(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of gradually phasing out its peacekeeping operations known as MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The 15-member body voted on Tuesday to draw down peacekeeping forces in the Central African nation about a year earlier than originally scheduled despite continued concerns over violence.
The decision was made as the DRC prepares for presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday, in which poverty...
(BBC News) Gas pollution could hit Iceland's capital after a volcano began erupting late on Monday, the country's meteorological office has said.
The eruption, which broke out on the Reykjanes peninsula of southwest Iceland, comes after weeks of intense earthquakes and tremors.
Fumes could reach Reykjavik by Tuesday evening.
About 4,000 people were evacuated last month from Grindavik, a fishing town threatened by the lava flow.
Iceland has been braced for volcanic activity for weeks. Since late October,...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Russian president has dismissed the United States president’s claims that Moscow could attack a NATO country in the future as “complete nonsense”, saying such a conflict would run counter to his country’s interests.
Vladimir Putin made the statement in an interview with Russian state TV on Sunday, weeks after US President Joe Biden warned that if Putin achieved victory in Ukraine, he might be emboldened to attack a NATO ally, sparking a...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Three Israeli hostages killed in Gaza by Israeli forces were shirtless and one of them was holding up a white flag, according to an initial inquiry into the incident, a military official has said.
The incident took place in an area of intense combat where Hamas fighters operate in civilian attire and use deception tactics, the Israeli official said on Saturday.
A soldier saw the hostages emerging tens of metres from Israeli...
(BBC News) Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned he could "pull the handbrake" on future financial aid to Ukraine, after slapping a veto on a $55-billion EU package intended to help his neighbour survive the next three years.
It is not the first time he has stood in the way of his European Union colleagues doing their best to help Kyiv through Russia's invasion.
However, he did, grudgingly, let Ukraine and Moldova start formal negotiations...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Israeli army has killed three captives held by Palestinian armed groups in Gaza after “mistakenly” identifying them as a threat, according to Israeli military officials.
The military said on Friday that the captives were killed during combat with Palestinian groups in Gaza and expressed its condolences to the families while saying there would be “full transparency” in the investigation into the incident, which is “under review”.
“During combat in Shujayea, the ...
(BBC News) Tesla is recalling more than two million cars after the U.S. regulator found its driver assistance system, Autopilot, was partly defective.
It follows a two-year investigation into crashes which occurred when the tech was in use.
The recall applies to almost every Tesla sold in the U.S. since the Autopilot feature was launched in 2015.
Tesla said it would send a software update "over the air" to fix the issue.
The update happens automatically and does not require...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States has announced hundreds of new sanctions targeting entities and individuals across the globe, seeking to further isolate Russia as its war on Ukraine grinds on.
The US Departments of State and the Treasury said on Tuesday that they had designated more than 250 individuals and entities in countries including Turkey, China, and the United Arab Emirates, cracking down on sanctions evasion, weapons procurement, and sectors such as energy and mining.
“The Kremlin...
(BBC News) A Canadian man accused of supplying a poisonous chemical to people who died by suicide is facing multiple murder charges.
Police in Canada have charged Kenneth Law, a 57-year-old former chef, with 14 counts of second-degree murder.
Law was previously charged with aiding suicide in relation to deaths of people who had allegedly purchased the lethal chemical from him online.
British detectives have also linked Law to 90 deaths in the UK.
In an emailed statement...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Hundreds of faculty at Harvard University have signed a petition backing the school’s president following a backlash over her appearance at a congressional hearing on rising anti-Semitism in the United States.
The petition warns that bowing to political pressure to fire Harvard President Claudine Gay would be “at odds with Harvard’s commitment to academic freedom” and calls on administrators to “defend the independence of the university.”
“The critical work of defending a...
