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Nigeria’s second-chance schools: women balancing study and survival
Sokoto, Nigeria – Each time her curious seven-year-old child returned home from school with homework, 28-year-old Habiba Abubakar knew it was time to take him to her neighbour, whom the child called “aunt”, even though they were not related by blood, who had been his...
Iran war live: Tensions simmer after latest US-Iran clashes in Gulf
blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports that 3,516 people have now been killed by Israeli attacks on the country since March. Published On 4 Jun 20264 Jun 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on...
London activists try to erect statue of jailed Palestinian leader
NewsFeedActivists have tried to erect a statue of Marwan Barghouti in London’s Parliament Square, but police intervened. Barghouti, sometimes referred to as the ‘Palestinian Mandela’, has been imprisoned by Israel since 2002.Published On 3 Jun 20263 Jun 2026Click here...
Trump seeks to split Lebanon talks from war on Iran negotiations
NewsFeedUS President Donald Trump says he wants to keep talks on the conflict in Lebanon separate from negotiations over the war between the US and Iran. Trump has been pressing Israel to halt its attacks on Lebanon, but the bombardment in the south has continued,...
Kuwait releases CCTV footage of deadly Iranian strike on airport
NewsFeedKuwait has released surveillance footage of what it says shows an Iranian drone strike on Terminal 1 at Kuwait International Airport. The attack killed one person, injured dozens and caused significant damage to the terminal. Iran’s IRGC had claimed a wayward...
Real Madrid will bring Mourinho back if Perez is re-elected
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says he will bring Jose Mourinho back as manager if he wins Sunday’s election.By ReutersPublished On 3 Jun 20263 Jun 2026Jose Mourinho will return to manage Real Madrid if Florentino Perez wins the club’s presidential election...
US House passes Iran war powers resolution in rare pushback against Trump
The United States House of Representatives has passed a resolution to rein in President Donald Trump’s powers to attack Iran without congressional authorisation.Four Republicans joined Democrats to pass the bill in a vote of 215 to 208 on Wednesday in Washington,...
Who is Adam Hamawy? Doctor who served in Gaza is on the path to US Congress
Adam Hamawy, a plastic surgeon, army veteran and conflict-zone medical worker, has won a crowded Democratic primary for an open seat in the United States House of Representatives.The Egyptian-born doctor’s victory puts him on track to represent New Jersey’s 12th...
Kuwait labels Iran attack ‘heinous aggression’
NewsFeedKuwait’s defence ministry has labelled an attack on the country’s international airport as ‘heinous Iranian aggression’. One person was killed and dozens were injured after Iranian drones struck a terminal on Wednesday, causing ‘significant material...
South Africa’s top court revives impeachment inquiry against president
The scandal centres on a large sum of foreign currency stolen from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farmhouse in 2020. Published On 8 May 20268 May 2026South Africa’s highest court has cleared the way for the revival of impeachment proceedings against President Cyril...
‘Make up their own minds’: Pentagon releases first tranche of UFO files
The United States Department of Defense has released its first tranche of previously classified files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs), following an order from US President Donald Trump in February.The release on Friday contained 162 files dating back decades,...
Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan in US
By AP and ReutersPublished On 8 May 20268 May 2026Virginia’s top court has thrown out a new electoral map that was crafted to flip four Republican-held US congressional seats to Democrats, handing President Donald Trump’s party a victory in the run-up to the November...
‘In the days of old, the world was safe’: West Bank family’s enduring unity
Khirbet al-Marajim, occupied West Bank — The metal door of the Masallam family home still bears the dents from a settler’s axe. Inside, the smell of freshly made cheese hangs beneath a stone-domed ceiling. Mattresses line the circular room, spread across carpets on...
Botswana’s former President Festus Mogae dies aged 86
The ex-leader won praise for good governance and the fight against HIV/AIDS in the southern African nation.By AFP and ReutersPublished On 8 May 20268 May 2026Botswana’s former President Festus Mogae has died at the age of 86, the government has announced, along with...
Kenya cancer cluster sparks ‘environmental genocide’ claims over oil waste
A group of 298 petitioners from remote villages of Marsabit County in northern Kenya is suing BP and the Kenyan government over oil exploration waste from the 1980s that it says is causing a cancer cluster that has killed hundreds.Residents and local health workers...
Thousands run Palestine Marathon under shadow of Israel’s war on Gaza
By AFP, Anadolu, AP and ReutersPublished On 8 May 20268 May 2026The tenth Palestine International Marathon has been run in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, with a parallel race held in Gaza after a two-year hiatus caused by Israel’s war on the Strip.The 42km...
The disaster unfolding on Russia’s Black Sea coast is of its own making
Southern Russia is facing one of the largest environmental disasters in its modern history. In April, repeated Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure in Tuapse triggered massive refinery fires and oil spills along the Black Sea coast, including near Sochi....
Iran claims to have seized ‘offending’ oil tanker in Gulf of Oman
State TV releases a video of IRGC forces boarding and detaining the Barbados-flagged vessel, Ocean Koi.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims to have captured an oil tanker, Ocean Koi, in a “special operation” in the Gulf of Oman, saying the vessel was...
Holders Flamengo see Copa Libertadores match abandoned amid crowd trouble
The match in Colombia, hosted by Independiente Medellin, was twice interrupted by violence before being called off.Published On 8 May 20268 May 2026A Copa Libertadores match between hosts Independiente Medellin of Colombia and defending champions Flamengo of Brazil...
What we know about Iran’s response to the latest US ceasefire proposal
Iran has said it is reviewing a United States peace proposal that seeks to end the war, even as the two sides exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.In a post on his Truth Social Platform late on Thursday, US President Donald Trump called Iran’s leadership...
Sexual violence against Palestinians in Israeli prisons is ‘systematic’
NewsFeedKifaya Khraim, Advocacy Unit Manager at the Ramallah-based Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling, says sexual abuse by Israeli soldiers against Palestinians is widespread. She says the violence appears to be ‘systematic’ rather than ‘isolated...
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