UK Prime Minister Starmer slams ‘lies’ after Musk tirade Starmer defends record as prosecutor after tech billionaire Musk attacks him and other Labour figures over handling of child rape cases. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech on reducing NHS wait times as he visits a healthcare provider in Surrey, on January 6, 2025…
Pakistan Taliban threatens military-run businesses amid rising violence The threat marks a significant escalation in the group’s fight against the Pakistani military, warn analysts. Pakistan Taliban has issued a warning to the military of launching attacks on its commercial interests [File: Ishtiaq Mahsud/AP Photo] By Abid HussainPublished On 6 Jan 20256 Jan 2025 Islamabad, Pakistan –…
Nigeria’s military has launched an offensive against a new rebel group said to be affiliated with ISIL.
In Pictures Guards from the opposition Syrian Military Operations Department outside “Palestine Branch” after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. [Belal Khaled/Al Jazeera] By Belal KhaledPublished On 6 Jan 20256 Jan 2025 Damascus, Syria – “Palestine Branch”, also known as Branch 235, is an intelligence-run prison in Syria that everyone in the country feared and loathed….
At the EU’s external border in Bulgaria, the refugee horror story continues I spent a summer providing medical care to refugees in Bulgaria and these are some of their stories. Nabiha Islam Internal Medicine physician based in Toronto Published On 6 Jan 20256 Jan 2025 A Syrian refugee is pictured in a camp in the…
Nine killed in roadside bomb attack in central India Police said eight policemen and a driver were killed in bomb blast set off by Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh. Published On 6 Jan 20256 Jan 2025 At least eight policemen and a driver have been killed in central India when a bomb blast set off by…
Israeli forces use an ambulance to carry out a raid in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian Authority shuts down several Al Jazeera digital platforms The decision came after the PA closed Al Jazeera’s office in the occupied West Bank, temporarily suspending its work. Al Jazeera broadcast engineer Mohammad Salameh works at the Master Control Room unit inside the network’s office in the West Bank city of Ramallah [File: Nasser Nasser/AP]…
South Korea authorities seek extension of warrant to arrest impeached Yoon Former President Yoon Suk Yeol has defiantly refused questioning over a bungled martial law decree last month. People take part in a protest against impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near his official residence in Seoul, South Korea, January 6, 2025 [Tyrone Siu/Reuters]…
What is a polar vortex, the weather event causing winter storms in the US? The expanding of the polar vortex – an area of cold air around the Arctic – southwards is causing cold spells in the US. A United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) Boeing 747 cargo jet sits parked in the snow at Louisville…