09-02-2026 KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the US wants the war with Russia to end by June, adding that both sides had been invited to the US for talks next week. “America proposed for the first time that the two negotiating teams, Ukraine and Russia, meet in the United …
Read More »RSF drone strike in Sudan kills dozens including children
09-02-2026 KHARTOUM: A drone attack carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has hit a vehicle transporting displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, the Sudan Doctors Network said. The attack on Saturday occurred near the city of Rahad in North Kordofan province, …
Read More »‘Israel’s Gaza genocide risks global order’
09-02-2026 TEHRAN/ GAZA STRIP: Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and its geopolitical fallout reverberating across the Middle East and beyond have dominated the 17th Al Jazeera Forum in Doha. Senior political figures and officials warned on Saturday that the conflict is accelerating the collapse of international norms, reshaping regional …
Read More »Pakistani ISIL claims responsibility of Islamabad attack
09-02-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: As funerals were held on Saturday for more than 30 people martyred in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad, analysts warned the attack could be part of a broader attempt to inflame sectarian tensions in the country. A suicide …
Read More »US moving 7,000 ISIS suspects from Syria to Iraq
09-02-2026 WASHINGTON: The US military is in the process of transferring nearly 7,000 ISIS suspects from prisons and jails in northeast Syria to detention facilities across the border into Iraq. The operation comes amid concerns over security, following a mass escape from at least one prison in Syria, but it …
Read More »Spain & Portugal brace for new storm after floods
09-02-2026 MADRID/ LISBON: Spain and Portugal are bracing for a new storm, just days after Storm Leonardo’s deadly floods killed at least two people, one in Portugal and one in Spain and forced more than 11,000 residents to evacuate their homes. On Saturday, authorities in Portugal mobilized more than 26,500 …
Read More »Man sentenced to life for 2024 attempt on Trump’s life
08-02-2026 WEST PALM BEACH, FLOEIDA: Ryan Routh has been sentenced to life in prison for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in September of 2024. Routh, 59, was found guilty last year of trying to kill Trump, then still a presidential candidate, at the Trump …
Read More »Trump, Xi discuss in call aimed at easing China-US relations
08-02-2026 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: China is considering buying more US-farmed soybeans, President Donald Trump said after what he called “very positive” talks with President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, even as Beijing warned Washington about arms sales to Taiwan. In a goodwill gesture two months before Trump’s expected visit to Beijing, Trump …
Read More »UK asks Air India to explain Boeing fuel-switch incident
08-02-2026 Bureau Report LONDON/ NEW DELHI: Britain’s aviation authority has asked Air India to explain how a Boeing, opens new tab Dreamliner passenger jet which was grounded on arrival in India for safety checks took off from London on Sunday with a possibly faulty fuel switch, a letter shows. The …
Read More »Palestinian women recount Israeli interrogation
08-02-2026 RAFAH/ GAZA STRIP: When Rotana al-Raqab learned that her name and her mothers were included on the first list of Palestinians allowed to return to Gaza through the Rafah crossing, she felt, briefly, that the long months she had spent stranded in Egypt were finally coming to an end …
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