(Al Jazeera Media Network) A Dutch court has ordered the government to halt the delivery of parts for F-35 fighter jets used by Israel in its bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
The verdict, delivered by an appeals court on Monday, said there is a “clear risk” that the parts the Netherlands is exporting are being used in “serious violations of international humanitarian law.”
The court said it is likely that Israel was using its F-35s in attacks...
(BBC News) A university student from Florida has made a habit of getting under the skin of some of the world's richest and most powerful people. How? By telling the rest of us where their private planes are – and how much carbon they emit.
Jack Sweeney would like to clarify a few details. For one thing, he thinks Taylor Swift has produced some good tunes.
However, he believes – despite the threat of legal action...
(BBC News) Pakistan's powerful army chief has urged the country to leave "anarchy and polarization" behind as two ex-prime ministers declared victory in an election that has defied expectations.
With most results in, independent candidates linked to jailed former PM Imran Khan have won most seats.
But Nawaz Sharif, another ex-PM widely seen as having the army's backing, has urged others to join him in coalition.
Officials have rejected western criticism of how the election was run.
With...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Iran has never sought war in the region, the country’s foreign minister has said on a visit to Lebanon to discuss Israel’s war on Gaza and its impact on regional security.
“Iran and Lebanon confirm that war is not the solution, and that we absolutely never sought to expand it,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-abdollahian said at a news conference alongside Abdallah Bou Habib, Lebanon’s foreign minister, in Beirut on Saturday.
However, he...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) American news anchor Tucker Carlson is set to release a much-anticipated interview with Vladimir Putin on Thursday, with the White House expressing concerns about giving the Russian president a platform.
Carlson, a former Fox News presenter known for his conservative talking points, said the interview would be broadcast at 23:00 GMT on his website as well as social media platform X, where he runs a show called Tucker on X.
Here is...
(BBC News) A state of emergency has been declared in Iceland after lava from a volcanic eruption damaged key hot-water pipes.
Thousands of people in the Reykjanes Peninsula have been urged to limit their hot water and electricity use as the pipes could take days to fix. There are concerns that other crucial pipelines close to the Svartsengi power station could be affected if the lava flow does not ease soon.
It is the third such eruption...
(BBC News) A senior commander of an Iran-backed militia has been killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad.
A leader of Kataib Hezbollah and two of his guards were in a vehicle when it was targeted in the east of the Iraqi capital. All three died.
The Pentagon said the commander was responsible for directing attacks on American forces in the region.
The US has linked the militia to a drone attack in Jordan that killed three...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Thai police have charged former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra with insulting the monarchy over comments he made almost a decade ago.
Officials said on Tuesday that the complaint concerns a 2015 interview that Thaksin gave while in South Korea. The potential charge comes just weeks before his possible release on parole. Although it is not yet clear if the case will go ahead, the jailed billionaire is the latest political figure to...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Mediator Qatar says Hamas has given a “generally positive” response to a proposed truce deal with Israel, as the Palestinian group reiterated its demand for an end to the Israeli assault on Gaza.
During a press conference on Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani described Hamas’s reaction to the proposal as “generally positive”, without providing more details.
Blinken said...
(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...
