(BBC News) The US Supreme Court says it will hear a historic case to determine whether Donald Trump can run for president.
The justices agreed to take up Trump's appeal against a decision by Colorado to remove him from the 2024 ballot in that state.
The case will be heard in February, and the ruling will apply nationwide.
Lawsuits in a number of states are seeking to disqualify Trump, arguing that he engaged in insurrection during the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) India’s solar observation mission has entered the sun’s orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success for the space exploration ambitions of the world’s most populous nation.
The Indian Space Research Organization’s Aditya-L1 mission was launched in September and is carrying an array of instruments to measure and observe the Sun’s outermost layers.
“India creates yet another landmark,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a post on X on Saturday. “It is a...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Shattered glass. Clashes with police. Angry protesters scaling walls outside the United States Capitol.
The images from the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, remain some of the most memorable in modern political history. That day saw thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump storm the building in an effort to overturn his election defeat, forcing legislators to flee for safety.
Three years on, the country continues to grapple with the ramifications....
(BBC News) A second batch of court papers linked to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein shows how dozens of girls were recruited at his beachfront mansion.
A Florida detective says in testimony that 30 women had spoken to him about "performing massage and work" there. Some were paid to bring their friends.
The court filings have been made public under order by a judge.
They are part of a lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend.
She was jailed...
(BBC News) Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, says the killing of Hamas's powerful deputy leader will "not go unpunished."
Saleh al-Arouri died in a drone attack in Beirut on Tuesday. Israel has not confirmed it was responsible.
Nasrallah described Arouri's death as a "major, dangerous crime about which we cannot be silent."
He added that if Israel wages war on Lebanon "there will be no ceilings, no rules" to Hezbollah's response.
"We are not afraid of war," said...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Dozens of people have been killed and more than 200 others wounded in explosions near the tomb of former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) General Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking four years since his assassination.
Two explosions were heard in the southeastern city of Kerman on Wednesday afternoon near the burial place of Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike, according to Iranian media reports.
Iranian Health Minister Bahram...
(BBC News) A long list of people associated with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is expected to be made public in the coming days.
The disclosures may throw new light on the sex trafficking network directed by Epstein, who died in 2019, and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
The disgraced pair mixed with high-profile figures from the worlds of politics, business, and royalty.
A judge ordered that the court documents in a lawsuit linked to Maxwell must be...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri has been killed in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, the Palestinian group and Lebanese media outlets say.
Al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday in a “treacherous Zionist strike”, Hamas said on its official channel. Hamas politburo member Izzat al-Sharq called it a “cowardly assassination”.
Al-Arouri was a senior official in Hamas’s politburo and was known to be deeply involved in its military affairs....
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to intensify strikes on Ukraine after an unprecedented attack on the Russian city of Belgorod over the weekend.
Saturday’s air attack killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 100, according to Russian officials.
Russia has blamed Ukraine for the attack, which was one of the deadliest to take place on Russian soil since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine started more than 22 months ago.
“We’re...
(BBC News) Israel's Supreme Court has struck down a controversial judicial reform that triggered nationwide protests last year against the Netanyahu government.
The change would have limited the power of the Supreme Court in overturning laws it deemed unconstitutional.
Critics say it would have severely undermined the country's democracy by weakening the judicial system.
There is strong opposition to the current Netanyahu government, seen as the most right-wing in Israeli history.
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the...
