(Al Jazeera Media Network) As the mother of an 18-month-old daughter, Laila Lubis is busy experiencing the challenges and joys of new motherhood.
Though her daughter only recently uttered her first words, Lubis is already thinking about how the internet and social media could shape her development long into the future.
“I will never give a mobile phone to my child,” Lubis, who works as a humanitarian worker in Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra, told Al Jazeera.
“I will not allow...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) US President Donald Trump says Russia’s Vladimir Putin has agreed in a phone call to begin negotiations to bring the war in Ukraine to a “successful conclusion”.
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth tells NATO leaders in Brussels that ending the war is a top priority for Trump but adds that a return to Ukraine’s 2014 borders is “an unrealistic objective”.
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(BBC News) The UK and US have not signed an international agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) at a global summit in Paris.
The statement, signed by dozens of countries including France, China and India, pledges an "open", "inclusive" and "ethical" approach to the technology's development.
In a brief statement, the UK government said it had not been able to add its name because of concerns about national security and "global governance."
Earlier, US Vice President JD Vance...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to resume the war on Gaza unless Hamas releases captives by Saturday.
The ceasefire has been called into question as Hamas claims Israel violated key provisions of the agreement, prompting it to call off the release of three more captives on Saturday.
“If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end, and the IDF will return to intense fighting...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) At least 51 people have died and others have been injured when a bus plunged into a polluted ravine outside Guatemala City, according to Guatemalan officials.
Mynor Ruano, a spokesman for the city’s fire service, told reporters on Monday that efforts were under way “to save other people who are trapped” in the wreckage. The bodies of 36 men and 15 women have been sent to a provincial morgue.
The bus was...
(BBC News) "What my parents taught me is that they used to live in peace and calm, without having to have any fear in their own country," says 19-year-old Nick. "I would like to live in a country where I don't have to be afraid."
I meet him in a small bar on a street corner in the ex-mining town of Freiberg, Saxony – where he is playing darts.
It's a cold, foggy night in February...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Libya authorities have uncovered nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert, in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the North African country.
The security directorate said in a statement on Sunday that one mass grave found on Friday in a farm in the southeastern city of Kufra contained 19 bodies. The remains were taken for autopsy.
Mohamed al-Fadeil, head of the security chamber...
(BBC News) There is a new race in space, but it is not where you might think. It is happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, right on the edge of Earth's atmosphere.
Just above the boundary where space begins, companies are working to create a new class of daring satellites. Not quite high-altitude planes and not quite low-orbiting satellites, these sky skimmers are designed to race around our planet in an...
(BBC News) Hamas has freed three Israeli hostages in Gaza, while Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange as part of an internationally brokered ceasefire deal.
The three hostages – Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy – were handed over to the Red Cross on Saturday morning before reuniting with their families in Israel.
Concerns have been raised about their wellbeing, with Sharabi's family – who live in the UK – describing...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from spreading across the region.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned on Friday that the “worst may be yet to come” as he addressed an emergency meeting of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council. However, while he urged all parties to help halt the violence, the DRC and Rwanda continued to...
