(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in Gaza have agreed to a truce that has officially been in effect since 10 p.m. (19:00 GMT), Palestinian officials have said, signalling a potential end to the worst episode of cross-border fire since a 10-day war in 2021.
Egypt, which brokered the ceasefire, called on all sides to adhere to the agreement, Egypt’s Al-Qahera News television channel reported on Saturday.
“In the light of the agreement...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Thirty Palestinians have been killed and more than 90 injured in Israeli air attacks on the Gaza Strip since Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry has said.
The victims include six children and three women as well as the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) rocket force and his deputy.
Palestinian factions in Gaza continued to fire rockets in retaliation from the besieged coastal enclave into Israel, killing one person on Thursday.
Amid mediation efforts by Egypt, neither side...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan to be illegal, and ordered that he be immediately released, two days after his detention on corruption allegations triggered violent protests.
After the ruling on Thursday, violence around the country appeared to ease, though clashes between celebrating supporters of Khan and police briefly broke out near the Supreme Court building.
The government, however, denounced the ruling and said it...
(BBC News) The U.K. has confirmed it is supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles it requested for its fight against invading Russian forces.
The Storm Shadow cruise missile has a range of over 250 kilometres, according to the manufacturer.
By contrast, the U.S.-supplied Himars missiles used by Ukraine only have a range of around 80 km.
The weapons will give Ukraine the "best chance" of defending itself, U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said.
They are fired from aircraft, so...
(BBC News) Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges a day after his arrest sparked nationwide protests.
Eight people have died in the protests and about 1,000 have been arrested, police say.
The army is being deployed in some areas, and has issued a stern warning after crowds attacked its properties.
Khan's arrest dramatically escalated tensions between Khan and the military at a time of economic crisis.
Conviction would disqualify the former...
(The Associated Press) The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday that it had disrupted a long-running Russian cyberespionage campaign that stole sensitive information from computer networks in dozens of countries, including the U.S. and other NATO members.
Prosecutors linked the spying operation to a unit of Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, and accused the hackers of stealing documents from hundreds of computer systems belonging to governments of NATO members, an unidentified journalist for a U.S....
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Canada “will not be intimidated” by China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, after the Chinese government said it is expelling a Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move linked to allegations Beijing sought to intimidate a Canadian legislator and his family.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trudeau said his government made the decision to expel Zhao Wei, a Chinese diplomat based in Toronto, from the country this week after “careful consideration.”
Hours later, Beijing announced...
(Université de Montréal) There is hope for potentially restoring vision in patients suffering from degenerative retinal disease, thanks to work by researchers at Université de Montréal.
Published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research was led by UdeM medical professor Michel Cayouette, director of cellular neurobiology research at the UdeM-affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute.
His research team discovered that cells that lie dormant in the retina (glial cells) can be induced to transform...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Alberta has announced a state of emergency as wildfires flare, forcing 25,000 people to flee their homes in what the Canadian province's Premier Danielle Smith said was an “unprecedented” crisis.
Thousands more have been told to be prepared to leave on a moment’s notice, as the number of fires – fanned by strong winds – jumped to 110.
One-third of the blazes were listed as out of control.
“We’ve declared a provincial state of...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) An apparent drone attack on the Kremlin this week has sparked fears of an escalation in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
On Wednesday night, two remotely operated devices flew toward the domed roof of the Kremlin before being shot down by Russian air defences, exploding but harming no one.
After the incident, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin declared that flying drones by private citizens was now banned in Moscow.
Russia said the United States masterminded...
