(BBC News) Police sources have identified 20-year-old Wess Roley as the suspect in the sniper attack on firefighters in Idaho, according to CBS News.
Two firefighters were killed and a third injured on Sunday when a gunman shot at them as they arrived at a blaze at Canfield Mountain, just north of Coeur d'Alene.
Authorities believe Roley deliberately lit the fire to lure first responders to the area.
A police tactical team later "located a deceased male"...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Twenty bodies, several of them decapitated, have been found on a highway bridge in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, Mexican authorities say, as rival drug cartel factions fight one another in the area.
The Sinaloa state prosecutor’s office reported a grisly scene on Monday: four headless corpses were found on a roadside, 16 bodies were discovered inside an abandoned vehicle near state capital Culiacan, and five human heads were found inside...
(BBC News) Donald Trump's week began with an on-air expletive as he lost his cool over his mounting frustrations with Iran and Israel's shaky ceasefire.
It ended with a beaming US president holding court at the White House – not once, but twice – as he celebrated a series of significant political victories at home and abroad.
Trump was in a triumphant mood, answering questions for more than an hour at a news conference that turned...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) As Canada pushes ahead with a new digital services tax on foreign and domestic technology companies, United States President Donald Trump has retaliated by ending all trade talks and threatened to impose additional tariffs on exports from Ottawa.
In a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday, Trump called the new Canadian tax structure a “direct and blatant attack on our country,” adding that Canada is “a very difficult country to...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Ukraine’s European allies pledged increased levels of military aid to Ukraine this year, making up for a United States aid freeze, as Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his ambition to absorb all of Ukraine into the Russian Federation.
“At this moment, the Europeans and the Canadians have pledged, for this year, $35 billion in military support to Ukraine,” said NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte ahead of the alliance’s annual summit, which took place...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Several protesters were killed and at least 400 others were wounded on Wednesday when anti-government protests turned deadly in the capital, Nairobi.
Kenyan officials have not disclosed the number of casualties. Reports from media and rights groups varied, placing the number of dead between eight and 16.
This is the latest outbreak of violence in the East African country where young demonstrators have frequently taken to the streets in recent months to protest myriad issues...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Iran will “never surrender” to the United States, striking a defiant tone in his first remarks since a ceasefire with Israel took hold.
Khamenei, 86, claimed victory after 12 days of war, culminating in an Iranian attack on the largest US military base in the Middle East, in Qatar, after the US joined the Israeli assault.
“The US President Trump unveiled the truth...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) United States President Donald Trump has called for Israel to cancel the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or grant him a pardon, describing the case against the Israeli leader as a “witch-hunt”.
Trump issued the call on Wednesday on behalf of his close Israeli ally, who was indicted in 2019 in Israel on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
Netanyahu’s trial began in 2020 and involves three criminal cases. He has...
(BBC News) Jubilant Indians have been celebrating the successful launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission which has taken off with a multi-country crew, including an Indian astronaut.
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is piloting the mission, has become only the second Indian to travel to space.
In just over 26 hours – when the spacecraft docks at the International Space Station (ISS) – Shukla will become the first Indian to visit NASA's orbiting laboratory.
His trip comes 41...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The ceasefire between Israel and Iran is already showing signs of strain – and has triggered frustration, and a televised expletive, from United States President Donald Trump, who accused Israel of undermining the deal just hours after its announcement.
The ceasefire, brokered by the US and Qatar, came into effect late Monday following days of intensive missile barrages between the two foes. Israel’s last wave of strikes targeted Iranian military infrastructure...
