Sources in Kyiv say Ukraine killed a Russian general who died in an explosion in Moscow on Tuesday morning. Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was at the entrance to a residential block when a device hidden in an electric scooter went off. Sources in the Ukrainian security services tell the BBC

The head of a US-based Syrian advocacy organization on Monday said that a mass grave outside of Damascus contained the bodies of at least 100,000 people killed by the former government of ousted President Bashar Assad. Mouaz Moustafa, speaking to Reuters in a telephone interview from

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote in parliament, triggering snap elections seven months ahead of schedule. The vote on Monday came after Scholz’s fragile coalition collapsed, sparking a political crisis in the European Union’s largest economy.

Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza, firing at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north and killing two people in Beit Lahiya, four in the Shati refugee camp and five others in Gaza City. The victims of Israel’s bombings included Khaled Nabhan, a grandfather in Gaza who touched

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit near Port Vila, Vanuatu, according to the United States Geological Survey. Initial reports said the quake struck on Tuesday at a location 37km (22.9 miles) from the capital and a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). Later reports placed the depth of the

A student opened fire at a private Christian school in the US state of Wisconsin, injuring six people and killing a teacher and teenaged student. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes identified the attacker on Monday night as a 15-year-old female student at the school. Authorities say

External affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Sunday said there must be a foreign policy for “Viksit Bharat'. adding that changes in foreign policy are needed amid a “changing landscape”.  “When we speak about changing foreign policy, if there is

Israeli forces have bombed another United Nations-run school in southern Gaza, killing at least 20 displaced Palestinians sheltering in the building, witnesses told Al Jazeera, as the death toll from several attacks across the besieged territory, including in Beit Hanoon, Deir el-Balah

Hundreds of people are feared dead in Mayotte after the French Indian Ocean territory was devastated by a powerful cyclone. Entire settlements were flattened when Cyclone Chido brought wind speeds of more than 225km/h (140mph), with the poorest living in makeshift shelters particularly

Israel's government has approved a plan to encourage the expansion of settlements in the occupied Golan Heights. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move was necessary because a "new front" had opened up on Israel's border with Syria after the fall of the Assad

Historic hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague have drawn to a close after more than 100 countries and international organisations presented arguments over two weeks on who should bear legal responsibility for the worsening climate crisis. Spearheading the

Top diplomats from eight Arab League countries have agreed at a meeting in Jordan to “support a peaceful transition process” in Syria following President Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow. Foreign ministers from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, the UAE, Bahrain

The US has made "direct contact" with the HTS rebels who now control Syria after toppling the Assad regime, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. It is the first acknowledgement of direct American contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which the US currently still

ABC News has agreed to pay $15m (£12m) to US President-elect Donald Trump to settle a defamation lawsuit after its star anchor falsely said he had been found "liable for rape". George Stephanopoulos made the statements repeatedly during an interview on 10 March this

A fire at a private elderly care center in Amman on Friday claimed the lives of six residents and injured 60 others, according to Jordan's official news agency Petra.  The fire broke out on the first floor of the White Family Association’s Elderly Care Center, which

An Israeli strike on a post office sheltering Gaza residents killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded 50, medics said on Friday. Families displaced by the 14-month-old conflict had sought refuge in the postal facility in the Nuseirat camp, and the strike late on Thursday brought the

Turkiye can step in to resolve disputes between Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the head of the Sudan Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. The Sudanese army, led by al-Burhan, accuses the UAE of providing weapons to its rival,

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has been impeached by the National Assembly over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, a move that plunged South Korea into political turmoil halfway through his presidency. The unicameral National Assembly voted 204 to 85 on Saturday to

A fire at a private hospital in southern India has killed at least six people, police said, with more than two dozen others injured in the blaze. Police superintendent A. Pradeep said on Friday that around 30 people had been injured but all were "stable". Building fires

Gaza’s civil defense agency said a series of Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least 58 people, including 12 guards securing aid trucks, while the military said it targeted militants planning to hijack the vehicles. The latest bloodshed came despite growing optimism that