(BBC News) Iran has launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel in a retaliatory attack.
Sirens and loud explosions have been heard as Israel's air defences intercept objects.
The US has also shot down Iranian drones that were headed towards Israel, military officials say.
RAF jets in the region will "intercept any airborne attacks within range" of its existing missions, the UK says, as Defence Minister Grant Shapps condemns the "senseless attack".
Iran had warned that Israel would...
(BBC News) Three men were rescued by the US Coast Guard off an island in Micronesia after they sent out a plea for "HELP" using palm tree leaves.
They spelled "HELP" with the leaves, which led to the rescue nine days after they left on a sailing trip.
They had been reported missing after failing to return from a journey to Pikelot Atoll — an uninhabited coral island about 725 km from Guam.
It is the second time...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States has pledged to give Taiwan’s chip giant TSMC up to $6.6 billion to expand production at facilities it is building in the state of Arizona.
The funding announced on Monday will support TSMC building a third semiconductor factory in Arizona, in addition to two facilities already in the pipeline, US officials said.
TSMC’s total investments in the US will rise to $65 billion under the agreement, according to US...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Israeli military says it has withdrawn its ground troops from the southern Gaza Strip, including Khan Younis, amid conflicting reports about the scale and duration of the disengagement.
“Today, Sunday, April 7th, the IDF’s 98th commando division has concluded its mission in Khan Younis. The division left the Gaza Strip in order to recuperate and prepare for future operations,” the army said in a statement.
“A significant force led by the 162nd...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Ukraine has struck the dome above a shutdown reactor at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear station, the plant’s Russian-installed administration said.
It was not immediately clear what weapon was used in Sunday’s attack against the nuclear plant, which was taken by Russian forces shortly after their full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, although the Russian state-owned nuclear agency Rosatom said the site had come under a drone attack.
Radiation levels were normal and...
(BBC News) Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.
Pellegrini, 48, defeated the pro-western Ivan Korčok, a former diplomat, with 53% of the vote.
A former prime minister, he is an ally of Prime Minister Robert Fico, and shares the PM's dovish attitude toward Russia.
Fico and his allies now control Slovakia's parliament, government, and soon the president's office.
Slovakia had been one of Ukraine's staunchest allies before Fico came to power...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Iran is marking Al-Quds Day with rallies across the country as the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) promised retaliation after Israeli strikes on Iran’s consulate in Syria.
The Israeli air strikes in Damascus killed 13 people, including seven IRGC members – among them two generals leading the Corps’ Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon.
“We warn that no action by any enemy concerning our holy establishment will go unanswered,” Hossein Salami told a...
Al Jazeera Media Network) Ukraine has reportedly repelled a battalion-sized mechanized assault on its eastern front – the first attack of such a scale in five months – proving the resilience of its defences, but raising concerns that Russia is becoming increasingly ambitious as it gears up for an expected major offensive.
The attack on Sunday reportedly included three dozen tanks and a dozen infantry fighting vehicles, and struck near Tonenke, a village close to Avdiivka,...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Revived talks on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appear to be making little progress, with the two sides showing few signs that they are ready to compromise on their demands.
Israeli objections to the return of displaced residents to their homes in Gaza is a key issue holding up the negotiations, Qatari officials said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Hamas said that it will not budge on its conditions to release captives...
(BBC News) The people of Taiwan have woken up to the aftermath of its worst earthquake in a quarter of a century.
Rescue efforts continued on Thursday after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island's eastern coast on Wednesday at 07:58 local time (23:58 GMT).
At least nine people were killed and more than 1,000 injured when the quake hit 18 km south of Hualien.
More than 100 people are understood to be trapped in collapsed tunnels...
