Jordan’s foreign minister told Al Jazeera his country rejects the US president’s plan to take over Gaza

Elon Musk appears at White House defending DOGE’s work The billionaire Trump ally has pushed back at criticism over transparency, saying his department’s work is ‘common sense’. President Donald Trump’s adviser Elon Musk has defended the extensive cuts he’s pushing across the federal government [Jim Watson/AFP] Published On 12 Feb 202512 Feb 2025 President Donald…

Khaled Elgindy, talks about Trump’s statement that, that, unless Hamas returns all Israeli captives by Feb 15, “all hell

Philippines agency recommends charging VP Sara Duterte over alleged plot The National Bureau of Investigation called for a probe into Vice President Sara Duterte’s comments about having President Ferdinand Marcos Jr killed. Vice President Sara Duterte, left, raises the arm of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, right, during their inauguration ceremony at the National Museum in…

Iran denounces ‘reckless’ Trump remarks on nuclear deal Iran’s envoy to UN Amir Saeid Iravani warns the US that ‘any act of aggression will have severe consequences’. Iran’s ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani [File: Stephani Spindel/EPA] Published On 12 Feb 202512 Feb 2025 Iran’s representative to the United Nations has condemned the “reckless…

North Korea condemns Trump’s Gaza takeover plan as ‘slaughter, robbery’ North Korea has called for the US to stop ‘encroaching upon the dignity and sovereignty’ of the Palestinian people. A customer walks out of a restaurant displaying a poster of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in northern Gaza in 2017. The sign reads: ‘Raba…

EXPLAINER Why are gold prices soaring amid US President Trump’s tariffs? Fears of trade wars and geopolitical uncertainty appear to have boosted gold prices. Video Duration 02 minutes 28 seconds play-arrow 02:28 China-US trade war: Beijing’s retaliatory tariffs come into effect By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 12 Feb 202512 Feb 2025 United States President Donald Trump’s…

News US schoolteacher Marc Fogel released by Russia, White House says Fogel, 63, released after US President Donald Trump ‘negotiated an exchange’, officials say. Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained in Russia since August 2021, on a plane flying him back to the United States, February 11, 2025 [Adam Boehler/Handout via Reuters] Published On 12…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,084 Here are the key developments on the 1,084th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A Russian self-propelled multiple rocket launcher Uragan (Hurricane) is fired towards Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location in the Kursk region border area, in this image released on February 6, 2025…

‘Screaming because of the pain’: Salman Rushdie recounts stabbing at trial American-Lebanese Hadi Matar, 23, is accused of attempting to kill The Satanic Verses author in frenzied 2022 attack. A member of the audience gestures as British-US author Salman Rushdie addresses a news conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany,…