(BBC News) Russia has said its forces have entered the northeastern border town of Vovchansk, near Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv.
Ukraine's military said it had "pushed the enemy back" from the northern outskirts of the town, adding it had "tactical successes" in several areas.
Russia has intensified its attacks on the region following Friday's surprise incursions across the border, seizing at least nine villages and settlements in one of the most significant ground attacks since...
(BBC News) At least 60 people have died and more than 100 have been injured after flash flooding in northern Afghanistan, according to Taliban officials.
Dozens of people remain missing after heavy rainfall hit five districts in Baghlan province, with warnings the death toll could rise ahead of a further two storms forecast to spread across the region on Friday night.
Pictures on social media showed torrents of water sweeping through houses in several villages, leaving...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Ukraine’s parliament has passed a bill that would enable prisoners to fight in the armed forces as the military faces a critical personnel shortage and Russian forces continue to advance on the battlefield.
The move on Wednesday marks a U-turn in Ukraine’s approach on the matter. Kyiv had long opposed the measure and had repeatedly criticized Moscow for mobilizing prisoners to fill its ranks.
The legislation would need to be signed by...
(BBC News) The United States is the one country that has real leverage over Israel. And yet, throughout the war in Gaza, Israel has chosen to ignore much of the advice of its closest ally.
The US government says its support for the war against Hamas is "ironclad", but it has repeatedly raised concerns about the failure of the Israeli army to protect civilians and the lack of humanitarian access afforded to the people of...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Israeli military has seized control of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, moving forward with an offensive in the southern city as prospects for a ceasefire deal with Hamas hang in the balance.
Israel’s 401st Brigade entered the Rafah crossing on Tuesday morning, a day after the Palestinian group governing Gaza said it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated ceasefire proposal. Israel, meanwhile, insisted the deal did not...
(BBC News) He could probably have walked it blindfolded.
For the fifth time Vladimir Putin took the long walk through the Grand Kremlin Palace to the St Andrew's Throne Hall. There, he took the oath of office and was sworn in as Russia's president for a new six-year term.
"We are a united and great people. Together we will overcome all obstacles, we will bring all our plans to fruition, and together we will win," President...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Hamas says it has approved a proposal for a ceasefire in the seven-month Gaza war put forward by mediators Qatar and Egypt, although Israel said the proposal fell short of its demands.
“Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of Hamas movement, conducted a telephone call with Qatar prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and with Egyptian intelligence minister Abbas Kamel, and informed them of Hamas’s approval of their...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Police in Canada have made arrests in the fatal 2023 shooting of prominent Sikh-Canadian activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, months after authorities accused Indian government agents of being involved in the killing.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia said on Friday afternoon that three people were arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into Nijjar’s killing.
The three individuals — all Indian nationals — were arrested in...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Germany has blamed “state-sponsored” Russian hackers for an “intolerable” cyberattack on members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and warned there would be consequences.
On Friday, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said a German federal government investigation into who was behind the 2023 cyberattack on the SPD, a leading member of the governing coalition, had just concluded.
“Today we can say unambiguously we can attribute this cyberattack to a group called APT28,...
(BBC News) On a day off from his criminal trial in a Manhattan court, Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail with rallies in two battleground states.
The Republican presidential candidate has appeared at times irritated or lethargic in court while facing charges of falsifying business records — at one point allegedly dozing off.
But on Wednesday at a rally outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he seemed fired up as he spoke to a crowd of enthusiastic...
