(Al Jazeera Media Network) A day after pulling out of the wartime grain deal and renewing global fears over food security, the Kremlin has warned that shipping grain out of Ukrainian Black Sea ports could be risky in the absence of Russian security guarantees, claiming Ukraine uses the waters for military activities.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov issued the warning on Tuesday, amid suggestions that Turkey could step in to protect Ukrainian grain shipments.
The Black Sea grain deal brokered by...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The European Union and Tunisia have signed a memorandum of understanding for a “strategic and comprehensive partnership” aimed at combatting irregular migration and boosting economic ties between the bloc and the North African country, which lies on a major route for migrants and refugees travelling to Europe.
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held renewed talks with Tunisian President Kais...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Four Colombian Indigenous children who survived a plane crash in the country’s Amazon region and lived alone for more than five weeks in the jungle have been released from hospital after a 34-day stay.
The children, aged one through 13, were released from hospital Thursday night following treatment and surveillance after the May 1 crash that killed their mother and two other adults. They were found last month after a complex search...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States saw a record 28 mass killings in the first half of 2023, The Associated Press has reported, as policymakers struggle to curb gun violence across the country.
The AP analysis, published on Friday, said 140 victims were killed during that period. All but one of the mass killings – incidents in which four or more people are slain not including the perpetrator – involved firearms.
A database maintained by The Associated...
(BBC News) The Screen Actors Guild has announced it will go on strike, marking the start of the largest shutdown Hollywood has seen in 40 years.
The union wants streaming giants to agree to a fairer split of profits and better working conditions.
The walkout means that 160,000 performers will stop work at midnight.
Stars Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt left the Oppenheimer premiere as the strike began, according to director Christopher Nolan.
The SAG strike will begin...
(BBC News) NATO states have said Ukraine can join the military alliance "when allies agree and conditions are met" after President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the "absurd" delay to accession.
In a release, NATO said it recognized the need to move faster but would not be drawn on a timeframe.
Earlier, Zelensky said there seemed to be "no readiness" to invite Ukraine to NATO or make it a member.
He is now in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, where...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Cuba’s government has decried the presence of a nuclear-powered submarine at the United States naval base in Guantanamo Bay, calling it a “provocative escalation.”
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Caribbean nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the sub had relocated to Guantanamo Bay on Wednesday and stayed until Saturday.
The presence of the submarine “makes it imperative to wonder what is the military reason behind this action in this peaceful region of the...
(BBC News) Former U.S. national gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed multiple times by another inmate on Sunday, CBS News reports.
Nassar, 59, was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for molesting gymnasts.
He is reportedly in hospital in stable condition after the Sunday attack.
He suffered a collapsed lung after being stabbed twice in the neck, twice in the back, and six times in the chest, a prison union leader told NBC.
In a...
(BBC News) The body of a correspondent for one of Mexico's leading newspapers has been found in the western state of Nayarit, days after he was reported missing.
Luis Martín Sánchez Íñiguez, 59, worked for La Jornada and had been missing since Wednesday.
His death is being treated as a murder linked to his work, in one of the most dangerous countries for journalists.
Sánchez is one of three journalists to have been abducted in the state...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said his coalition government was resigning over “insurmountable” differences about measures to curb the number of people seeking refuge in the country.
The resignation on Friday of Rutte, 56, the Netherlands’ longest-serving leader, and his coalition government means the country will face a general election later this year.
“It is no secret that the coalition partners have very different views on migration policy,” Rutte told reporters in The Hague.
“And...
