(Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Julian Assange is standing on Australian soil, having spent his first night in his home country in nearly 15 years.
His lawyer Jen Robinson, filled with emotion as she addressed a rowdy media pack in Canberra, said Assange's return home had "saved his life".
Stella Assange, human rights activist, Julian's wife, and the mother of their two children, said she could not describe the moment when he rushed from the plane, across the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The most closely watched border in the Middle East lies between Israel and Lebanon, the site of eight months of tit-for-tat attacks and a possible Israeli land assault on its northern neighbour.
Israeli officials have repeatedly threatened to intensify attacks, saying they’re necessary to defeat Hezbollah and return 90,000 Israelis evacuated from their homes in the north since fighting started in early October.
But as Israel’s rhetoric escalates, Lebanon’s Hezbollah has responded...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Russia and Ukraine traded attacks which resulted in casualties overnight and into Sunday, officials from both sides say.
At least five people were killed, including three children, in a Ukrainian attack on Crimea on Sunday, according to the Russian defence ministry, which said the supply of missiles made the United States responsible for the attack.
One person was also killed and 10 others wounded by Russian strikes on Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv,...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) India’s top examinations for admissions into medical schools and research programs have come under unprecedented scrutiny amid mounting evidence of corruption and paper leaks, leaving the future of more than three million students hanging in the balance.
The National Testing Agency (NTA), an autonomous body under India’s Ministry of Education that is responsible for holding the nationwide examinations, is at the centre of these controversies over the integrity of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) President Vladimir Putin said that Russia might supply weapons to North Korea in what he suggested would be a mirror response to the West's arming of Ukraine.
Putin was speaking to reporters in Vietnam on Thursday, a day after visiting nuclear-armed North Korea and signing a mutual defence agreement with its leader, Kim Jong Un.
Western countries have shunned North Korea because of its development of nuclear and ballistic missiles in defiance of United...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to Vietnam on Wednesday night after a day trip to North Korea, for a visit to an old ally that has positioned itself as an increasingly influential geopolitical player, wooed by most major nations.
The visit to Vietnam, among other things, is Russia’s way of showcasing that while Putin is treated as a pariah by the West, he still holds political clout in the East. Communist-led Vietnam...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized the administration of US President Joe Biden for “withholding weapons” to Israel in recent months as it presses its war on Gaza.
Netanyahu said in a video statement on Tuesday that it was “inconceivable” that the United States had been “withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel” in recent months.
“Secretary Blinken assured me that the administration is working day and night to remove these...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States surgeon general has called on Congress to require social media platforms to carry warning labels on their effects on young people’s lives, similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes.
In a Monday opinion piece in The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contributing factor in the mental health crisis among young people.
“It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) South Korea’s military has said between 20 and 30 North Korean soldiers crossed the border between the two countries early on Tuesday, but returned after South Korean forces fired warning shots.
The incident took place at about 8.30 a.m. (23:30 GMT on Monday) when a group of North Korean soldiers in the central part of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) crossed the military demarcation line, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the Joint...
(BBC News) When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire? According to the Israeli army, when it is a “local, tactical pause of military activity for humanitarian purposes.”
Israel’s humanitarian aid coordinator for Gaza set out the details of the scheduled daily pause in fighting between 08:00 and 19:00 local time, along a key route running north from the Kerem Shalom crossing point, where aid is waiting to be delivered.
The announcement almost immediately triggered a furious political...
