(Al Jazeera Media Network) Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to intensify strikes on Ukraine after an unprecedented attack on the Russian city of Belgorod over the weekend.
Saturday’s air attack killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 100, according to Russian officials.
Russia has blamed Ukraine for the attack, which was one of the deadliest to take place on Russian soil since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine started more than 22 months ago.
“We’re...
(BBC News) Israel's Supreme Court has struck down a controversial judicial reform that triggered nationwide protests last year against the Netanyahu government.
The change would have limited the power of the Supreme Court in overturning laws it deemed unconstitutional.
Critics say it would have severely undermined the country's democracy by weakening the judicial system.
There is strong opposition to the current Netanyahu government, seen as the most right-wing in Israeli history.
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the...
(BBC News) Moscow has accused Ukraine of deadly air strikes on southwest Russia — with 20 people killed and more than 100 injured in Belgorod, near the border.
The regional governor said three children were among the dead in what was one of the deadliest attacks on Russia since it invaded Ukraine.
A Ukrainian security source insisted that only military infrastructure had been targeted in Saturday's action.
The attacks follow Russian strikes on Ukraine on Friday, which killed...
(BBC News) Maine's top election official said her "sacred obligation" to uphold the law drove the ruling to remove Donald Trump from the state's 2024 election ballot.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows cited the US Constitution's insurrection clause to remove Trump, noting his role in the 2021 US Capitol riot.
The Democrat told the BBC she was hopeful the US Supreme Court will settle the issue.
The Trump campaign has vowed to appeal the controversial decision.
Two states,...
(BBC News) The Israel Defense Forces tells the BBC that it "regrets the harm caused" to civilians in a strike on a refugee camp in Gaza on December 24.
An IDF official told Israeli public broadcaster Kan news that the wrong weaponry was used in the attack, and "extensive collateral damage was caused."
At least 86 people were reported killed in the Israeli air strike on the Maghazi camp, in the centre of the Gaza Strip,...
(BBC News) Michigan's Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by voters in the U.S. state to disqualify Donald Trump from next year's presidential primary.
They sought to invoke a clause in the U.S. Constitution, barring anyone who has engaged in insurrection, over Trump's role in the 2021 Capitol riots.
The decision comes days after Colorado became the first state to rule that Trump was not an eligible candidate.
Michigan is considered a battleground state in the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has said that it carried out drone attacks targeting the Israeli port city of Eilat, as well as a commercial vessel in the Red Sea, as the Iran-backed group steps up attacks that it says are a means of pressuring Israel to end its war in Gaza.
Speaking on Tuesday, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the group conducted drone attacks on Eilat and “other areas in...
(BBC News) The U.S. military has attacked Iranian-backed militant groups in Iraq, hours after U.S. personnel were injured in a drone strike on a U.S. airbase there.
The U.S. defence chief said three sites used by Kataib Hezbollah and other groups were hit in response to attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria.
The U.S. strikes were condemned by Iraq as a "clear hostile act."
The U.S. has repeatedly targeted sites linked to militant groups in...
(BBC News) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Gaza war has come at a "very heavy price" for his side.
The military says more than a dozen soldiers have been killed in the territory since Friday, bringing the total of the ground assault to 154.
Saturday was one of its deadliest days - but the Israeli PM there was "no choice" but to keep fighting.
Meanwhile, the health ministry in Gaza — run by Hamas — says...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Former Russian television journalist Yekaterina Duntsova, who had put her name forward as an independent candidate in Russia’s upcoming presidential election, has been barred from running against President Vladimir Putin.
On Saturday, Russia’s Central Electoral Commission rejected Duntsova’s application – which had been filed on December 20 – citing “mistakes in documents,” according to Russian television reports.
The commission’s chief, Ella Pamfilova, said the members unanimously rejected Duntsova’s bid to stand in the...
