‘I lost everything:’ Fire crews battle ‘unprecedented’ Los Angeles blazes

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Officials hope improved wind conditions will allow firefighters to contain wildfires that have devastated the US city. A pause in the strong winds fuelling deadly wildfires in and around Los Angeles has provided a...

Trump sentenced in New York hush-money case days before taking office

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Donald Trump avoids jail time or a fine, but the US president-elect’s criminal conviction will be on his record. Donald Trump has become the first former United States president ever sentenced for...

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,052

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Here are the key developments on the 1,052nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Saturday, January 11: Fighting Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted investigators as...

Greenland does not want to be American or Danish, PM says

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Mute Egede, who previously said territory ‘not for sale’, underlined people’s desire to be ‘master of own house’. Greenlanders do not want to be American or Danish, the Arctic island’s prime minister...

Why is India courting the Taliban now?

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Meeting between India’s foreign secretary and the Taliban this week has prompted speculation. The meeting in Dubai between Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of the...

Myanmar’s rebels liberate territory – administrating it is the next battle

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Al Jazeera visits areas liberated from the military in Karen State where establishing a civil administration is the next task for pro-democracy forces. Karen State, Myanmar – Thaw Hti was a tiny speck...

Sense of impunity ‘absolute’: The NGO holding Israeli soldiers to account

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The Hind Rajab Foundation is using Israeli soldiers’ own social media footage as evidence for war crimes investigations. Israeli officials are concerned about their soldiers being arrested after fighting in Gaza after...
Greenland today, Svalbard tomorrow Arctic shivers at specter of Trump and Putin

Greenland today, Svalbard tomorrow? Arctic shivers at specter of Trump and Putin

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The incoming U.S. administration admits that its stunning polar gambit is about warding off Russian ambitions. Greenland is just the tip of the iceberg. Competition to rule the wider Arctic and its vast...

Musk, Meta fuel far-right attack against EU tech ‘censorship’

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Far-right lawmakers feel empowered to step up their attacks against EU social media rules. BRUSSELS—For the European far right, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s crusade against perceived European Union “censorship” is a...

Brussels hushed up Ursula von der Leyen’s week in hospital with pneumonia

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Revelation is set to fuel more transparency questions for the EU’s most powerful official. BRUSSELS ― European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was confined to hospital suffering from pneumonia, her spokesperson...