(BBC News) One person has been killed and 26 others were injured after a night of intensive Russian strikes on almost every district in Kyiv, officials say.
A pall of acrid smoke hung over the Ukrainian capital on Friday morning following hours of nightfall punctuated by the staccato of air defence guns, buzz of drones and large explosions. Ukraine said Russia fired a record 539 drones and 11 missiles.
The strikes came hours after a call...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A jury in the United States has found musician Sean “Diddy” Combs guilty of prostitution-related offences but cleared him of more serious charges after a federal criminal trial.
Combs, a celebrated figure in hip-hop music, was convicted on Wednesday of transportation to engage in prostitution but acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking.
The verdict culminates seven weeks of trial in which two of the music mogul’s former girlfriends –...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday that he would form a new political party in the United States if a Republican-leaning Congress passes President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”, which proposes tax breaks and funding cuts for healthcare and food programs.
Musk has voiced criticism of the bill on multiple occasions over the past month and began suggesting the idea of the new party on social media starting early June.
The bill, which passed narrowly in...
(BBC News) Thailand's Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who has come under mounting pressure to resign over her leaked phone conversation with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen.
The clip, in which Paetongtarn called him “uncle” and criticised a Thai military commander, sparked public anger and a petition for her dismissal, which the court is now considering.
That could make Paetongtarn the third politician in the powerful Shinawatra clan — which has dominated Thai politics...
(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...
