12 people killed in stampede

Twelve people were killed and hundreds injured Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador soccer stadium, police and emergency services said.
21 May 2023

‘Don’t have a problem with army chief’

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has told Al Jazeera he does not “have a problem” with the country’s army chief but accused Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir of trying to stop him from returning to power.
21 May 2023

5 Iranian border guards killed

Five Iranian border guards were killed yesterday during clashes with an armed group in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, state media reported.
21 May 2023

Biden sees shift in ties with China ‘shortly’

US President Joe Biden yesterday said the Group of Seven nations were agreed in their approach to China and the need to diversify their supply chains so they are not dependent on one country.
21 May 2023

Zelenskiy says Bakhmut still in Ukraine's hands

Ukraine said on Sunday that it was still fighting for control of the eastern city of Bakhmut, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had said earlier that the city remained "only in our hearts"
21 May 2023

Biden announces new US arms, ammunition package for Ukraine

US President Joe Biden announced Sunday a new weapons package for Kyiv, as he met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Hiroshima.
21 May 2023

Armed attack against rally drivers leaves 10 dead in Mexico

A shooting targeting a group of amateur rally drivers in the northern Mexican town of Ensenada, near the US border, left 10 dead and nine wounded on Saturday, authorities said
21 May 2023

Plane crash in Swiss mountains kills 3

Three people died when their light aircraft crashed on Saturday morning in Switzerland's Ponts-de-Martel area close to the French border, the Swiss police said
21 May 2023

HRW calls on govt to ‘respect rights’

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday called on the Pakistani government to uphold human rights while prosecuting the “more than 4,000 people” arrested in the wake of violent protests that followed former premier Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9.
20 May 2023

G7 calls for ‘responsible’ use

The world must urgently assess the impact of generative artificial intelligence, G7 leaders yesterday, announcing they will launch discussions this year on “responsible” use of the technology.
20 May 2023

G7 Bloc wants ‘constructive, stable’ relations with China

G7 leaders yesterday warned China over its “militarisation activities” in the Asia-Pacific region but said the bloc also wanted “constructive and stable relations” with Beijing.
20 May 2023

NASA taps Bezos’s Blue Origin to build Moon lander

Two years after awarding Elon Musk’s SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA on Friday announced it had chosen Blue Origin, a rival space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, to build a second lunar lander.
20 May 2023

Russian decision to outlaw Greenpeace ‘absurd’

Climate advocacy group Greenpeace on Friday criticised Russia’s decision to label it an undesirable organisation, which criminalises its work, as absurd and destructive.
20 May 2023

Will do ‘whatever we can’ to solve Ukraine crisis

India will do “whatever we can” to resolve the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged yesterday as he met President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time since Russia’s invasion.
20 May 2023

Ukraine wins access to F-16s at G7

President Volodymyr Zelensky huddled with G7 leaders on a landmark visit to Hiroshima yesterday, securing long-sought access to US fighter jets and mounting a diplomatic offensive.
20 May 2023

Magnitude 7.1 quake strikes east of New Caledonia

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck yesterday in the Pacific Ocean to the east of New Caledonia, the US Geological Survey said, a day after a major quake hit the same area.
20 May 2023

40 killed in bloody week for Burkina Faso

Around 40 people have been killed in a fresh wave of attacks in Burkina Faso, in areas where jihadist attacks are rife, sources said on Friday.
20 May 2023

Sudan fighting enters 6th week

Air strikes hit outer areas of the Sudanese capital Khartoum overnight and last morning, as fighting that has trapped civilians in a humanitarian crisis and displaced more than a million entered its sixth week.
20 May 2023

FBI routinely accessed Americans’ private communications: court

The FBI frequently abused a restricted database of Americans’ personal communications, looking up the names of crime victims and participants in Black Lives Matter protests and the 2021 Capitol assault, documents released Friday showed.
20 May 2023

War is not an option

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen yesterday vowed to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait in the face of increased military pressure from China, saying that “war is not an option”.
20 May 2023