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Man who stabbed South Korea opposition leader gets 15 years in jail

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 10:31
Lee Jae-myung suffered a wound to his jugular vein and underwent emergency surgery after the attack in January.

At least 89 people dead as boat capsizes off Mauritania

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 09:44
Dozens missing after fishing vessel left from border of Senegal and Gambia with 170 believed to have been on board.

‘Whoever harms us is marked for death’, Israeli PM warns Hezbollah

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 08:57
'Whoever harms us is marked for death'. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning to Hezbollah.

UK general election 2024: Why do some popular parties win so few seats?

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 08:57
Reform UK has won just four seats with 14 percent of the vote, while Conservatives got 119 seats on 24 percent - why?

‘Conservative Party vote has collapsed’ says Al Jazeera reporter

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 08:42
Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands takes a quick look at the numbers that ensured a landslide for the opposition party.

Iranians return to polls to pick new president amid voter turnout concerns

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 08:32
Run-off pits centrist Masoud Pezeshkian against hardliner Saeed Jalili in race to succeed Ebrahim Raisi.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 861

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 07:41
As the war enters its 861st day, these are the main developments.

Sangomas with ring lights: Zimbabwe’s traditional healers take to TikTok

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 07:36
As a new generation of healers shares African spiritual practices on social media, critics say the two cannot mix.

‘We are not criminals’: Philippines considers making divorce legal

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 06:41
The staunchly Catholic Southeast Asian nation is the only place other than the Vatican where divorce is banned.

UK’s Starmer promises ‘national renewal’ after commanding Labour win

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 06:39
Labour Party leader says UK has chance to 'get its future back' after 14 years of Conservative rule.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak concedes defeat in election

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 06:20
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat to the opposition Labour party in the general election.

Labour’s Starmer hails landslide victory in UK election

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 05:56
The UK is getting a change of government after the opposition Labour Party secured a landslide victory.

Gas leak at Malaysia’s main international airport sickens 39

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 03:43
Authorities say leak traced to abandoned skid tank at aircraft engineering facility.

‘I’m not going anywhere’: Biden again slaps down calls to step aside

Fri, 07/05/2024 - 02:36
US president remains under pressure to assuage doubts about his fitness after dismal debate performance.

Senator Lindsey Graham slams Palestinians as ‘radicalised’ in social post

Thu, 07/04/2024 - 23:51
US lawmakers have leaned into anti-Palestinian rhetoric as Israel's war in Gaza continues and the death toll rises.

UK general election live results 2024: By the numbers

Thu, 07/04/2024 - 23:28
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's party is expected to lose the July 4 election after 14 years of Conservative rule.

Streaming giants challenge new Canadian revenue-sharing rules

Thu, 07/04/2024 - 22:51
National broadcasting regulator said major online streaming services must contribute 5% of their Canada revenues.

Will Joe Biden step aside in the US presidential race?

Thu, 07/04/2024 - 21:30
Some Democrats panic over Biden’s future as the party's presumptive nominee.

Photos: The dogs of UK election day

Thu, 07/04/2024 - 20:48
Dogs accompanied their owners to the polling stations as people went to cast their votes in the UK general election.

Stolen Cambodian artefacts returned from New York museum

Thu, 07/04/2024 - 20:03
Over a dozen stolen artefacts were returned to Cambodia from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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