The three-day festival celebrates the completion of Ramadan by Muslims across the world. As the fasting month of Ramadan comes to an end, Muslims from around the world will be preparing for Eid al-Fitr, the “festival of breaking the fast”. Depending on the sighting of the moon, Eid celebrations will most likely begin on Saturday,…
A Moscow court has upheld the detention of Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist arrested on spying charges as part of a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on dissent. The Wall Street Journal reporter, who reported on the Ukraine war from Russia, is the first correspondent from the United States since the Cold War to be detained in Russia…
At least 56 civilians have been killed and 595 people, including combatants, have been wounded in fierce fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudanese Doctors Union says as the violence entered its second day in the capital, Khartoum. Al Jazeera’s live television feed showed clouds of smoke billowing…
A former member of India’s Parliament convicted of kidnapping has been shot dead on live TV along with his brother while in police custody in the northern city of Prayagraj, raising questions about rule of law in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The gunmen, who appeared to have posed as journalists, fired multiple shots at…
Hong Kong Bishop Stephen Chow will embark on his first official visit to China on Monday, but is “unlikely” to meet representatives from the mainland’s “underground” churches, a spokesperson said, amid continuing strains between Beijing and the Vatican over the governance of the country’s Catholics. Chow will be the first Hong Kong bishop – the…
As the conflict enters its 417th day, we take a look at the main developments Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has captured two more areas in Bakhmut, the city where fighting has been concentrated for months, Russia’s Ministry of Defence said. The death toll rose in a Russian missile strike in another eastern Ukrainian city, Sloviansk….
Azerbaijan says it has withdrawn its athletes from the European Weightlifting Championships hosted in the capital of rival Armenia after a flag-burning incident during the opening ceremony. Azerbaijan said it had become impossible for its athletes to take part in the championships and they had already left Armenia to travel home via Georgia. Video of…
Poland’s government said it will temporarily prohibit grain and other food imports from Ukraine as it seeks to address the rising anger of Polish farmers, who say they are losing huge amounts of money to a glut of Ukrainian grain on the market. The leader of Poland’s governing party, Jarosław Kaczyński, said that the Polish…
Sudan woke up to heavy clashes between the army and a powerful paramilitary force known as the Rapid Support Forces on Saturday. The two rivals have long competed for relevance and power, but an internationally backed political process launched last year exacerbated tensions between them, analysts and activists say. Civilians in the capital of Khartoum reported seeing…
The Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified documents set his sights on joining the military from an early age. But more recently he expressed disillusionment about having enlisted. Jack Teixeira, 21, was charged on Friday in US District Court in Boston with unauthorised removal and retention of classified and national defence…
