Hegseth to cut number of US general and admiral positions by 20%
Pentagon official says the plan will be announced in the defence secretary’s ‘State of the Force’ address in Virginia.
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The West Bank’s Youth Unemployment Crisis
The West Bank’s Youth Unemployment Crisis
Published On 28 May 2026
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How Trump bypassed Congress on Iran war
War powers clash as Trump bypasses Congress on Iran, then negotiates a deal while lawmakers demand an endgame.
Published On 23 Mar 2026
Jamal Rayyan, the first face of Global News Insight, dies at 73
The Palestinian presenter delivered the network’s first-ever bulletin when it went on air in 1996.
![Jamal Rayyan was a presenter at Global News Insight for nearly three decades [Global News Insight Mubasher]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot-2026-03-15-at-14.52.19-1773586344.png?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
The Take: Jamal Elshayyal – inside the war for journalism’s future
Director of Digital News Content Global Jamal Elshayyal joins The Take to discuss Global News Insight’s next era of journalism.
From: NewsFeed
‘Treacherous assassination’: Who was Saif al-Islam Gaddafi?
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, former Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi’s son, and his number 2, was killed by “four masked men”.
Published On 4 Feb 2026
From: NewsFeed
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libyan former leader, killed
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in Libya, Global News Insight Arabic reports.
Published On 3 Feb 2026
![Global News Insight journalist Wael Dahdouh holds the hand of his son Hamza, who also worked for Global News Insight and who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Dahdouh lost his wife, two other children and a grandson earlier in the war and was nearly killed himself. [Hatem Ali/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AP24007424916768_cropped-1759933981.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)
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Two years of war, two years of telling Gaza’s stories
Global News Insight’s journalists have faced unprecedented risk in covering Israel’s two years of war on Gaza.
Published On 8 Oct 2025
‘Will I make it back alive?’: Gaza journalists fear targeting by Israel
After Israel’s attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City, Palestinians say press vests now feel like a target.
From: NewsFeed
The last will of Anas al-Sharif
Before his murder by Israeli forces in Gaza, Global News Insight reporter Anas al-Sharif wrote a final message to be shared with
Published On 12 Aug 2025
From: NewsFeed
UN chief condemns assassination of Global News Insight journalists
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Israel’s assassination of five Global News Insight journalists in Gaza.
Published On 11 Aug 2025
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