(Al Jazeera Media Network) European Union defence ministers have agreed to develop a “drone wall” along their borders with Russia and Ukraine to detect, track, and intercept violations of their airspace, according to the bloc’s defence chief.
Friday’s announcement comes after rogue drones entered Polish airspace on September 10, rattling eastern EU members.
“The repeated violations of our airspace are unacceptable. The message is clear: Russia is testing the EU and NATO. And our response must...
(BBC News) Former FBI Director James Comey has maintained he is innocent after being charged with making false statements to Congress.
President Donald Trump welcomed the indictment against a high-profile figure who has long drawn his ire. Comey is accused of lying to a Senate committee in 2020 about whether he authorized a leak of classified information to the media.
The indictment in Virginia comes days after Trump called on the country's top law enforcement official...
(BBC News) Denmark's Aalborg airport in the country's north has been closed after unauthorized drones were seen in its airspace, according to local authorities.
Three other smaller airports in the country's southern region – Esbjerg, Sønderborg and Skrydstrup – also reported drone activity, but were not closed.
The incident comes after the country's Copenhagen airport was forced to close earlier this week due to a drone incursion, which the prime minister described as "the most severe...
(BBC News) NASA has said it hopes to send astronauts on a 10-day trip around the Moon as soon as February.
The US space agency had previously committed to launching no later than the end of April but said it aims to bring the mission forward.
It has been 50 years since any country has flown a crewed lunar mission. NASA will send four astronauts there and back to test systems.
The Artemis II mission is the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Canada and Australia have joined the United Kingdom in formally recognising Palestinian statehood as Israel plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank and intensifies its war on Gaza.
In a statement on Sunday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the recognition of a Palestinian state and offered “our partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel”.
Carney added that the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The armed wing of Hamas has released what it calls a “farewell picture” of 48 Israeli captives held in Gaza as the Israeli army continues to destroy and seize the besieged enclave’s largest urban centre.
Qassam Brigades posted a compilation photo online on Saturday, showing the faces of all living and deceased captives, with each of them captioned “Ron Arad” in reference to the Israeli air force captain who went missing in Lebanon...
(BBC News) A key US vaccine advisory committee has voted to stop recommending all adults get a COVID-19 vaccine, which has until now been officially approved for most Americans annually since the pandemic.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) also narrowly voted against advocating prescriptions for the COVID vaccines.
In two days of meetings, ACIP changed its recommendations on the combined measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (MMRV) vaccine, and delayed plans for a vote on the...
(BBC News) US President Donald Trump has suggested some TV networks should perhaps have their licences taken away, as he backed America's broadcast regulator in a row over the suspension of ABC host Jimmy Kimmel.
The Disney-owned network announced on Wednesday evening it was pulling the comedian off air "indefinitely" amid a backlash over his remarks about the murder of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk last week.
On Monday, Kimmel appeared to suggest the suspect was a...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Russia and Ukraine have exchanged the bodies of more than 1,000 soldiers who have fallen in battle. Ukrainian authorities have said.
The vast majority of the bodies were received by Ukraine from Russia, while the bodies of 24 Russian soldiers were handed over by Ukraine.
“Repatriation measures took place today. 1,000 bodies, which according to the Russian side belong to Ukrainian servicemen, have been returned to Ukraine,” the Coordination Headquarters for the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Journalists, academics, airline employees, doctors and restaurant workers across the United States have been fired or investigated by their employers over the past week for comments deemed insensitive on the killing of Charlie Kirk.
The firings at a moment of rising political tensions in the US have ignited debates over the limits of free speech, cancel culture, doxxing and labour protections, as well as the legacy of Kirk
The 31-year-old conservative commentator was...
