Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has died at 86. “With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn … the death of Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait,” said a statement from the royal court aired on state television. Sheikh Nawaf was sworn in in September…
Threat comes as Israel, Western allies bolster presence in Red Sea as rebels target shipping. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have warned Israel, the United States and other Western allies that any hostile move from foreign forces against the country will have dire consequences and come at great cost. The Iran-aligned Houthis,…
International calls for accountability grow after Israeli attack kills Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa. Here’s how things stand on Saturday, December 16, 2023: Latest developments Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abudaqa has been killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza. He is the 57th Palestinian journalist and media worker to be…
Top US diplomat calls on international community to oppose ‘transnational repression.’ United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned Hong Kong authorities for placing bounties on five pro-democracy activists based overseas, including a US citizen, calling on the international community to oppose “transnational repression.” Blinked said on Friday that…
Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss faced outpouring of racist and sexist threats after Giuliani’s false claims. Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who served as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has been ordered to pay $148m in damages to two former election workers he defamed with false claims about…
Los Angeles medical examiner says drowning and heart disease were contributing factors in actor’s accidental death. “Friends” actor Matthew Perry, who was found dead in a jacuzzi at his Los Angeles home in October, died from an accidental ketamine overdose, an autopsy has found. Perry, who played the wise-cracking Chandler…
A good result on China’s annual national civil service exam is a requirement for any Chinese candidate who wants to be considered for the tens of thousands of vacant civil service jobs that the government seeks to fill every year. Many of the vacant positions are reserved for recent Chinese…
Israeli warplanes have bombed a house belonging to the Shehadeh family in the Brazil neighbourhood in the Rafah governorate, south of the Gaza Strip. Four people were killed in the attack on Thursday, and dozens of others wounded. At least 15 people remain missing under the rubble. The wounded were…
The captives were killed during combat with Palestinian fighters after they were erroneously identified as a threat. The Israeli army has killed three captives held by Palestinian armed groups in Gaza after “mistakenly” identifying them as a threat, according to Israeli military officials. The military said on Friday that the…
NewsFeed An Al Jazeera journalist was killed and another injured by Israeli missiles in southern Gaza. Cameraman Samer Abudaqa, who had been critically injured, died after paramedics were prevented from rescuing him. Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh was wounded in the same strike. The network deems this incident a deliberate…
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