News South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, formally arrested A court in Seoul grants request for an arrest warrant, saying there was ‘concern’ that Yoon could ‘destroy evidence’. A photo of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol arriving at the Corruption Investigation Office a few hours earlier is shown during a news broadcast on…
Israel must withdraw from Lebanon by January 26 deadline: President Aoun Lebanon’s new president’s comments come after the UN chief called on Israel to end its ‘occupation’ of southern Lebanon. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace, in Baabda, Lebanon January 18, 2025 [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters] Published On…
Liverpool need Nunez brace in injury time to down Brentford Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez scores twice in injury time at Brentford as Reds’ extend lead at top to seven points. Darwin Nunez of Liverpool celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Premier League match at Brentford [Ryan Pierse/Getty Images] Published On 18 Jan 202518…
Israel-Hamas ceasefire: What do we know about the captives held in Gaza? There are believed to be about 100 Israeli captives still being held in Gaza, including soldiers and civilians. Images of Israeli captives, who were kidnapped during the October 7, 2023 attack, hang from a tree at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, January…
Houthis to halt Israel, Red Sea attacks if Gaza truce comes into force Spokesman al-Bukhaiti says Houthis will stop operations in support of Gaza when truce comes into effect on Sunday. Flames and smoke rise from the damaged Greek-flagged oil tanker MV Sounion after an attack by Houthi groups on the Red Sea on September…
News ‘Heartbreaking’: More than 60 killed in Nigeria tanker explosion The death toll likely to go up in the latest tanker explosion in Africa’s largest economy amid rising fuel cost. Tanker explosions are not uncommon in Nigeria, with this image showing people gather at the scene of a fuel tanker explosion in Majiya town, Nigeria…
Biden’s Ukraine disaster was decades in the making American securocrats pushed for expansionist policies in the 1990s that set the West and Russia on a path of confrontation. Leonid Ragozin Leonid Ragozin is a freelance journalist based in Riga. Published On 18 Jan 202518 Jan 2025 President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrive…
Who is Steve Witkoff, Trump’s man at the Gaza ceasefire talks? The real estate magnate and Trump golf partner is said to have played a key role in the Gaza ceasefire deal. Steve Witkoff arrives at a campaign rally for Donald Trump [Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP] By Alice SperiPublished On 18 Jan 202518 Jan 2025 As both…
Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds play-arrow 25:00 Reframe Doctors on the front lines in Gaza – Dr Victoria Rose & Fatima Bhutto Victoria Rose is a British senior plastic and reconstructive surgeon who has been on two medical missions to Gaza since October 7, 2023. In this interview of Al Jazeera’s new series Reframe,…
The long-awaited ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas brings to a halt more than 15 months of genocidal war on the occupied Gaza Strip. Its timing – on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration – also raises uncomfortable questions about the Biden administration’s role in earlier peace talks. Diana Buttu, a Palestinian human rights…