India’s Tejas fighter jet crashes at Dubai Airshow, pilot dies
India’s Tejas fighter jet crashes at Dubai Airshow, pilot dies The crash is the second recorded for the HAL Tejas, a key jet in India’s efforts to modernise its air…
Bangladesh 5.5-magnitude earthquake – what we know so far
EXPLAINER Bangladesh 5.5-magnitude earthquake – what we know so far At least five people killed in deadly earthquake close to the capital city Dhaka on Friday. Men mourn the death…
Africa does not need to borrow democracy; it needs to reclaim it
Opinion Africa does not need to borrow democracy; it needs to reclaim it From the shir to the kgotla, Africa’s history demonstrates that democratic practice is indigenous, and reclaiming it…
Why has Trump blasted US Democrats for ‘seditious’ comments?
EXPLAINER Why has Trump blasted US Democrats for ‘seditious’ comments? Six Democratic Congress members call on the US military not to obey ‘illegal orders’ but has Trump issued any? President…
Israeli incursions, abductions stoke fear in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights
Israeli incursions, abductions stoke fear in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights Al Jazeera talks exclusively to families of those taken by the Israeli army whose actions are also causing an ecocide.…
Trump’s 28-point Ukraine plan in full: What it means, could it work?
EXPLAINER Trump’s 28-point Ukraine plan in full: What it means, could it work? The US-brokered proposal requires Kyiv to make territorial concessions to Russia and to stay out of NATO.…
What do we know about the 28-point US plan for Ukraine?
Ukraine must slash the size of its army and cede territory, under a US plan to end the Russia war.
Students taken from Catholic school in central Nigeria in latest abduction
Students taken from Catholic school in central Nigeria in latest abduction Attack comes just days after armed men stormed a secondary school in northwestern Nigeria, kidnapping 25 schoolgirls. Police officers…
NYC mayor’s father says son aware of “enormity of this task”
Mahmood Mamdani on his son’s innovative and uncompromising drive to become NYC mayor – and his awareness of the enormit
Frida Kahlo painting sells for record $54.7m
A 1940 self-portrait titled ‘The dream’ by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m.