(Al Jazeera Media Network) South Korea’s military has said between 20 and 30 North Korean soldiers crossed the border between the two countries early on Tuesday, but returned after South Korean forces fired warning shots.
The incident took place at about 8.30 a.m. (23:30 GMT on Monday) when a group of North Korean soldiers in the central part of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) crossed the military demarcation line, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the Joint...
(BBC News) When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire? According to the Israeli army, when it is a “local, tactical pause of military activity for humanitarian purposes.”
Israel’s humanitarian aid coordinator for Gaza set out the details of the scheduled daily pause in fighting between 08:00 and 19:00 local time, along a key route running north from the Kerem Shalom crossing point, where aid is waiting to be delivered.
The announcement almost immediately triggered a furious political...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Russian special forces have freed two prison guards and killed several men who had taken them hostage at a pre-trial detention centre in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
The two guards were taken hostage by six detainees earlier on Sunday, the prison service said, before an operation was launched to free them, Russian media reported.
Initially, the prison service said it had entered into negotiations for the guards’ release. But a short...
(BBC News) The leaders of Italy and Germany have strongly rejected ceasefire terms laid out by Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine, as scores of countries gathered at a two-day summit in Switzerland to discuss ending the conflict.
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the Russian president's plan "propaganda" which effectively suggested that Ukraine "must withdraw from Ukraine".
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed it as a "dictatorial peace".
A draft declaration issued at the summit...
(BBC News) US officials have played down Wednesday's arrival of four Russian naval vessels in Cuba for military drills.
The visit of the vessels – which include a nuclear-powered submarine and a frigate – has been seen as a show of force amid Moscow's tensions with the West over the war in Ukraine.
They are anchored at Havana Bay, about 145 km from the US state of Florida.
"We of course take it seriously, but these exercises don't...
(BBC News) Hamas says it has submitted its response to a US-backed plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, with a senior group official telling the BBC that it still requires an Israeli commitment to a permanent ceasefire.
In a statement, the group and its Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) allies, expressed "readiness to positively" reach a deal.
The proposed ceasefire plan – which was endorsed by the UN security council on Monday night – calls for a...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) United States President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has been convicted by a jury of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun.
A 12-member jury in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, found him guilty on all three counts against him on Tuesday, making Hunter Biden the first child of a sitting US president to be convicted of a crime.
Hunter Biden, 54, slightly nodded his head after the verdict was read...
(BBC News) France's political leaders are scrambling to prepare for snap elections after President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament in response to a stinging European vote defeat by the far-right National Rally.
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has warned the two-round vote, starting on June 30 could have "the most serious consequences" in modern French history.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats were also heavily beaten in Sunday's European elections by the conservative opposition, but he has ruled out...
(BBC News) South Korea has said it will resume propaganda broadcasts against North Korea for the first time in six years in response to Pyongyang's campaign of sending rubbish-filled balloons across the border.
Over 300 North Korean balloons were detected over Saturday and Sunday with around 80 landing in the South carrying scrap paper and plastic sheets.
North Korea is yet to respond to the announcement, but Pyongyang considers the loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts an act of...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Israeli military says its forces have rescued four captives from central Gaza as it escalated its assault across the besieged and bombarded territory.
The announcement about the raid in Nuseirat on Saturday came as Palestinian health officials said at least 210 people were killed and wounded in Israeli attacks on central Gaza. Local residents said Nuseirat had come under heavy Israeli drone and air raids, with children among those killed.
The army said...
