(BBC News) Former U.S. president Donald Trump has been handed a defeat in court – but one that comes with a generous helping of victory.
An appeals court ruled that Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution for acts committed while he was president. The time it took to issue that decision, however, has indefinitely delayed Trump's federal trial related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
So while Trump did not successfully...
(BBC News) Millions of barrels of fuel made from Russian oil are still being imported to the UK despite sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, research claims.
A so-called "loophole" means Russian crude is refined in countries such as India and the products sold to the UK.
This is not illegal and does not breach the UK's Russian oil ban, but critics say it undermines sanctions aimed at restricting Russia's war funds.
The UK government denied...
(BBC News) The U.S. carried out more strikes against Houthi missiles in Yemen on Sunday, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement on X.
Centcom said U.S. forces struck a land-attack cruise missile and four anti-ship missiles that "were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea."
The latest military action comes a day after U.S.-U.K. strikes on Houthi targets.
It all follows continued attacks by the Iran-backed Yemeni group on military and shipping vessels...
(BBC News) Two Georgia prosecutors have rejected calls to take them off their election case against Donald Trump after acknowledging they had a relationship.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said conflict of interest claims were "salacious" and in "bad faith".
Nathan Wade, an outside prosecutor Willis appointed to the case, said in an affidavit the pair had "developed a personal relationship" in 2022.
Trump and co-defendants want them disqualified from the case.
Friday's filings were the first...
(BBC News) A federal judge has postponed the election subversion trial of former U.S. president Donald Trump while his appeal plays out in court.
The trial was set to begin on March 4, but will be delayed indefinitely, Judge Tanya Chutkan said on Friday.
The case is over Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
His lawyers have argued that he should not face criminal charges because he was a sitting president at the time.
The Republican...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States military has launched dozens of air strikes against targets in Syria and Iraq in the first retaliation for a drone attack that killed three soldiers at a remote US base in Jordan.
“At my direction, US military forces struck targets at facilities in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia use to attack US forces,” President Joe Biden said in a statement on Friday, referring to...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Boris Nadezhdin, a prominent critic of the Kremlin, has submitted the documents needed to register as a candidate for Russia’s presidential elections in March.
The 60-year-old local councillor, who has promised to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, said on Wednesday that he had collected more than 100,000 signatures of support across 40 regions and submitted them and other documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC), which is technically enough to challenge President...
(BBC News) A judge in the U.S. state of Delaware has annulled a $55.8-billion pay deal awarded to Elon Musk in 2018 by the electric car company Tesla.
The lawsuit was filed by a shareholder who argued that it was an overpayment.
Judge Kathaleen McCormick found Tesla directors, who negotiated the pay package, were "perhaps starry eyed" due to Musk's "superstar appeal" and did not fully inform shareholders.
She said the deal was "unfathomable" and ruled it...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) President Joe Biden says he has decided on a response to a deadly drone strike on US forces in Jordan, but stressed he does not seek a wider war in the Middle East.
“Yes,” Biden told journalists at the White House on Tuesday when asked if he had decided on his response to the strike that killed three US troops at a military advance post near the Jordan-Syria border on Sunday.
The US president...
(BBC News) More than half of Gaza's buildings have been damaged or destroyed since Israel launched its retaliation for the Hamas attacks of October 7, new analysis seen by the BBC reveals.
Detailed before-and-after imagery shows how the bombardment of southern and central Gaza has intensified since the start of December, with the city of Khan Younis bearing much of the brunt of Israel's military action.
Israel has repeatedly told Gazans to move south for their...
