(BBC News) Michigan's Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by voters in the U.S. state to disqualify Donald Trump from next year's presidential primary.
They sought to invoke a clause in the U.S. Constitution, barring anyone who has engaged in insurrection, over Trump's role in the 2021 Capitol riots.
The decision comes days after Colorado became the first state to rule that Trump was not an eligible candidate.
Michigan is considered a battleground state in the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has said that it carried out drone attacks targeting the Israeli port city of Eilat, as well as a commercial vessel in the Red Sea, as the Iran-backed group steps up attacks that it says are a means of pressuring Israel to end its war in Gaza.
Speaking on Tuesday, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the group conducted drone attacks on Eilat and “other areas in...
(BBC News) The U.S. military has attacked Iranian-backed militant groups in Iraq, hours after U.S. personnel were injured in a drone strike on a U.S. airbase there.
The U.S. defence chief said three sites used by Kataib Hezbollah and other groups were hit in response to attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria.
The U.S. strikes were condemned by Iraq as a "clear hostile act."
The U.S. has repeatedly targeted sites linked to militant groups in...
(BBC News) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Gaza war has come at a "very heavy price" for his side.
The military says more than a dozen soldiers have been killed in the territory since Friday, bringing the total of the ground assault to 154.
Saturday was one of its deadliest days - but the Israeli PM there was "no choice" but to keep fighting.
Meanwhile, the health ministry in Gaza — run by Hamas — says...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Former Russian television journalist Yekaterina Duntsova, who had put her name forward as an independent candidate in Russia’s upcoming presidential election, has been barred from running against President Vladimir Putin.
On Saturday, Russia’s Central Electoral Commission rejected Duntsova’s application – which had been filed on December 20 – citing “mistakes in documents,” according to Russian television reports.
The commission’s chief, Ella Pamfilova, said the members unanimously rejected Duntsova’s bid to stand in the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The warring sides in the long-running conflict in Yemen have committed to steps toward a ceasefire and engage in a United Nations-led peace process, according to the UN special envoy for Yemen.
The announcement by Hans Grundberg on Saturday marks the latest step to end a nine-year war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Following a series of meetings between the...
(BBC News) A U.S. woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days – after a "one in a million" pregnancy and a total of 20 hours in labour.
Kelsey Hatcher, 32, delivered one daughter on Tuesday, and a second on Wednesday, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital.
Announcing the arrival of her "miracle babies" on social media, Hatcher hailed the medics as "incredible".
The girls are described as fraternal...
(BBC News) Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump, has filed for bankruptcy just days after he was ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation case.
He was ordered to pay the sum after a judge found he defamed two Georgia election workers over claims they tampered with votes in 2020.
The filing shows he owes millions of dollars in legal fees and unpaid taxes.
A spokesman said the move should "be a...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States has reached a deal to secure the release of 10 citizens from Venezuela, including six people who it said had been wrongfully detained, according to the White House.
As part of the agreement, U.S. President Joe Biden agreed to grant clemency to Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman and ally of President Nicolas Maduro who was in a Miami jail awaiting trial on a charge of money laundering.
Saab, who was...
(BBC News) Colorado's Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional insurrection clause.
The court ruled 4-3 that Trump was not an eligible candidate because he had engaged in an insurrection over the US Capitol riot nearly three years ago.
The Trump campaign called the decision anti-democratic and vowed to appeal.
It is the first use of Section 3 of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment to disqualify a presidential candidate.
Similar attempts to...
