(Al Jazeera Media Network) The White House says United States President Joe Biden is “deeply concerned” about the apparent leak of US government documents outlining intelligence assessments about Israel’s preparations to attack Iran.
Washington is not sure how the documents posted on the social media platform Telegram last week were made public, White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Monday.
It is unclear whether the files were leaked or hacked.
“The president remains deeply concerned about any leakage...
(BBC News) The Israeli military has warned residents in 24 areas in Lebanon – including 14 in the capital Beirut – that it plans to carry out strikes in the coming hours and throughout the night.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it would target banks and other financial infrastructure supporting Hezbollah.
A BBC correspondent in Beirut said there have been eight air strikes in the capital's southern Dahieh district, an area controlled by Hezbollah.
Lebanon's state-run...
(BBC News) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says nothing will deter him and that Israel will continue its fight against Hamas "until victory".
"We eliminated the master murderer Yahya Sinwar," he says in a video posted on social media. Sinwar, a chief architect of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, was killed by Israeli troops on Wednesday.
"I said we are in the war of resurrection, and we continue forward until the end," Netanyahu adds.
The video comes...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israel has said that its forces have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza.
The Israeli military said on Thursday that Sinwar has been killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza.
“After completing the process of identifying the body, it can be confirmed that Yahya Sinwar was eliminated,” the Israeli military said.
“The dozens of operations carried out by the IDF and ISA over the last year, and in recent weeks in...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused India’s government of orchestrating violence in the country, the latest chapter in a growing rift over New Delhi’s alleged targeting of Canada-based Sikh separatists.
Trudeau levelled the charges during an inquiry on foreign interference Wednesday, saying there are “ever clearer indications” that India violated Canada’s sovereignty by targeting Sikh dissidents in its territory.
India’s actions, Trudeau said, are a “horrific mistake”.
The statement comes two days...
(BBC News) The government says it is allowing some "eligible" Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside the British military to resettle in the UK, after they were previously rejected.
Under the previous government, about 2,000 Afghans who served with specialist units – known as the "Triples" – were denied permission to relocate to the UK after the Taliban takeover in 2021.
Armed forces minister Luke Pollard told the House of Commons a review had now...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Taiwan detected 153 aircraft surrounding its territory as China carried out massive military exercises, according to the self-ruled island’s defence ministry.
The “surge in warplane activity” saw a record number of aircraft spotted in the 25 hours to 6 am on Tuesday (22:00 GMT, Monday), the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement. China’s war games have once more raised tensions with the island and across the region, it noted.
Beijing deployed...
(BBC News) A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
NASA launched the spacecraft at 12:06 local time (16:06 GMT) after hurricane Milton forced the mission to postpone plans last week.
Europa Clipper will now travel 2.9 billion kilometres to reach Europa, a deeply mysterious moon orbiting Jupiter.
It will not arrive until 2030, but what it finds could change what we know about...
(BBC News) A man armed with guns and a high-capacity magazine was arrested outside Donald Trump's rally in California on Saturday, police say.
Vem Miller, 49, was arrested near a checkpoint to the Coachella rally site. He was stopped and found to be in possession of multiple passports and driving licences in different names, and a fake licence plate.
The incident "did not affect the safety of former President Trump or attendees of the event," police...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) At least 67 people have been wounded in a drone attack in northern Israel, according to Israeli emergency services and local media, as the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said it had targeted an Israeli military camp with a “swarm” of drones.
Israeli Army Radio reported that at least four people were critically wounded in the attack on Sunday in the town of Binyamina, south of Haifa.
According to Israel’s Channel 12, no warning sirens...
