Spring brings more Russian advances as Putin rejects a ceasefire in Ukraine Amid truce negotiations, Russian forces were stirring in the south after pushing Ukraine out of Kursk. Olha Kyzym, head of the department of education of the Pechenihy village council, picks up a piece of shrapnel of a Shahed drone on the rooftop of a…
EXPLAINER New JFK assassination files: What was revealed about Oswald and CIA plots? New files released on Tuesday don’t shed new light on Kennedy’s assassination. But they reveal details about CIA plots. Part of a file from the CIA, dated February 3, 1968, titled Mexico City Chronology, about Lee Harvey Oswald’s time in Mexico and…
China executes 4 dual Canadian citizens despite Ottawa’s plea for clemency China’s embassy in Ottawa has confirmed executions of four dual Canadian-Chinese citizens for drug offences. Flags of Canada and China are placed for the first China-Canada economic and financial strategy dialogue in Beijing, China, on November 12, 2018 [Jason Lee/Reuters] Published On 20 Mar…
Israeli attacks in Gaza kill more than 70, including newborn baby Women and children among those reported dead in predawn attacks across northern and southern Gaza. Loved ones of the deceased mourn as bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli attack on a funeral house are brought to Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, Gaza, on…
EXPLAINER Why has the UK government announced swingeing welfare cuts? Prime Minister Keir Starmer says cuts will save UK billions per year, but advocacy groups slam move as ‘immoral’. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street for Prime Minister’s Questions in parliament in London on March 19, 2025 [Carlos Jasso/Reuters] By Simon EnglishPublished On…
Luka Doncic helps Lakers win against Jokic-less Nuggets in Los Angeles Luka Doncic led Los Angeles with 31 points as the Lakers defeated the Denver Nuggets 120-108. Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates a three-point basket during the first quarter against the Denver Nuggets at Crypto.com Arena on March 19, 2025 in Los…
Malaysia greenlights new search for missing flight MH370 Malaysia holds on to hope as its government finalises terms of a new search for the plane that vanished in 2014. A woman writes messages for the passengers of missing flight MH370 on a banner during a remembrance ceremony to mark an anniversary of the plane’s disappearance,…
Greenpeace must pay $660m to oil company over pipeline protests, jury says The environmental group was found to have defamed Energy Transfer through protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock. ‘Water Protectors’ protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline adjacent to the Standing Rock Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, United States, on December…
Trump administration detains Indian pro-Palestinian student for deportation Postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri accused of ‘spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism’. The Department of Homeland Security seal is pictured at the US Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak in Kodiak, Alaska, the United States, on March 17, 2025 [Alex Brandon/AP Photo] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 20…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,120 These are the key developments on day 1,120 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. A Ukrainian soldier from a sniper unit with a Savage 110 elite prestige 338 rifle prepares to fire at a shooting range in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on March 18, 2025 [Jose Colon/Anadolu] Published On…