(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israel has confirmed its forces killed seven people from the World Central Kitchen charity in Gaza as they travelled in a convoy emblazoned with the charity’s logo that had coordinated its movements with the Israeli military.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the deadly attack on the aid workers as unintended and “tragic” and pledged an independent inquiry.
“Unfortunately, in the past day, there was a tragic event in which our forces unintentionally harmed non-combatants in the...
(BBC News) The share price of Donald Trump's media company has fallen from last week's high when it officially listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
But it is still worth more than $7 billion at current prices — an astonishing sum given the business behind it?
So what is the Truth Social platform, who owns it, how many users does it have, and how much money does it make? And is it the answer to Trump's spiralling...
(BBC News) In central Kharkiv you hear the rattle of generators on every street.
Ten days ago, Ukraine's second largest city was plunged into darkness by a massive, targeted Russian missile attack on the energy system — it was the biggest since the start of the full-scale war.
As Kharkiv works to restore power, there has been a wave of additional strikes across the country targeting the energy supply.
Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned what he calls Russia's...
(BBC News) Vladimir Putin has always refused to refer to his main opponent in Russia by name, but now that Alexei Navalny is dead, he has changed tack.
After claiming his fifth term as president, he told reporters: "As for Navalny, yes he passed away, this is always a sad event."
He also suggested he had agreed Navalny could be part of a prisoner swap.
Navalny's colleagues say he was murdered in an Arctic jail by Russian...
(BBC News) Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers and investors of his bankrupt firm.
The ruling cements the downfall of the former billionaire, who emerged as a high-profile champion of crypto before his firm's dramatic collapse in 2022.
He was found to have stolen billions from customers ahead of the failure.
The 32-year-old said in court he knew "a lot of people feel...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Shares of former U.S. president Donald Trump’s social media company soared by as much as 59 percent on the first day of trading on Wall Street, boosting the former United States president’s expected windfall as he faces a growing list of legal bills.
The Trump Media & Technology Group reached $79.38 per share at its peak on Tuesday, before closing 16 percent higher at $57.99, giving the company a market capitalization...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) At least 18 Palestinians have died trying to recover airdropped aid in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials.
Mahmoud Bassel, a spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defense rescue service, said six bodies were recovered after a large group of men swam into the Mediterranean Sea on Monday to fetch aid parcels.
“Sometimes it falls into the sea, sometimes on civilians, sometimes on houses, sometimes on Israeli territory beyond the border fence,” Bassel was quoted...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A UK court has ruled that Julian Assange should have the chance to appeal an order to extradite him to the U.S.
The High Court in London ruled on Tuesday that the WikiLeaks founder must have the right to challenge the British government’s June 2022 extradition order, unless the United States provides within three weeks assurances that he would receive a fair trial and would not face the death penalty.
At the same...
(BBC News) A major bridge in the U.S. city of Baltimore has collapsed into the Patapsco River after a container ship crashed into it.
The bridge snapped and plunged into the water at about 01:30 ET (05:30 GMT) along with vehicles and people.
A huge search operation is under way for six missing people, authorities say, while two others have been pulled from the water, one of whom was hospitalized.
All of them are believed to be part...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) An appeals court in the United States has agreed to pause the collection of Donald Trump’s $454-million civil fraud judgement, delivering a victory to the former U.S. president and preventing authorities in New York from beginning to seize his assets.
A New York state appellate court on Monday granted Trump’s request to push back the deadline for payment, as well as reduce the bond he would be required to pay while...
