(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...
(BBC News) Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been removed from the penal colony where he was serving his sentence, and his whereabouts are unknown, his spokeswoman has said.
Kira Yarmysh wrote on social media that officials at the Melekhovo colony said he was no longer registered there.
The White House said it was "deeply concerned" by the reports.
Navalny's aides were expecting him to be moved to a stricter regime jail, after his prison sentence...
(BBC News) The armed wing of Hamas has released a video which it says shows the bloody aftermath of a failed Israeli operation to free an Israeli hostage.
In the footage, a man says he has been held for 40 days, suggesting the video may have been recorded in mid-November.
A lot of blood is seen on a tiled floor, as well as military equipment, which Hamas claims to have captured.
The video ends with gruesome images...
(BBC News) The US has blocked a UN Security Council resolution put forward by the UAE calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza."
Thirteen of the council's 15 members voted in favour, with the UK abstaining.
The US has consistently opposed international calls for a ceasefire and called the resolution "imbalanced" and unrealistic.
UN chief Antonio Guterres earlier said the situation in Gaza is at breaking point and it is time to act, as "the eyes...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The UK government has accused Russian security services of engaging in a sustained cyber-espionage campaign with the aim of meddling in the country’s next general election. Moscow has denied the claim.
UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Thursday said Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) was behind “unsuccessful attempts to interfere in UK political processes” and that Russia’s ambassador to London had been summoned.
Two Russian operatives were sanctioned for their involvement in the preparation of...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Iran has sent a capsule carrying animals into space as it boosts its western-contested space program in preparation for human missions.
State media on Wednesday released a clip of the launch of an Iranian-made rocket carrying the capsule, which they said was successfully sent 130 km into orbit.
The Salman rocket carried an “all indigenous” capsule weighing 500 kg, which is reportedly the heaviest biological capsule ever successfully carried in the history...
(BBC News) Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a rare trip abroad to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia.
Putin is expected to discuss the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, as well as oil production, with the UAE president.
The UAE is currently hosting the COP28 UN climate summit, but the Kremlin has not said whether Putin will attend.
He has barely left Russia since March, when the International Criminal...
(BBC News) Canadian entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his partner have been found dead in the Caribbean island nation of Dominica under suspicious circumstances.
The bodies of Langlois and Dominique Marchand were found on Friday, reportedly in a burnt-out vehicle.
The couple had been missing for several days from an eco-resort they owned on the island.
Langlois founded Softimage, an animation software firm whose product was used in major blockbuster films.
Three foreign nationals and one Dominican have been...
