Kyrgyzstan opens first Islamic academy to counter ‘extremism’
Israeli strikes kill 49 in Gaza City, displaced Thousands in single day
The funeral has been held of an Al Jazeera cameraman who was killed by an Israeli drone strike on Gaza. Samer Abudaqa was wounded in the strike on a school in Khan Younis on Friday along with his colleague, Wael Al-Dahdouh. Al Jazeera said Abudaqa bled to death because a heavy
UK MP Layla Moran says her relatives are among hundreds of civilians trapped in a Catholic Church in Gaza City as Israeli forces operate nearby. The Liberal Democrat says her family are "days away from dying" without access to water or food. Her relatives and the Latin
More than 60 migrants are believed to have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Citing survivors, the UN agency said on Saturday the vessel left the city of Zuwara with around 86 people on board. It said high waves
The ruling emir of the Arab, oil-rich country of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmed Al Sabah, has died at the age of 86, Kuwaiti state television reported on Saturday. State television interrupted regular programming with Quranic verses before making the announcement. "With great
The United States State Department has approved a $300 million sale of equipment to help maintain Taiwan's tactical information systems, the Pentagon said, the latest US assistance for the island's defences. The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Friday
Ukraine’s Interior Ministry on Friday placed the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church, a backer of the Kremlin’s 21-month-old war against Kyiv, on a wanted list after security services accused him of abetting the conflict. The measure is purely symbolic as Patriarch
Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump, has been ordered to pay more than $148m (£116m) to two women over false claims they tampered with votes in 2020. A judge had already found Mr Giuliani liable of making defamatory claims about Georgia poll
The Israeli military says it has mistakenly killed three hostages during its campaign in Gaza after they were mis-identified as a "threat". They were named as Yotam Haim, 28, Samer Talalka, 22, and Alon Shamriz, 26. The military shared its remorse and said the three were
Suspected members of a separatist group killed 11 people and injured several others in a nighttime attack on a police station in southeastern Iran, state TV said Friday. The deputy governor of Sistan and Baluchistan province, Ali Reza Marhemati, said senior police officers and soldiers
Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared briefly lost for words on Thursday when confronted with an AI-generated version of himself. The "double" took the opportunity to put a question to Putin about artificial intelligence during an annual news conference where dozens of
A Pakistani court has announced that the trial of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his foreign minister will be held behind closed doors in a case that accuses them of exposing state secrets. The announcement was made during the first hearing at a jail in the northeastern
The US agreed on a defense cooperation agreement with Finland, NATO’s newest member, allowing the world’s mightiest military power to access strategic military bases in the Nordic country as well as to store defense materials. The agreement means the US commits to defending
Fifteen Indian opposition MPs have been suspended after they protested against a security breach in the parliament. At least four people were arrested after two intruders shouted slogans and set off coloured smoke inside parliament. Their motive remains unclear. The federal home
A volley of Russian missiles wounded several people and damaged a children’s hospital on Wednesday, the worst attack on Kyiv in months, Ukrainian officials said, as the country pleads for Western military aid. Journalists in the capital heard several explosions before dawn, and
House Republicans formally authorized their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Wednesday, taking their most significant step toward impeaching the president. The House voted along party lines by a vote of 221-212 to green light the inquiry. Republicans have alleged the
Nine Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza City after Palestinian militants ambushed them as part of Hamas’s fight against Israel’s continued ground and air offensive, officials announced Wednesday. The attack occurred Tuesday while Israeli troops with the Golani Brigade
An alliance of Myanmar ethnic minority groups said Wednesday it would fight to end the country's "dictatorship", days after the junta said it had held talks with the alliance facilitated by China. Clashes have raged across Myanmar's northern Shan state after the
EU leaders will face off against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday as he threatens to veto a massive aid package and a start to membership talks for Ukraine. The crunch summit in Brussels — which diplomats fear could drag on longer than the two days planned
Delegates at the United Nations COP28 climate talks in Dubai have agreed to a deal that would, for the first time, push nations to transition away from fossil fuels to avert the worst effects of climate change. COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber hailed the deal, approved by almost 200
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Gaza, in a rebuke to the United States which has repeatedly blocked ceasefire calls in the UN’s Security Council. A majority of 153 nations voted for the ceasefire resolution