US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has confirmed reports that the United States paused a weapons shipment to Israel, as President Joe Biden’s administration faces growing pressure to condition aid to the top US ally amid the war in Gaza. Testifying before a US congressional

President Joe Biden has warned Israel that the US will stop supplying some weapons if it launches a major ground operation in the Gaza city of Rafah. "If they go into Rafah, I'm not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah," he said during

The abnormally warm conditions came despite the continued weakening of the El Nino weather phenomenon that contributes to increased heat, said the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service, pointing to human-caused climate change for exacerbating the extremes. Record heat 

President Vladimir Putin has been sworn for a record-breaking fifth term as Russia’s leader. In a lavish Tuesday ceremony at Andreyevsky Hall in the Grand Kremlin Palace, Putin swore an oath of allegiance by placing his right hand on Russia’s constitution. The

Saudi Arabia has recently announced new regulations regarding the issuance of Hajj visas, specifying that the visa will only permit travel to the cities of Jeddah, Medina, and Makkah. According to the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, the visa will exclusively serve as the entry permit for

Some 600,000 children packed into Gaza’s Rafah city face “further catastrophe,” UNICEF warned on Monday, urging against their forced relocation after Israel ordered an evacuation ahead of its long-threatened ground invasion. “Given the high concentration of

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday for talks on Russia's war in Ukraine and trade between China and the European Union. Xi arrived in France on Sunday for a rare European visit that included meeting

Israeli police Sunday raided a hotel room used by Qatari-owned TV station Al Jazeera as its de facto office after Israel’s decision to shut down the network’s local operations, an Israeli official and an Al Jazeera source told the Reuters news agency. Video posted on social

A total of 38 people have died of heatstroke this year and most deaths occurred in the Northeast of Thailand, the Heath Department said on Sunday (May 5). Deputy director-general of the Health Department Dr Atthapol Kaewsamrit said that many parts of Thailand were experiencing extreme

The Israeli army on Monday said its operation to begin evacuating residents of eastern Rafah in the Palestinian territory of Gaza was temporary and limited. “This morning ... we began a limited scope operation to temporarily evacuate residents in the eastern part of Rafah,”

The death toll has risen to 75 in Brazil floods, as the calamity continues to wreak havoc in the country's southern Rio Grande do Sul state, Al Jazeera reported. Another 103 people are reportedly missing, the local authorities have said. More than 88,000 people were displaced

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in France Sunday on a state visit hosted by Emmanuel Macron where the French leader will seek to warn his counterpart against backing Russia in the conflict over Ukraine. Xi’s arrival for the visit marking 60 years of diplomatic relations

An outburst of pro-Palestinian protests and clashes with law enforcement on US college campuses has dominated headlines, and started conversations among diplomats scrambling to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East. It puts US President Joe Biden in a new kind

Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied late into the night calling for a deal to bring hostages home, ahead of further ceasefire talks. Protesters in Tel Aviv chanted "war is not holy, life is", with some accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of aiming to prolong the

A Hamas delegation arrived Saturday in Egypt for the latest round of talks on a proposed truce and hostage release in Gaza, Egyptian state-linked media Al-Qahera News reported. Al-Qahera News, linked to Egyptian intelligence services, quoted an unnamed high-ranking source as saying

“It didn’t feel real.” That’s how Alishba Javaid, a student at the University of Texas at Austin, describes the moment when she saw roughly 30 state troopers walk onto the campus lawn. Javaid and hundreds of her classmates had gathered on the grass, in the

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has renewed his calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as a Hamas delegation is set to visit the Egyptian capital, Cairo, soon for renewed indirect talks. “For the sake of the people of Gaza, the hostages & their families, and the region

Turkey has suspended all trade with Israel over its offensive in Gaza, citing the "worsening humanitarian tragedy" in the strip. The Turkish trade ministry said the measures would be in place until Israel allowed an "uninterrupted and sufficient flow" of aid into

Three Indian nationals have been arrested and charged over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, which sparked a major diplomatic row between the two countries. Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, was shot dead last June by masked gunmen in a busy car park in a Vancouver suburb.

Palestinian journalists covering the ongoing genocide in Gaza have been named as laureates of the 2024 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of an International Jury of media professionals. In an award ceremony held in the Chilean capital,