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AF Al Jazeera 1 month ago

Afghan taxi drivers defy the Taliban’s music ban

Afghan taxi drivers are playing music in their cars despite it being banned by the Taliban.

YE France24 1 month ago

Yemen's president calls on his people to mobilise against Iran-backed Houthis

Yemen’s Riyadh-based President Rashid al-Alimi on Friday called on ‌his people to mobilise and join the armed ‌forces while offering a general amnesty to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels who have seized...

ET France24 1 month ago

Telecoms disruption raises fears as heavy fighting strikes Ethiopia

First, fighting continues between the Ethiopian forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front as fears of a regional spillover continue to mount. Then, both the opposition and the ruling UDPS party...

FR NY Times 1 month ago

Catherine Ringer, French Pop Icon of Eclectic Style, Dies at 68

With her guitarist-partner, Fred Chichin, she formed Les Rita Mitsouko as a band that embraced a more multicultural France.

CA NY Times 1 month ago

His Novel Had a Shot at a Top Book Prize. Then Someone Ran an A.I. Test.

“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize.

GB BBC 1 month ago

What is kratom, the 'gas station heroin' alarming officials in the US?

Kratom, found during an investigation into the deaths of two college students, has been sold in the US for around a decade.

CO NY Times 1 month ago

Colombia’s President Wears Gun to Santa Marta, City Shut Down by a Criminal Group

Abelardo De La Espriella, the new president, wore the gun to visit Santa Marta, a tourist destination shut down by an armed group after state forces killed a group leader.

FR France24 1 month ago

‘I hope France wakes up’: Young Catholics flood the streets for Pope Leo's Paris visit

Armed with paper fortune-tellers and pop worship songs, young French Catholics from the Anuncio movement fanned out into the crowds awaiting Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Paris on Friday, hoping to bring...

IL NY Times 1 month ago

U.N. Releases New List of Companies It Says Do Business With Israeli Settlements

Israel condemned the database of firms tied to activity in the occupied West Bank as a “political tool” to advance “a smear campaign.”

QA Al Jazeera 1 month ago

Which countries walked out of Netanyahu’s UNGA speech?

Which countries walked out of Netanyahu’s UNGA speech?

IL Al Jazeera 1 month ago

Jerusalem Daily: What was Netanyahu’s UNGA speech really about?

Dozens of countries’ delegations walked out of or were absent for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s UNGA speech.

FR France24 1 month ago

Leo XIV in Paris: A look at the vespers evening prayer at Notre-Dame

On Friday, Pope Leo XIV praised the "splendor" of Notre-Dame de Paris, which has been restored following the devastating fire of 2019, saying "the heart of a people" beats within this place. He is th...

PK Al Jazeera 1 month ago

Pakistan PM calls Houthi threats to Saudi holy sites a ‘red line’

Pakistan PM, a signatory to the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia at UNGA 81.

PS Al Jazeera 1 month ago

How Israel’s ‘Blue Line’ team seizes Palestinian land in the West Bank

Little-known Israeli map team is redrawing land boundaries as Palestinians face growing illegal settlement expansion.

IL Al Jazeera 1 month ago

UN expands list of firms involved in illegal Israeli settlement activities

With addition of 61 more companies, the list now includes 214 businesses in 11 countries, most of them Israeli.

NA NY Times 1 month ago

African Presidents Call for Permanent African Seats on U.N. Security Council

A host of African leaders including the presidents of Ghana, Liberia, Kenya and Namibia demanded the change while the U.N. Secretary General said the lack of a permanent African seat was “indefensible...

GB BBC 1 month ago

US Supreme Court allows Trump to use controversial database to check voter citizenship

Critics have questioned the reliability of the data, warning it could result in US citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls.

IR Al Jazeera 1 month ago

Iran threatens widespread disruption as Iraq halts Iran flights

Iraq has suspended Iranian flights at all four airports where they operated

IQ Al Jazeera 1 month ago

Will Turkiye end its military presence in northern Iraq?

Ankara agrees to gradually hand over a base in Sinjar.

FR France24 1 month ago

Pope in Paris, Xi in DC, AI at a Crossroads

It’s been a week of walkouts, power plays and diplomatic theatre — from a battle over press freedom in Washington, to a United Nations General Assembly marked by protests and departures, as leaders c...