Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 106 | Israel War on Gaza News

Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 106 | Israel War on Gaza News

Footage and witness accounts shared with Al Jazeera reveal how Israeli forces carried out summary executions in Gaza. Here are the other major updates. Here’s how things stand on Saturday, January 20, 2024: Latest developments The United States has said it is investigating the killing by Israeli forces of a…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 696 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 696 | Russia-Ukraine war News

These are the main developments as the war enters its 696th day. Here is the situation on Saturday, January 20, 2024. Fighting Ukraine has attacked an oil depot in western Russia, where four oil reservoirs with a total capacity of 6,000 cubic metres (212,000 cubic feet) caught fire, a Ukrainian…

US Senator Tim Scott endorses Trump for president in blow to Nikki Haley | Politics News

US Senator Tim Scott endorses Trump for president in blow to Nikki Haley | Politics News

Trump holds commanding lead in polls ahead of key New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. United States Senator Tim Scott has endorsed his former rival Donald Trump for the Republican nomination for president, in a setback for Trump’s closest challenger and fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley. Tim Scott, who dropped out…

‘Low-trust’ ties: What’s next for Pakistan, Iran after tit-for-tat attacks? | Military News

‘Low-trust’ ties: What’s next for Pakistan, Iran after tit-for-tat attacks? | Military News

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan and Iran have agreed to de-escalate tensions after tit-for-tat military strikes on each other’s territory this week, but the episode reveals a lack of trust between the neighbours that will continue to plague relations even after the missiles and accusations have subsided, say analysts. On Friday evening…

Popcorn and curfew: India gets ready for Ram temple with frenzy and fear | Politics

Popcorn and curfew: India gets ready for Ram temple with frenzy and fear | Politics

Yavatmal/Mumbai, India – For a month now, mini-trucks have been snaking their way on labyrinth roads cutting across villages in Yavatmal district in central India. Yavatmal has been in the grip of agrarian distress so deep that more than 5,800 farmers have taken their own lives here in the last…

Purges in China’s military allow Taiwan some respite – for now | Politics News

Purges in China’s military allow Taiwan some respite – for now | Politics News

Danny Jia was walking down a street outside Taiwan’s Taoyuan city in late December when he suddenly heard automatic gunfire. Not far from Jia’s location that morning, the 249th mechanised infantry brigade of the Taiwanese armed forces was conducting military drills at Guanyin beach on the island’s northwest coast. “I…

Actor Alec Baldwin charged again over fatal film-set shooting | Courts News

Actor Alec Baldwin charged again over fatal film-set shooting | Courts News

Grand jury indicted Baldwin for involuntary manslaughter over 2021 shooting on set of, Rust, that killed Halyna Hutchins. A grand jury has indicted American actor Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge after a 2021 shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set killed the cinematographer. Special prosecutors brought the case…

New Hampshire primary: Haley and the anti-Trump movement’s last best hope | Elections News

New Hampshire primary: Haley and the anti-Trump movement’s last best hope | Elections News

New Hampshire — the next stop in the Republican primary calendar — is known as the Granite State, named for the rock that gave rise to some of its mightiest peaks and mountains. For former United Nations envoy Nikki Haley, however, the Granite State could be the cliff off which…

South Africa seeks to stop auction of historic Nelson Mandela artefacts | Nelson Mandela News

South Africa seeks to stop auction of historic Nelson Mandela artefacts | Nelson Mandela News

About 75 items are to go under the hammer in a deal between Mandela’s family and a New York-based auctioneer. The South African government has said it will challenge the auctioning of dozens of artefacts belonging to the nation’s anti-apartheid stalwart Nelson Mandela, saying the items are of historical significance…

Namibia’s president to undergo treatment after ‘cancerous cells’ found | Health News

Namibia’s president to undergo treatment after ‘cancerous cells’ found | Health News

Hage Geingob, 82, will continue to carry out his presidential duties while seeking treatment, his office said. Namibian President Hage Geingob will start treatment for cancer after routine medical checkups led to the detection of “cancerous cells”, his office has said. In a statement from the Namibian Presidency on Friday,…