(Al Jazeera Media Network) In an interview with Fox News, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel intends to take control of the entire Gaza Strip, but does not want to govern it.
His comments came on Thursday shortly before Israel’s cabinet meets to consider his proposal to take over the Strip.
“We intend to in order to ensure our security, remove Hamas there … and to pass it to civilian governance that...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Rwanda has confirmed it will accept deported migrants from the United States, as President Donald Trump continues to push for mass deportation from the North American country.
On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Rwandan government, Yolande Makolo, acknowledged that the African country had agreed to receive up to 250 deported individuals.
Rwanda is now the third African country, after South Sudan and Eswatini, to strike a deal with the US to accept...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Brazil’s Supreme Court has issued a house arrest order for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is standing trial for allegedly plotting a coup.
The decision, issued on Monday, comes a day after protests in support of the former right-wing president were held across Brazil.
Bolsonaro is accused of seeking to overturn the 2022 election, won by his left-wing opponent, current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The order was issued by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is...
(BBC News) The Kremlin has played down Donald Trump's orders to move two nuclear submarines closer to Russia, saying Moscow did not want to be involved in polemics.
In the first official reaction since the US president's comments last Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said American submarines were on combat duty anyway and dismissed the idea that there had been an escalation.
"Very complex, very sensitive issues are being discussed, which, of course, many perceive very...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) China and Russia have begun joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan as they seek to reinforce their partnership and counterbalance what they see as a United States-led global order.
The Chinese and Russian governments have deepended their ties in recent years, with China providing an economic lifeline to Russia in the face of western sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Joint Sea-2025 exercises began in waters near the Russian port...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Donald Trump has ordered the repositioning of two United States nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions” relative to Russia, as the US president grows frustrated over stalling peace talks aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
On Friday, Trump exchanged heated words with Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow’s military leader and former president.
The day before, Trump had issued an ultimatum to Russia: If it does not agree to a ceasefire by next Friday, August 8,...
(BBC News) US federal officials say they have opened an investigation into former special counsel Jack Smith, who led two federal criminal cases against President Donald Trump before resigning from his post earlier this year.
The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) confirmed to the BBC that an investigation into Smith is underway, but declined to add further details.
Smith was appointed as special counsel in 2022 to investigate Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents and...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Fighting between the armies of Uganda and neighbouring South Sudan, which are longtime allies, erupted this week over demarcations in disputed border regions, leading to the death of at least four soldiers, according to official reports from both sides.
Thousands of civilians have since been displaced in affected areas as people fled to safety amid the outbreak of violence.
A gunfight began on Monday and comes as South Sudan, one of the world’s youngest...
(BBC News) US officials said on Wednesday that they will sanction Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, accusing him of authorising "arbitrary pre-trial detentions" and suppressing "freedom of expression".
Judge Moraes has been leading the investigation into allegations that Brazil's former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies plotted a coup after he lost the 2022 election.
Bolsonaro has denied those allegations and has called Judge Moraes a "dictator".
Shortly after the sanctions were announced, US...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) At least 22 people were killed and 197 others were injured in violence that erupted during protests against a fuel price hike this week, Angola’s government has said.
The unrest broke out on Monday when minibus taxi associations launched a three-day strike against a government decision to increase the price of diesel by one-third, part of efforts to curb costly subsidies and shore up public finances.
Looting, vandalism and clashes with police started...
