Despite large international aid donations, hundreds of Afghan children are living in squalour in Kabul, the capital. Aid groups say malnutrition is rampant across the country, and access to healthcare is limited. For every thousand Afghan children born, 165 die within a year - and a quarter of all Afghan children die before their fifth birthday.Al Jazeera’s Owen Fay reports.
Palm oil is seen as an increasingly popular alternative to crude oil. But as production grows, forests are being cut down to make way for plantations.Nowhere is the problem more apparent than in Indonesian Borneo.Chris Kline reports.
Immigration is seen as essential to the survival and growth of Israel.But now a serious decrease in the number of people wanting to live there is causing concern.This year nineteen thousand Jews immigrated to Israel. That’s a drop of nearly 9.3 per cent from 2006.And it’s a fall of nearly 30 percent since the year 2000. Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin looks at why fewer Jews are choosing to make Israel their home.
Riz Khan talks to a panel of young American Muslims about the issues that most concern them.
On Riz Khan Street Talk: One doctor has caused controversy by urging airlines to charge obese passengers more for their seat, as more risks of obesity are announced everyday.