Senior ISIL Somalia commander captured in Puntland Police say Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to authorities. Puntland Security Forces parade newly trained soldiers and equipment to combat ISIL in Bosaso in the Bari region of Sudan, January 30 [File: Feisal Omar/Reuters] Published On 3 Feb 20253 Feb 2025 A senior…
Satellite images show Israel building military bases in Syria buffer zone Images verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad unit shed light on Israel’s plans after it expanded area of control in Syria. An Israeli military vehicle drives on the Syrian side of the ceasefire line, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, January…
Global stocks swoon as Trump tariffs hit markets Economists say tariffs would slow global growth and drive prices higher. The top five US liquor brands were removed from shelves at a BC Liquor Store in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, as part of a response to US President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods…
Car bombing kills 20 in northern Syria’s Manbij: Presidency Syrian president’s office denounces the ‘terrorist’ attack and pledges to pursue accountability for perpetrators. Syrian Civil Defence workers inspect the area of the car bomb attack on the outskirts of the city of Manbij, February 3 [Syrian Civil Defence/White Helmets via AP] Published On 3 Feb…
Chelsea star Sam Kerr faces trial, accused of racially harassing policeman Australia’s all-time leading international goal scorer pleaded not guilty over the incident, which occurred in southwest London in 2023. Chelsea’s Australian striker Sam Kerr arrives at Kingston Crown Court in London, UK, on February 3, 2025, for the start of her trial [Henry Nicholls/AFP]…
Trump’s tariffs: The US will now find out just how much it needs Mexico The American jobs that Trump claims are ‘threatened’ by Mexico actually depend on it to exist. Alex González Ormerod Founder of The Mexico Political Economist Published On 3 Feb 20253 Feb 2025 Factory employees work on the assembly line in a…
A bombing at a Moscow apartment building killed paramilitary leader Armen Sarkisyan.
Israeli forces killed 70 in West Bank this year, Health Ministry says PA accuses Israel of waging an ‘all-out war’ on the Palestinian people to carry out ‘ethnic cleansing’ plans. Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli raid, in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, February 3 [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters] Published On…
‘Colonial erasure’: Iran slams Trump plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza Iran joins other countries in Middle East in rejecting Trump’s proposal for displacing Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan. Iranian demonstrators hold effigies of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, during a rally in Tehran, January 10 [File: AFP] Published On 3…
A car bomb in northern Syria’s Manbij killed at least 18 women and one man, most of them agricultural workers.