(BBC News) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that Russia’s deployment of North Korean troops against Ukraine was a “grave escalation” of the conflict, according to government sources.
In the first phone call between the leaders in nearly two years, Scholz called on Putin to end the war and pull Russian troops out of Ukraine.
The Kremlin described the conversation as "a detailed and frank exchange of opinions on the situation...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Protesters opposing a proposed measure that would allow Russians to buy property in the Georgian territory of Abkhazia have stormed into the secessionist region’s parliament building and clashed with police.
The parliament in the regional capital of Sukhumi was set to discuss ratifying the measure on Friday but postponed the session as the demonstrators gathered outside the gates of the government compound that includes the legislature’s building and the presidential office.
Protesters used a...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) At least 15 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on residential buildings in Damascus, Syrian state media reported.
“The Israeli enemy launched an air aggression from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan , targeting residential buildings in the Mazzeh neighbourhood of Damascus and the Qudssaya area in the Damascus countryside, killing 15 people and injuring 16 others,” the ministry said on Thursday, adding that the death toll could rise.
The Israeli military...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) It was a record-breaking fundraising campaign: Vice President Kamala Harris raised more than $1 billion in less than four months, during which she strove to win the US presidency, after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race in July.
Now, as the dust settles on her failed bid, following her November 5 loss to Donald Trump, a storm threatens over those very finances, after a Democratic National Convention (DNC) official declared that the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Authorities in the United States have raided the home of the chief executive of Polymarket, a betting platform that drew widespread attention for strongly favouring Donald Trump to win the presidential election.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant on CEO Shayne Coplan at his Manhattan home on Wednesday.
The New York Post, which first reported the raid, said that Coplan, 26, was roused from bed at 6 a.m. by...
(BBC News) At least 35 people have been killed in a car attack in southern China, believed to be the deadliest act of public violence in the country in decades.
Police say a man crashed his car into a stadium in Zhuhai on Monday where he ran down groups of people exercising on the sports track.
The attack also injured 45 people – among them elderly and children, local media report.
Police say the 62-year-old driver, identified...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A United States defence contractor must pay $42 million to three Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, a US federal jury has ruled.
The ruling on Tuesday ends a 15-year legal battle over the role of Virginia-based contractor CACI, whose civilian employees worked at the facility, in acts of torture that took place there.
In holding the firm liable, the jury awarded plaintiffs Suhail Al Shimari, Salah Al-Ejaili and Asa’ad Al-Zubae...
(BBC News) Donald Trump has selected Florida congressman Michael Waltz as the next National Security Advisor, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Waltz is a long-time Trump supporter who last week won re-election for what would have been his third term in Congress.
It comes as Trump continues to make more key appointments ahead of his return to the White House in January.
Loyalists of the president-elect, including Lee Zeldin, one of his staunchest impeachment defenders, and Tom Homan,...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The US military has carried out strikes against targets in Syria in what the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said was a response to recent attacks on US forces by “Iranian-aligned targets” in the country.
CENTCOM’s commander General Michael Erik Kurilla said in a statement early on Tuesday that the US military action sent a “clear” message to armed groups backed by Iran and operating in Syria.
“Attacks against US and coalition...
(BBC News) Russia and Ukraine have carried out their largest drone attacks against each other since the start of the war.
Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted 84 Ukrainian drones over six regions, including some approaching Moscow, which forced flights to be diverted from three of the capital's major airports.
Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 145 drones towards every part of the country on Saturday night, with most shot down.
The barrages come amid expectations that US...
