The US Senate has voted to pass a budget deal to avert what would be the first federal government shutdown since 2019, only hours after the lower House of Representatives approved the same legislation. The budget deal was passed shortly after a midnight deadline with an overwhelming of

A key role of the City Minister is to fight corruption in Britain’s financial sector. So how troubling that the current incumbent of this Treasury post is herself under investigation for embezzlement. Tulip Siddiq is being probed over a claim she and her family siphoned off

Japanese authorities on Friday staged an inspection of a US military base in Tokyo, a government spokesman said, after being informed by the American side of a chemical leak. Japan’s probe at the Yokota Air Base followed a US notice two months ago that water containing PFOS

The de facto leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has said the country is exhausted by war and is not a threat to its neighbours or to the West. In an interview with the BBC in Damascus, he called for sanctions on Syria to be lifted. "Now, after all that has happened, sanctions

At least 100 North Korean soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Ukraine war since entering combat on the Russian side earlier this month, a South Korean MP has said. Lee Sung-kwon, speaking to reporters after parliament was briefed by the country's National Intelligence

At least 13 people have been killed after an Indian naval vessel lost control and hit a passenger ferry off the coast of Mumbai, a navy spokesperson said. "This afternoon, an #IndianNavy craft lost control while undertaking engine trials in Mumbai Harbour due to engine

Britain on Thursday unveiled a package of £225 million ($286 million) in new military aid to Ukraine for next year, including drones, boats and air defense systems. The move came after the UK’s Defense Secretary John Healey visited Kyiv on Wednesday, holding talks with his

Canada has promised to implement a set of sweeping new security measures along the country's US border, including strengthened surveillance and a joint "strike force" to target transnational organised crime. The pledge follows a threat from President-elect Donald Trump to

The death toll from an earthquake that struck Vanuatu on Tuesday has risen to 14, as search teams claw through piles of rubble in an attempt to locate survivors. Two hundred others are being treated for injuries, with powerful aftershocks from the 7.3-magnitude tremor reported

Sources in Kyiv say Ukraine killed a Russian general who died in an explosion in Moscow on Tuesday morning. Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was at the entrance to a residential block when a device hidden in an electric scooter went off. Sources in the Ukrainian security services tell the BBC

The head of a US-based Syrian advocacy organization on Monday said that a mass grave outside of Damascus contained the bodies of at least 100,000 people killed by the former government of ousted President Bashar Assad. Mouaz Moustafa, speaking to Reuters in a telephone interview from

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote in parliament, triggering snap elections seven months ahead of schedule. The vote on Monday came after Scholz’s fragile coalition collapsed, sparking a political crisis in the European Union’s largest economy.

Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza, firing at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north and killing two people in Beit Lahiya, four in the Shati refugee camp and five others in Gaza City. The victims of Israel’s bombings included Khaled Nabhan, a grandfather in Gaza who touched

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit near Port Vila, Vanuatu, according to the United States Geological Survey. Initial reports said the quake struck on Tuesday at a location 37km (22.9 miles) from the capital and a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). Later reports placed the depth of the

A student opened fire at a private Christian school in the US state of Wisconsin, injuring six people and killing a teacher and teenaged student. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes identified the attacker on Monday night as a 15-year-old female student at the school. Authorities say

External affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Sunday said there must be a foreign policy for “Viksit Bharat'. adding that changes in foreign policy are needed amid a “changing landscape”.  “When we speak about changing foreign policy, if there is

Israeli forces have bombed another United Nations-run school in southern Gaza, killing at least 20 displaced Palestinians sheltering in the building, witnesses told Al Jazeera, as the death toll from several attacks across the besieged territory, including in Beit Hanoon, Deir el-Balah

Hundreds of people are feared dead in Mayotte after the French Indian Ocean territory was devastated by a powerful cyclone. Entire settlements were flattened when Cyclone Chido brought wind speeds of more than 225km/h (140mph), with the poorest living in makeshift shelters particularly

Israel's government has approved a plan to encourage the expansion of settlements in the occupied Golan Heights. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move was necessary because a "new front" had opened up on Israel's border with Syria after the fall of the Assad

Historic hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague have drawn to a close after more than 100 countries and international organisations presented arguments over two weeks on who should bear legal responsibility for the worsening climate crisis. Spearheading the