(Al Jazeera Media Network) Hezbollah’s secretary-general Naim Qassem has pledged the Lebanese group will stand by the Syrian government amid an advance by “terrorist groups” trying to sow chaos in the country.
“They will not be able to achieve their goals despite what they have done in past days, and we as Hezbollah will be by Syria’s side in thwarting the goals of this aggression as much as we can,” Qassem said on Thursday, adding...
(BBC News) South Korea's opposition lawmakers have begun impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law.
The country woke up to an uncertain reality on Wednesday after a night of unprecedented scenes which saw Yoon impose martial law, 190 lawmakers gather to vote it down, and a reversal of the decision around six hours later.
After introducing the impeachment motion, South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party condemned Yoon's initial martial law...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, one of the largest health insurance companies in the United States, has been shot and killed in New York City in what officials describe as a “targeted” attack.
Thompson was fatally shot by an unknown gunman at about 6:40 am (11:40 GMT) on Wednesday as he was walking toward the New York Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, dressed in a suit and tie, to attend...
(BBC News) A Chinese national living in California has been arrested and charged with illegally sending weapons and ammunition from the US to North Korea, the justice department has said.
Shenghua Wen is alleged to have "successfully" exported at least two shipments of weapons, ammunition and other items that he purchased and shipped using the roughly $2 million North Korea had wired to him.
In September, federal agents said they seized 50,000 rounds of ammunition from...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) South Korea descended into political turmoil after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law late on Tuesday, saying he was acting to protect the country from “threats” posed by North Korea and accused the opposition of being “antistate forces”.
The military, following Yoon’s announcement, announced a series of measures, including prohibitions on all political activities and that all media will be placed under the control of the Martial Law Command.
But just hours...
(BBC News) Beneath our feet is an almost limitless source of energy, but while a few lucky locations have geothermal heat close to the surface, the rest of the world will need to dig a lot deeper. The challenge is how to get deep enough.
There are some spots around the world where energy literally bubbles to the surface. In Iceland, home to more than 200 volcanoes and dozens of natural hot springs, tapping into...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) US President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who was facing sentencing for criminal cases related to tax evasion and the purchase of a firearm.
Here is what we know about the case and the pardon:
Hunter Biden is Joe Biden’s 54-year-old middle child. He is also his only surviving son and the first child of a sitting US president to face criminal trial.
In a 2021 memoir, Hunter and to...
(BBC News) “I had to work while I was nine months pregnant,” says Sophie, a sex worker in Belgium. “I was having sex with clients one week before giving birth.”
She juggles her job with being a mother of five – which is “really hard”.
When Sophie had her fifth child by C-section, she was told she needed bed rest for six weeks. But she says that wasn’t an option, and she went back to work...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Nine Russian and Ukrainian children will be returned to their families this week in the latest humanitarian exchange between Kyiv and Moscow mediated by Qatar.
Russian Commissioner for Children, Maria Lvova-Belova, told reporters on Thursday that seven children, aged six to 16, will be sent from Russia to live with close relatives in Ukraine.
Lvova-Belova said the children had been living in Russia under varying circumstances. Most were living with a grandparent,...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States on Tuesday provided the first official confirmation that its long-range Army Tactical Missiles (ATACMS) were in use in Russia, as Europe absorbed the ramifications of Russia’s retaliatory response with an intermediate ballistic missile that could strike “anywhere in Europe”.
As the question of strategic escalation swirled around NATO capitals and Moscow, Russian forces continued a dogged advance through Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, seizing more villages.
“Right now, they are able to...
