2ata
Chinese public health leaders say they hope to inoculate 80% of the country’s 1.4 billion population by the end of 2021 aje.io/yedbct
Africa faces ‘rising threat’ of a COVID third wave, says WHO aje.io/a7kybt
The Biden administration says it will share a stockpile of 25 million unused vaccine doses with the world.
US President Trump says the campaign to hit Tehran’s missile and nuclear capabilities could last around four weeks as Iranian attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure raise global oil prices.
BREAKING: The Qatari military has said that it shot down two ballistic missiles targeting “several areas of the country” before they entered Qatar’s territory.
On Thursday February 12, Bangladesh will head to the polls to elect its next gov’t, 18 months after PM Sheikh Hasina was ousted from office by a student-led movement.
We break down everything you need to know about the country’s election ⤵️
The 2026 elections are among the most consequential in the country’s 55-year history.
With more than 173 million citizens, Bangladesh is the eighth most populous country globally, and its economy has been one of the fastest-growing in the world.
Bangladesh also has one of the world’s youngest populations, with a significant portion under the age of 30.
#OnThisDay 25 years ago, Israeli forces shot and killed 12-year-old Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Durrah in Gaza as his father tried to shield him from bullets.
The moment shook the world and turned al-Durrah into a symbol of the second Palestinian Intifada ⤵️
The tragic moment of Muhammad and his father, Jaber al-Durrah, was captured by Palestinian cameraman Talal Abu Rahma, who was filming for TV channel 'France 2' during the Second Intifada in 2000.
Israel's government tried to challenge the authenticity of Talal Abu Rahma's video footage, with the Israeli military denying that its soldiers had been responsible for the shooting and killing of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah ⤵️ aje.io/pdoq5b
Israel claimed responsibility for killing five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif, in a strike on their media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, bringing the total journalists killed to 237 since the war began.
Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Moamen Aliwa, and their assistant Muhammed Nofal were also killed in an Israeli attack on the media tent outside Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital.
Five more Palestinians have died from starvation in Gaza, due to Israel’s restrictions on aid, bringing the total to 217 since the war began, including 100 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
US President Trump has urged all Tehran residents to flee, saying Iran can't have a nuclear weapon, while Israeli PM Netanyahu said killing Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would "end the conflict", not escalate it.
An Israeli projectile hit a checkpoint in the city of Kashan in the central province of Isfahan this morning, killing at least three people and wounding four others, reports Iran's Mehr news agency.