‘Law of the land:’ Biden signals Equal Rights Amendment should be ratified The outgoing US president called on others to ‘affirm’ the amendment, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex. President Joe Biden attends a ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall on January 16 in Arlington, Virginia [Evan Vucci/AP Photo] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On…
News Russia and Iran presidents sign partnership treaty in Moscow Iranian and Russian leaders praise deal covering areas including politics, security, trade, transport and energy. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meet at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 17, 2025 [Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via AFP] Published On 17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025…
US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok The court rules unanimously that the law did not violate free speech protections. TikTok logo has said it will go dark on Sunday if it doesn’t get a last minute reprieve [File: Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ Reuters] Published On 17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025 The US Supreme Court has refused…
EXPLAINER What has the UK promised Ukraine in Starmer’s 100-year deal? Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the partnership agreement would ensure Ukraine’s ‘security’. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with the UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a joint news conference following their meeting in Kyiv, on January 16, 2025 [File: Roman Pilipey/AFP] By Edna MohamedPublished…
Macron urges Israel to accelerate troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon France’s Emmanuel Macron is the first foreign head of state to visit Beirut since Joseph Aoun was elected as Lebanon’s president. French President Emmanuel Macron, left, meets his Lebanese counterpart, Joseph Aoun, at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon [Ludovic Marin/AFP] Published On 17 Jan…
Djokovic ‘big fan’ of Collins’s Melbourne crowd response; Alcaraz advances Novak Djokovic, who is on course to face Carlos Alcaraz, backs Danielle Collins’s kisses to hostile spectators. Novak Djokovic of Serbia points to someone in the Melbourne crowd as he celebrates winning match point against Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic on January 17, 2025…
Most of Gaza’s buildings and landscape are in ruins after 15 months of Israel’s war.
Colombia’s Petro suspends talks with ELN rebels Move comes in response to ELN attacks in country’s northeast, which President Gustavo Petro describes as war crimes. Colombian President Gustavo Petro previously promised ‘total peace’ in the South American country [File: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters] Published On 17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025 Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced…
Can a ceasefire end settler colonial genocide? The ceasefire deal clinched on Wednesday may end the latest episode of mass slaughter in Gaza, but it won’t halt the structural genocide of Palestinians. Muhannad Ayyash Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. Published On 17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025 Houses destroyed in Israeli…
Gaza ceasefire won’t last without political process, warn analysts The Israeli government has repeatedly sought to back out of truce deals, and this time could be no different, experts say. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected Gaza ceasefire deals in the past [File: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters] By Mat NashedPublished On 17 Jan 202517 Jan 2025…