(Al Jazeera Media Network) Thousands of students armed with sticks and rocks have clashed with armed police in Dhaka as the Bangladesh authorities cut some mobile internet services to quell protests against civil service hiring quotas.
At least 17 people died during clashes at protests across Bangladesh on Thursday, local media reported, as authorities blocked mobile services across most of the South Asian country.
Eleven people were killed in clashes with police in Dhaka, including a bus driver...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The former US aid director for the West Bank and Gaza, Dave Harden, said that the now-closed pier was “interesting in theory, but in practice, an absolute failure – and my concern is who will be held accountable?”
“The pier, in concept, was an interesting idea from my perspective, because it created some potential facts on the ground so that the Gazans for once could actually have something in their favour...
(BBC News) Cyanide has been found in the blood of all six people who died in a luxury hotel suite in Bangkok, say doctors after examining their bodies.
Based on the initial post-mortem examination, they say there is "no other cause" that would explain their deaths "except for cyanide".
But further tests are being carried out to determine the "intensity" of the deadly chemical and to rule out any other toxins.
Forensic investigators had earlier found traces...
(BBC News) Six people have been found dead in a luxury hotel suite in Thailand's capital, Bangkok.
Confusion and mystery has surrounded the grim discovery, with local media initially suggesting there had been a shooting at the five-star Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok. Police later dismissed these reports and said there was no evidence of gunfire.
Instead, authorities are investigating if the victims died of poisoning.
The deceased – three men and three women – were all Vietnamese nationals,...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Top United States Senator Bob Menendez has been found guilty of all 16 criminal counts he faced in a widely watched corruption trial in New York, including bribery and acting as an unregistered foreign agent.
A Manhattan federal court jury delivered its verdict on Tuesday after deliberating for more than 12 hours over three days.
After the verdict was read out, Menendez rested his elbows on the table, clasped his hands together, and stared...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A Florida judge appointed by Donald Trump has dismissed the criminal case against the former US president on charges of mishandling top secret documents, saying the way that Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed was improper.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon granted the defence motion to dismiss the case on Monday, voiding a prosecution that at the time it was brought was seen as the most perilous of the multiple legal threats Trump faced.
“Former...
(BBC News) “I’m a ‘never Trump’ guy. I never liked him.”
“My god what an idiot.”
“I find him reprehensible.”
That was from JD Vance in interviews and on Twitter in 2016, when the publication of his memoir Hillbilly Elegy catapulted him to fame.
A few short years later, Vance transformed himself into one of Trump’s steadfast allies.
And a few years after that, the first-term senator from Ohio is now by Trump’s side as vice-presidential running mate – and,...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the suspect in the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania’s Butler County.
The suspect, a resident of Bethel Park in Pennsylvania, was shot and killed by the Secret Service seconds after he allegedly fired shots towards a stage where Trump was speaking at the rally on Saturday days before the Republican convention.
Trump said...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Former United States President Donald Trump is “safe” after being escorted off the stage with blood on ear and cheek after shooting at Pennsylvania rally.
Secret Service says its personnel killed the suspected shooter; one spectator has been killed, and two others critically injured in the shooting.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/13/donald-trump-live-news-ex-us-president-walked-off-stage-after-shots-heard
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A court in Pakistan has acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on charges of unlawful marriage, according to his party and lawyer.
Khan and his wife Bushra Khan, also known as Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to seven years in prison, days before Pakistan’s election in February, a court ruling at the time that their marriage in 2018 violated Islamic law.
In June, a court rejected their plea to have the February...
