(BBC News) Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an "immediate and unconditional ceasefire" after five days of fighting at their border killed at least 33 people and displaced tens of thousands.
"This is a vital first step to a de-escalation and a restoration of peace and security," said Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, flanked by his Thai and Cambodian counterparts, as he announced that hostilities would end at midnight.
Thailand initially rebuffed his offer to mediate...
(BBC News) The United States and European Union have reached a trade deal framework, ending a months-long standoff between two of the world's biggest economic partners.
After make-or-break negotiations between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen in Scotland, the pair agreed to a US tariff on all EU goods of 15%.
That is half the 30% import tax rate Trump had threatened to implement starting on Friday. He said the 27-member...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A Russian rocket has put an Iranian communications satellite into space, according to Iranian state media, in the latest achievement for an aerospace program that has caused consternation among some western governments.
“The Nahid-2 communications satellite was launched from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome using a Soyuz rocket,” Iranian state television said on Friday.
Weighing 110 kg, the satellite was designed and manufactured by Iranian engineers, the broadcaster added.
Western governments have long expressed concern...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A Thai F-16 jet has bombed targets in Cambodia, as a simmering border dispute and diplomatic meltdown rapidly ignited into fierce clashes, bombing and shelling that have killed at least 13 civilians and a soldier in Thailand.
Thailand and Cambodia blamed each other for the new outbreak of fighting that erupted early on Thursday in an area near the disputed Ta Moan Thom Temple, located in a border area in northwestern...
(BBC News) Five Canadian ice hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman were all acquitted by an Ontario judge on Thursday.
In a packed courtroom, Justice Maria Carroccia reviewed testimony and evidence from the highly publicized eight-week trial over the course of several hours, before declaring the men not guilty.
The former players for Canada's world junior hockey team were accused of assaulting the woman, known as EM, in a hotel room in 2018 in...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said his country is prepared for any war Israel might wage against it, adding he was not optimistic about the ceasefire between the countries, while confirming Tehran is committed to continuing its nuclear program for peaceful purposes.
Pezeshkian made the comments in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera aired on Wednesday, one of his first since the end of the 12-day conflict with Israel last month, in...
(BBC News) A landmark decision by a top UN court has cleared the way for countries to sue each other over climate change, including over historic emissions of planet-warming gases.
But the judge at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday said that untangling who caused which part of climate change could be difficult.
The ruling is non-binding but legal experts say it could have wide-ranging consequences.
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(Al Jazeera Media Network) A sweeping cyber espionage operation targeting Microsoft server software compromised about 100 different organizations over the weekend.
Two of the organizations that helped uncover the attack announced their findings on Monday.
On Saturday, Microsoft issued an alert about “active attacks” on self-hosted SharePoint servers, which are widely used by organizations to share documents and collaborate within others. SharePoint instances run off of Microsoft servers were unaffected.
Dubbed a “zero-day” because it leverages a previously undisclosed...
(BBC News) Twenty-eight countries have called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, where they say the suffering of civilians has "reached new depths".
A joint statement says Israel's aid delivery model is dangerous and condemns what it calls the "drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians" seeking food and water.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said more than 100 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food over the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group have signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end fighting in eastern Congo.
The declaration was signed on Saturday between representatives of both sides in Doha.
The DRC and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have been engaged in heavy fighting, spurred by M23’s bloody January assault and capture of the DRC’s two largest cities.
The decades-long conflict has roots in the 1994 Rwandan genocide,...
