(BBC News) "Thugs" who travelled to Southport to use the deaths of three children "for their own political purposes" were to blame for the violence that saw dozens of police officers injured, the town's MP has said.
Unrest broke out in the Merseyside town hours after a vigil to honour the victims of Monday's knife attack at a dance school in which three young girls were killed and eight other children injured.
Patrick Hurley said the disturbance close...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Concerns about all-out regional war are once again rising after a projectile fell on a football field in a Druze community in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, killing 12 young people and injuring 30 others.
Hezbollah emphatically denied being responsible, but Israel has blamed the Lebanese group for the deadly attack.
On Sunday, Israel said it targeted several Hezbollah sites across Lebanon, as it said the armed group had crossed a “red line” and will...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) FIFA deducted six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s football tournament and banned three coaches for one year each in a drone spying scandal.
The stunning swath of punishments, announced late on Saturday, includes a 200,000-Swiss-franc ($226,000) fine for the Canadian football federation in a case that has spiralled at the Summer Games.
Two assistant coaches were caught using drones to spy on opponent New Zealand’s practices before their opening game on Wednesday.
Head coach Bev Priestman,...
(BBC News) Three out of 10 French high-speed trains will be cancelled on Saturday on routes hit by a series of "co-ordinated" arson attacks.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said security forces continued to search for the "saboteurs" responsible after rail networks were paralyzed ahead of the opening of the Olympic Games.
National rail company SNCF said services that run on Saturday will be delayed for up to two hours on major lines running in and...
(BBC News) Everything was in place.
Streets in the centre of Paris have been blocked off, metro stations closed, and thousands of police, soldiers, and other guards deployed to maintain security on the big showpiece day to kick off the Olympics.
But saboteurs struck away from the capital, at five apparently unguarded places.
France's state-owned rail company SNCF says the saboteurs either vandalized or tried to vandalize five signal boxes and electricity installations between 01:00 and 05:30 on...
(BBC News) Dozens of villagers have reportedly been killed after a gang of young men launched a series of attacks in a remote region of Papua New Guinea.
Survivors of the massacre have described hearing their neighbours' cries of pain, and watching as others were speared as they tried to flee the gang in canoes.
At least 26 people – including 16 children – were killed, local media reported, with fears the death toll may rise...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Ten people have drowned in a river near Panama’s border with Colombia, Panamanian border police say, as the rainy season increases the risks migrants and asylum seekers face along a popular migration route.
The bodies were found in riverside tributaries near the remote community of Carreto, the National Border Service known as SENAFRONT said on Wednesday.
The village lies on the Caribbean Sea and is part of the Guna Yala autonomous Indigenous territory.
SENAFRONT did...
(BBC News) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the US this week under pressure to end the Gaza war, from both Israelis and the US administration. How might the political turbulence in Washington shape the trip and future relations?
Netanyahu is set to meet Joe Biden – if the president has recovered from Covid-19 – and address a joint session of Congress, the only foreign leader to do so for a fourth time.
The trip offers...
(BBC News) Joe Biden on Sunday announced he would end his re-election campaign, and said Kamala Harris, his vice-president, should take his place.
"I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year," he wrote on X. "Democrats — it's time to come together and beat Trump."
Harris taking over is not a done deal, however.
Several others have been touted as potential replacements in the weeks leading...
(BBC News) Israel has launched air strikes on the Houthi movement in Yemen, a day after a drone launched by the group hit Tel Aviv.
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said his country aimed to send a message to the group.
"The fire that is currently burning in Hodeidah, is seen across the Middle East, and the significance is clear," he said.
Houthi official Mohammed Abdulsalam reported a "brutal Israel aggression against Yemen."
He said the strikes were...
