Beirut, Lebanon – On May 25, 2000, the last Israeli troops withdrew from southern Lebanon ending their 18-year occupation.This expulsion of Israeli forces by an armed movement led by Hezbollah has been a cause of national celebration in Lebanon ever since, but this...

Lawyer convicted for the second time this year as President Saied’s crackdown on dissent intensifies. Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026Tunisian lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani has been sentenced to two years in jail for criticising prison conditions, according to...

NewsFeedMexico says it has agreed to host Iran’s World Cup team after the US declined to allow the squad to stay, with President Claudia Sheinbaum saying Mexico saw ‘no reason to refuse’ FIFA’s request.Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026Click here to share on social...

Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, has begun in Saudi Arabia as more than 1.5 million pilgrims arrive from abroad amid the backdrop of a fragile ceasefire in the Iran war and a global energy crisis.Saleh...

NewsFeedWith nearly two million worshippers performing Hajj this year, technology has become key to making sure everything runs smoothly. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris explains technology’s role in one of the world’s largest and most logistically complex religious...

Leo, in his first encyclical, insists ownership of AI data must not be left solely in private hands.By AFP and APPublished On 25 May 202625 May 2026Pope Leo XIV has called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that “new forms of slavery” are...

NewsFeedRescuers are continuing to search for survivors trapped under the rubble a day after a hotel under construction collapsed, killing at least four people. Seventeen people are still missing, as their families gather at the scene for news.Published On 25 May...

At least 24 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a suicide car bomb detonated on a train carrying soldiers in Quetta, capital of the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, on Sunday.The attack came amid Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s...

NewsFeedPope Leo has warned that some AI-powered weapons systems are becoming ‘practically beyond human control,’ as he called for stronger oversight in his long-awaited manifesto on the rapidly developing technology.Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026Click here to...

NewsFeedUS President Donald Trump has said that countries including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Turkiye and Pakistan should sign the Abraham Accords and normalise ties with Israel as part of a wider deal to end the war with Iran. Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett...

One activist says she was dragged, sexually assaulted and beaten while detained by Israeli authorities.By Anadolu and ReutersPublished On 25 May 202625 May 2026Australian activists detained by Israel while on a flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza have returned...

Tedros ⁠Adhanom Ghebreyesus says ​a delay in detecting cases means responders were now ‘playing catch-up’.By AFP and APPublished On 25 May 202625 May 2026The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) says there have been 220 suspected deaths ⁠in the...