(Al Jazeera Media Network) Authorities in the United States have arrested a man in relation to the leak of classified U.S. military intelligence documents, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Thursday that Jack Teixeira was arrested in connection with a probe into “alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defence information.”
“Teixeira is an employee of the United States Air Force National Guard,” Garland told reporters. “FBI agents took...
(BBC News) Dozens of classified U.S. documents have been leaked and are circulating on the Internet.
Images of the classified files have appeared on messaging app Discord since February.
Complete with timelines and dozens of military acronyms, the documents, some marked "top secret", paint a detailed picture of the war in Ukraine and offer information on China and allies.
Pentagon officials are quoted as saying the documents are real.
BBC News and other news organizations have reviewed some...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United Nations is being forced to make an “appalling choice” about whether to continue operations in Afghanistan while the Taliban government bans women from working for the organization.
Taliban authorities have imposed a slew of restrictions on Afghan women since seizing power in 2021, including banning them from higher education and many government jobs. In December, they banned Afghan women from working for domestic and foreign non-governmental organizations, and on April...
(BBC News) A leak of classified U.S. Defence Department documents is a "very serious" risk to national security, the Pentagon has said.
The documents appear to include sensitive information regarding the war in Ukraine, as well as on China and U.S. allies.
Officials say the files are in a format similar to documents issued to senior leaders.
An investigation has been opened to determine the source of the leak.
The documents — some of which officials say may...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Saudi and Omani delegations have arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa for talks with Houthi officials as part of international efforts to find a settlement to Yemen’s nine-year conflict, Houthi-run media reported.
The visit indicates progress in the Oman-mediated consultations between Riyadh and Sanaa, which run parallel to United Nations peace efforts. Negotiations also gained momentum since archrivals Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to re-establish ties in a deal brokered by China.
The envoys,...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Israeli military says it has launched artillery attacks on Syria after several rockets were fired from Syrian territory towards northern Israel, none of which caused damage or casualties.
The cross-border exchanges early on Sunday came as violence escalates on multiple fronts, including in Gaza, Lebanon, occupied East Jerusalem, and the occupied West Bank.
There was no immediate comment from the Syrian government.
The Israeli military said it had launched artillery strikes and a...
(BBC News) China's military is rehearsing the encirclement of Taiwan during three days of military drills.
Beijing, which views Taiwan as a breakaway province of China, called the operation a "stern warning" to the island's government.
The exercises began hours after President Tsai Ing-wen returned from a trip to the United States.
The Taiwanese Defence Ministry said 71 Chinese military planes and nine ships crossed the Taiwan Strait median line.
The line is an unofficial dividing line between...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have announced a strike on Gaza on Thursday evening, shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a video statement vowing that his country’s enemies would “pay a price for any aggression.”
The Israeli military operation has led to reports of explosions across Gaza, as warplanes fly overhead. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far, but at least five sites have been targetted in the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) North Korea has accused the United States and South Korea of escalating tensions “to the brink of nuclear war” through their joint military drills, and promised to respond with “offensive action,” according to state media KCNA.
A commentary published by KCNA on Thursday criticized the continuing exercises as “a trigger for driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the point of explosion.”
Attributed to Choe Ju Hyon, an international security analyst,...
(BBC News) China has launched military drills in response to a much-anticipated meeting between Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
They met in California on Wednesday, a week after Tsai was feted in New York with a leadership award.
Tsai hailed their "strong and unique partnership," and McCarthy said that arms sales to Taiwan must continue.
Beijing, in turn, has vowed a "resolute response" and sent warships into the waters around the self-governed...
