(BBC News) Typhoon Fung-wong has made landfall in the Philippines, where more than 900,000 people have been evacuated and two people have died.
The storm hit as a super typhoon, with sustained winds of around 185 km/h (115mph) and gusts of 230 km/h (143mph).
The eye of the storm hit Aurora province in Luzon - the country's most populous island - at 21:10 local time (13:10 GMT). By 02:00, the storm weakened to a typhoon and...
(BBC News) Multiple people have fallen ill after opening a "suspicious package" delivered to the base of operations for Air Force One.
A spokesperson for Joint Base Andrews (JBA) in Maryland, near the US capital, Washington DC, said the building the package was opened in was evacuated and those taken ill were found to be in a stable condition by medical staff.
The package contained an unidentified white powder, CNN reports, citing unnamed sources familiar with...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) A Dutch appeals court has dismissed an attempt by human rights organisations to stop the Netherlands from selling weapons to Israel.
Ten pro-Palestinian NGOs had filed a lawsuit accusing the Dutch state of doing too little to prevent what they described as “genocide” in Gaza with a “clearly unlawful” foreign policy toward Israel.
They urged judges to impose a blanket ban on weapons exports to Israel, a ban on exporting military dogs,...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Tesla’s board is set to vote on CEO Elon Musk’s $1-trillion pay package as major proxy adviser firms urge shareholders to reject the deal.
The vote is scheduled for Thursday and will determine whether Musk secures what is the largest compensation package in corporate history.
Proxy firms Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services have both recommended that investors vote against the package. These firms often influence large passive funds that hold significant stakes in...
(BBC News) At least 11 people were killed after a UPS cargo plane crashed during takeoff from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday evening, the state's governor said.
Andy Beshear said the death toll is expected to rise and likely includes at least one child after the freight plane exploded as it departed Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport at around 17:15 local time (22:15 GMT), he said.
The left engine caught fire and fell from...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Nigerian government has dismissed claims made by US President Donald Trump about the persecution of Christians in the West African nation, insisting that religious freedom is fully protected under the country’s constitution.
Responding to a reporter’s question at a news conference in Berlin on Tuesday, Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar held up a document whose cover read “Nigeria’s Constitutional Commitment to Religious Freedom and Rule of Law”.
“All the answers are in there....
(BBC News) Two men have been charged with a terrorist plot to carry out a mass shooting over Halloween weekend in the US state of Michigan.
The suspects, Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud, scouted potential locations in a suburb of Detroit and expressed support for the Islamic State group online, federal prosecutors say.
A third defendant, described as a juvenile in court documents, is unnamed. The alleged conspirators bought semi-automatic guns, more than 1,600 rounds of...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Turkiye has called on Israel to stop its repeated violations of a United States-brokered ceasefire in Gaza and let crucial humanitarian aid enter the embattled Palestinian enclave.
Turkiye Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made the statement after top diplomats from several Arab and Muslim countries met in Istanbul on Monday to discuss a United Nations mandate for an international stabilisation force in Gaza, as proposed in a 20-point plan by US President Donald Trump...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) United States President Donald Trump has said that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping has assured him that Beijing will not attempt to unify Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office.
Trump said on Sunday that the long-contentious issue of Taiwan “never even came up as a subject” when he met with Xi in South Korea on Thursday for their first face-to-face meeting in six years. The meeting largely focused...
(BBC News) Two more people have been charged over a theft at the Louvre Museum last month, the Paris prosecutor's office said.
A 38-year-old woman has been charged with complicity in organised theft and criminal conspiracy with a view to committing a crime. Separately, a man, aged 37, was charged with theft and criminal conspiracy. Both denied any involvement.
Two men who had previously been arrested were already charged with theft and criminal conspiracy after officials...
