The Congolese president made a landslide victory in December elections highly contested by opposition candidates. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has been sworn in for a second five-year term following highly contested elections in December. “I am taking back the baton of command that you entrusted…
An air raid on the Mazzeh neighbourhood of the Syrian capital, Damascus, tore into a multistorey residential building and left several people killed. The target of Saturday’s attack was an intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), sources told Al Jazeera. In a statement, the IRGC said an…
Israeli forces have dropped leaflets in the southern Gaza Strip, asking residents to provide information about the captives taken by Hamas on October 7, as bombardment of the besieged enclave continues. The leaflets dropped on Saturday, showed the photos of dozens of captives still in Gaza, together with a message…
The victims were identified as third-grade students from an elementary school in Henan province, according to reports. A fire has ripped through a dormitory in a boarding school in central China, killing 13 students, state media reported. One student was injured in the blaze at Yingcai School in Henan province’s…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Announcement by army-aligned foreign ministry comes after it accused bloc of ‘violating’ country’s sovereignty by inviting RSF chief to a summit. The government of war-ravaged Sudan says it has suspended its membership in the East African regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The announcement on…
In February, the Dominican Republic will become the first Caribbean nation to test a four-day work week, following similar trials in countries such as the United Kingdom. The six-month pilot will be voluntary for companies and will not involve a pay cut for participating employees. Growing calls for a shorter…
Israeli soldiers executed at least 19 civilians in Gaza City in December, said witnesses who recounted how women and girls were separated from their families, beaten and strip-searched. Human rights groups have been gathering testimonies of the alleged summary executions and Al Jazeera has obtained footage and witness accounts from…
The structure of the global benchmark Brent crude futures market and some physical markets in Europe and Africa have been reflecting tighter supply partly over concerns about shipping delays as vessels avoid the Red Sea due to missile and drone attacks. The disruptions – which have been the largest to…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says five of its “military advisers” have been killed in an Israeli air raid on a residential building in Syria’s capital, Damascus. Syrian state media SANA said the attack on Saturday took place in the Mazzeh neighbourhood. It said “Israeli aggression” targeted the building….
Drug boss Jose Adolfo Macias is at large after escaping from an Ecuadorean prison, triggering wave of gang violence. The wife and children of Ecuador’s most-wanted fugitive, drug kingpin Jose Adolfo Macias, were arrested in Argentina and have been deported to Ecuador. The Los Choneros gang leader, known as “Fito”,…
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