(Al Jazeera Media Network) For centuries, debate has raged over whether the Shroud of Turin is in fact the original burial shroud of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion about 2,000 years ago. While many believe it to be the real thing, others have dismissed it as a medieval fake.
One of the most researched artefacts in history, the shroud has fascinated historians in part because of the debate about its true age but mostly because of the...
(BBC News) This morning's exchange of strikes between Israel and Hezbollah appears to be a significant escalation.
The Israeli military says around 100 fighter jets carried out what it described as pre-emptive strikes on Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon on Sunday morning. Hezbollah later fired rockets and missiles into northern Israel.
If that 100 figure is correct, it would be the largest Israeli attack on Lebanon since the full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006.
Israel's...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Philippines has demanded that China “cease all provocative and dangerous actions” after accusing it of recently firing at aircraft conducting patrols over the South China Sea.
The same aircraft also “faced harassment” from a Chinese jet fighter while on a surveillance flight near Scarborough Shoal on August 19, the Philippines’s South China Sea Task Force said on Saturday in a statement.
The two nations have had heightened maritime confrontations in recent months, causing fears...
(BBC News) Two NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space for over two months are scheduled to return to Earth in February 2025 with SpaceX.
NASA said the Boeing Starliner spacecraft on which astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore had travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) would return to Earth "un-crewed".
The pair took off on what was planned to be an eight-day mission on June 5 but will spend around eight months in...
(BBC News) Three people have been killed and four injured in a suspected knife attack in the western German city of Solingen, police say.
Celebrations were under way to mark the 650th anniversary of the city’s foundation when the attack happened.
German news site Bild says a man was randomly stabbing passers-by during the festival.
The attacker is believed to have fled the scene, and police have launched a manhunt.
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(Al Jazeera Media Network) Third-party presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has suspended his long-shot bid for the White House, throwing his weight instead behind Republican candidate, former president Donald Trump.
Friday’s announcement was the culmination of weeks of speculation, as Kennedy receded in the polls. Still, he offered a message of defiance, denouncing his campaign’s “naysayers”.
“We proved them wrong,” Kennedy said at a campaign stop in Phoenix, Arizona. “Beneath the radar of mainstream media organs,...
(BBC News) In a headline speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Kamala Harris focused on unity and working-class aspiration, pledging to lead "for all Americans" and create an "opportunity economy".
She leaned heavily on protecting the right to abortion — an issue that has helped motivate Democratic voters in recent elections.
Demonstrations have been taking place outside the convention in opposition to US support of Israel’s war in Gaza.
Meanwhile, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israeli negotiators have reportedly arrived for the next round of ceasefire talks in Cairo, where the issue of the Egypt-Gaza border is expected to be discussed.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports suggesting Israel is considering agreeing to an international force being deployed along the Philadelphi Corridor, the narrow border strip separating Gaza and Egypt.
US envoy to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has urged calm in the Middle East as she told the...
(BBC News) The former co-defendant of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch – who is missing off the Italian coast – has died after being hit by a car.
Stephen Chamberlain, 52, was Lynch's co-defendant in his US fraud trial in which both men were acquitted following the $11-billion sale of the software giant Autonomy.
Chamberlain died after being struck by the vehicle while out running in Cambridgeshire on Saturday.
Lynch and his daughter are missing after a luxury yacht...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The mpox outbreak is not another COVID-19, says the World Health Organization, because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it.
While more research is needed on the clade 1b strain that triggered the UN agency to declare a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), the spread of mpox can be reined in, the WHO’s European director Hans Kluge said on Tuesday.
In July 2022, the WHO declared a...
