(Al Jazeera Media Network) At least 20 people have been killed, including 13 soldiers, and several wounded in a series of attacks over the weekend that targeted military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone, according to the army.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, an army spokesperson said attacks across the capital, Freetown, on Sunday were carried out by “renegade soldiers” but had been repelled.
“We have launched a manhunt for all those who were involved in the...
(BBC News) New Zealand's new government says it plans to scrap the nation's world-leading smoking ban to fund tax cuts.
The legislation, introduced under the previous Jacinda Ardern-led government, would have banned cigarette sales next year to anyone born after 2008.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in New Zealand, and the policy was intended to stop young generations from picking up the habit.
Health experts have strongly criticized the sudden reversal.
"We are appalled and...
(BBC News) Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in the murder of George Floyd, has been stabbed at an Arizona prison, U.S. media reports say.
A source told AP the 47-year-old was seriously injured by another inmate.
The New York Times, citing two people with knowledge of the situation, also reported that he was attacked.
Chauvin, who is white, is serving multiple sentences for the black man's death, which triggered huge protests against police brutality and racism.
The...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israeli prison authorities say a second batch of 39 Palestinians have been released after 13 Israeli hostages and four foreigners were released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip.
The transfer on the second day of the scheduled four-day truce was delayed for hours over Hamas allegations that Israel was violating truce deal.
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(Al Jazeera Media Network) After seven weeks of war, the four-day truce between Israel and Hamas began on Friday morning. Under this truce, 39 Palestinian women and children were released on Friday.
Here is what’s known about those released and those who might be released in the coming days.
Of the 39 Palestinians released by Israel, 17 are minors.
They are:
Yousef Mohammad Mustafa Ata from Ramallah
Qusai Hani Ali Ahmad from Bethlehem
Jibreel Ghassan Ismail Jibreel from Qalqilya
Mohammad Ahmad...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Palestinian armed group Hamas has released 24 hostages held captive in Gaza for almost seven weeks, and Israel has released 39 Palestinian prisoners, hours after an Israel-Hamas truce mediated by Qatar came into effect.
Among the captives released were 13 Israelis, 10 Thai nationals, and one Filipino citizen, Majed al-Ansari, a spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry in Qatar, said on Friday.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Israel and the...
(BBC News) OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman will return as boss just days after he was fired by the board, the firm has said.
The agreement "in principle" involves new board members being appointed, the tech company added.
Altman's sacking on Friday astonished industry watchers and led to staff threatening mass resignations unless he was reinstated.
"I am looking forward to returning to OpenAI," Altman said in a post on X.
He added: "I love OpenAI, and everything I've...
(BBC News) The unexpectedly meaty win for controversial, hard-right politician Geert Wilders in Wednesday's general election in the Netherlands set international headlines on fire.
Right-wing nationalists across Europe rushed to congratulate the populist politician, sometimes dubbed the Dutch Trump – partly for his dyed, bouffant-like hairdo, and partly for his famously firebrand rhetoric.
Wilders' publicly expressed views – including linking Muslim immigration with terrorism and calling for a ban on mosques and the Quran – are...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Authorities in the United States have thwarted a plot to kill a Sikh separatist in the country and issued a warning to India over concerns the government in New Delhi was involved, the Financial Times has reported.
Citing unnamed sources, the FT on Wednesday identified Gurpatwant Singh Pannun as the target of the allegedly foiled plot.
The report said Pannun had declined to say whether U.S. authorities had warned him about the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israel’s prime minister managed to secure a truce with Hamas with the backing of the far-right coalition partners he needs to stay in power, but several cabinet members expressed their displeasure at giving the Palestinian group too many concessions.
The agreement between Israel and Hamas reached early on Wednesday, with mediation from Qatar, includes a multi-day truce and the release of 50 hostages being held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians jailed...
