(BBC News) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US lawmakers at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, days after appearing with Donald Trump at the White House.
The visit came as Trump has signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court for targeting the US and allies such as Israel, the BBC understands.
Earlier, Trump restated his plan for a US takeover of the Gaza Strip, after his idea was rejected by Palestinians...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) During a visit to the Dominican Republic, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited a hangar where a plane allegedly belonging to the government of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro was located.
Taping a large notice onto the door of the plane, Rubio and other US officials declared that the plane was now in the possession of the US government.
This is the second time in less than a year that a plane belonging...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) United States President Donald Trump has unveiled a shocking plan to take over the Gaza Strip after Palestinians are forcibly moved out of the besieged enclave, spurring fears he would back an ethnic-cleansing campaign.
During a news conference with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, Trump said that Palestinians would “love to leave” Gaza, suggesting that the US would take long-term ownership of the Strip while it is rebuilt and redeveloped as the “Riviera...
(BBC News) China has accused the US of making "unfounded and false allegations" about its role in the fentanyl trade to justify tariffs on Chinese products.
The complaint was lodged with the World Trade Organization (WTO) one day after US President Donald Trump raised border taxes on Chinese goods by 10%, a measure he said was intended to address an influx of illegal drugs.
In the filing, China said the measures were "discriminatory and protectionist" and...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) United States President Donald Trump announced that he would “immediately pause” tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 30 days after speaking with their leaders on Monday.
However, a 10% tariff on all China exports comes into effect on Tuesday.
So what led to this decision, and why was the pause announced?
What happened between the US, Canada, Mexico and China?
On February 1, Trump signed executive orders imposing 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada, with a...
(BBC News) Swedish police say "around 10" people have been killed in a shooting on a school campus in the central city of Orebro.
Police believe the perpetrator is among the dead and that he acted alone. A motive is not yet clear.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson describes the attack as the "worst mass shooting" in Sweden's history.
The shooting happened at a school for adults, although there are children's schools on the site.
Students and staff were...
(BBC News) The leader of a pro-Russian paramilitary group in eastern Ukraine has died in hospital after being injured in an explosion in Moscow on Monday morning, Russian media have said.
Armen Sargsyan, the leader of the "Arbat" battalion, was severely injured following a blast in the entrance hall of a residential building in northwest Moscow, 12 km from the Kremlin.
He was evacuated to a hospital by helicopter and placed in intensive care after the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum and her United States counterpart Donald Trump have announced a month-long pause to the sweeping US tariffs that were threatened for exports from Mexico.
Both leaders confirmed the agreement in social media posts on Monday, a day before the tariffs were supposed to come into effect. Sheinbaum was the first to reveal the pause, writing on the platform X.
“We had a good conversation with President Trump with great respect for our relationship...
(BBC News) Asian shares slid on Monday morning after US President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.
Investors are bracing for a potential trade war that could hit the earnings of major companies and dent global growth.
Canada and Mexico have said that they will hit back with retaliatory tariffs while China promised "corresponding countermeasures" and vowed to challenge Trump's move at the World Trade Organization.
Trump has said the tariffs are...
(BBC News) Donald Trump says he ordered military air strikes on a senior attack planner and others from the Islamic State (IS) group in Somalia.
"These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies," Trump posted on social media.
"The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians."
In a post on X, the office of the president of Somalia said they...
