NewsFeedThe Arab Spring began in Tunisia 15 years ago, after Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to himself triggering unrest which toppled the dictator and sparked hopes for freedom. Relatives of political prisoners say President Kais Saied has pushed the country back into authoritarianism.Published On 17 Dec 202517 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link
blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Rescuers save six Palestinians, including two children, in Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp after family home collapses.Published On 17 Dec 202517 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link
US President Donald Trump said he was standing by his White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, after Vanity Fair magazine published interviews in which Wiles revealed internal tensions in Trump’s administration and painted an unflattering picture of the roles played by some of the president’s inner circle.Trump, who regularly describes Wiles as the “most powerful woman in the world”, told the New York Post on Tuesday that he has full confidence in his chief of staff and…
The order comes a week after the US military seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast.Published On 17 Dec 202517 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareUnited States President Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all US-sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America,” Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.Recommended Stories list of…
Reuters/Ipsos survey suggests Americans are increasingly unhappy with Trump’s handling of the economy.Published On 16 Dec 202516 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareA new poll suggests that the number of people in the United States who approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president has dropped to 39 percent as concerns grow over the state of the economy.The poll released by Reuters/Ipsos on Tuesday indicated Trump’s approval rating is down about 2 points from…
Advocacy group urges sanctions on Israel after Canadian delegation, including six lawmakers, turned back to Jordan.Israel has denied entry to a group of Canadian lawmakers who were seeking to reach the occupied West Bank to hold talks with Palestinian officials and human rights advocates, Canadian civil society groups say.Six members of Canada’s Parliament were trying to reach the West Bank from neighbouring Jordan when the Israeli authorities turned them back, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said…
France is pushing to postpone a European Union vote to ratify a trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of four South American countries, citing concerns about its effects on farmers and ongoing protests at home. The move risks derailing an accord that has been 25 years in the making.The EU’s trade agreement with Mercosur, which comprises Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, was concluded a year ago but still awaits ratification. It is intended to expand access to overseas…
Pro-Palestine, antigovernment, anti-colonial group accused of targeting immigration agents and companies in ‘massive and horrific terror plot’.Published On 16 Dec 202516 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareFederal authorities in the United States have arrested four members of an antigoverment left-wing group over an alleged bomb plot targeting immigration agents and companies, among others, in California, officials have said.Announcing the arrests on Monday, US Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of…
Exiled punk band says its members are proud to be branded ‘extremists’ and hits back at Putin as an ‘aging sociopath’.A Moscow district court has designated Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot as an extremist organisation, according to the state TASS news agency.The exiled group’s lawyer, Leonid Solovyov, told TASS that Monday’s court ruling was made in response to claims brought by the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office and that the band plans to appeal. According to TASS, the…
Washington has blamed ISIL (ISIS) for the attack and promised retaliation.Three US soldiers have been killed in an attack in Syria’s central city of Palmyra.It is the first known deadly attack on US forces since former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was deposed last year. Washington has accused the ISIL (ISIS) group of carrying out the assault.The government in Damascus has expanded its ties with Washington and joined a coalition to fight the ISIL group.But how much of a…
NewsFeedAustralia’s past gun reform efforts have long been applauded as a gold standard, but after Sunday’s Bondi Beach attack, many are asking what went wrong and what more can be done. Al Jazeera’s Jillian Wolf explains.Published On 15 Dec 202515 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link
Physicians are seeking a return of salaries to their 2008-2009 levels before they were eroded by inflation.Published On 15 Dec 202515 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareResident doctors in England will go ahead with a five-day strike this week after rejecting the government’s latest offer aimed at ending a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions.Formerly known as junior doctors, the physicians, who make up nearly half of England’s medical workforce, will walk out from 07:00…