Russia’s Vladimir Putin will be sworn in for a fifth term as president in a ceremony at the Kremlin later on Tuesday. The United States and most European Union nations have said they will not send envoys to Tuesday’s inauguration of Vladimir Putin as Russian president. Putin, 71, secured a fifth term in office in […]
As the war enters its 803rd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Fighting Russia claimed to have taken control of two more Ukrainian settlements – Soloviove in the eastern Donetsk region and Kotliarivka further north in the Kharkiv region. Ukraine’s military made no mention of either […]
Medan, Indonesia – Indonesian film director Joko Anwar is a busy man. He is on location in the city of Bandung, shooting “a new project”, the details of which he refuses to divulge, while also wrapping up post-production on another film to be released “soon”. At the same time, he is doing press for his […]
United States Senator Bernie Sanders, the 82-year-old leftist and two-time presidential candidate from Vermont, has announced that he will run for reelection amid rumours of possible retirement. Sanders, whose presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020 galvanised young people and progressives, announced on Monday that he would run for a fourth six-year term in the US […]
Al Jazeera has obtained a copy of the Gaza ceasefire proposal that Hamas said it accepted on Monday. The deal, which was put forward by Egypt and Qatar, would come in three stages that would see an initial halt in the fighting leading to lasting calm and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Palestinian […]
Hamas officials have shown Al Jazeera a copy of the Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal that the movement says it has agreed to. The proposal includes three phases and would see an end to Israel’s war on Gaza as well as the release of Israeli captives held in the enclave and Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Hamas’s […]
Washington, DC – The United States has said it is reviewing a Hamas response to a Gaza ceasefire proposal, while refusing to provide any details about the deal or what exactly the Palestinian group has agreed to. Officials at the White House and Department of State were tight-lipped about the ceasefire talks on Monday, but […]
A New York jury has heard more testimony in the criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trump, who is accused of falsifying business records linked to hush-money payments ahead of the 2016 elections. But even before the jury was seated on Monday, Judge Juan Merchan levied another $1,000 fine against Trump and held […]
The broadcaster RAI has denied censorship claims and said it is transforming into ‘a modern digital media company’. Journalists at Italian public broadcaster RAI have staged a one-day strike, accusing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government of stifling free speech. The journalists’ union Usigrai says the situation has worsened since Meloni took office in late […]
The announcement comes after people start to flee eastern Rafah after Israel orders tens of thousands to evacuate. Hamas has approved a proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza war put forward by mediators Qatar and Egypt, the Palestinian group says, although Israel has yet to comment on the proposal. “Ismail Haniyeh, head of the […]
The Israeli army has ordered tens of thousands of Palestinians to leave Rafah amid growing fears of a ground assault on the southern Gaza city, where 1.4 million people displaced by Israel’s war on Gaza have sought shelter. An Israeli military spokesperson told journalists about 100,000 people in eastern Rafah should evacuate to “an expanded […]
Israel’s military has ordered tens of thousands of people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to evacuate, signalling that a long-expected ground invasion could be imminent. The evacuation order comes as indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas appeared to stall amid intense disagreements between the warring sides. The United States […]
