Kidnapping for ransom by armed groups and bandits has become a major crisis in Nigeria.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026More than 300 people who had been kidnapped across Nigeria have been freed in an intelligence and security operation, the government has announced.“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu warmly welcomes
Infantino has faced leadership crisis as UEFA, AFC and Concacaf threaten drastic actions over commercial rights plan.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026FIFA’s leadership has reaffirmed its “full support” for President Gianni Infantino, days after he was forced to abandon a plan to sell off World Cup commercial
Dr Erica Schwartz will helm the health agency after several of Trump’s previous nominees failed to advance.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026The United States Senate has confirmed Dr Erica Schwartz as the new head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as the federal health
IN BRIEFSpace tracking experts believe a lunar lander from a SpaceX rocket crashed onto the moon on Wednesday.It's the latest incident of lunar litter, which could become more of a problem as the world races to put astronauts on the moon.A piece of a SpaceX rocket that has been floating
In southern Syria, Israeli forces have blocked farmers from their land with chemicals, bulldozing, and arrests. More than half the country faces a hunger crisis, and international aid has been halved. Al Jazeera’s Hannah Raslan reports from southern Syria.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Click here to share
The White House and Pentagon have pushed back on a slate of recent reports indicating that supplies of both offensive and defensive weapons have dropped dangerously low after five months of war on Iran.Experts have said that low supplies of air defence interceptors, particularly those used in Patriot and Terminal
Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course while pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for the president’s visit has been charged with several felonies, including the possession of a large-capacity magazine and
NewsFeedIsraeli forces have launched a large-scale military operation in Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. During the raid, the forces attacked Palestinians, detaining some of them. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Google
NewsFeedPakistan police fired tear gas at supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Rawalpindi, as they gathered to mark the third anniversary of his imprisonment, amid heightened security and clashes with authorities.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on
The Trump administration has sought to weaken the leadership of high-profile Mexican cartels by increasing the bounties.The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced it will offer up to $102m in rewards for information leading to the arrest or conviction of leaders from the Jalisco New Generation
The geographical coordinates of the route in the waterway have been agreed upon with Oman, according to Tehran.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said that talks with Oman over future transit routes through the Strait of Hormuz have been “moving forward”, with the coordinates
Nearly a week after tens of thousands of migrants engaged in a mass entry from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa, questions have swirled online about the conditions that triggered the incident.Critics of Spain’s left-wing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez were quick to capitalise on the crisis,
Kidnapping for ransom by armed groups and bandits has become a major crisis in Nigeria.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026More than 300 people who had been kidnapped across Nigeria have been freed in an intelligence and security operation, the government has announced.“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu warmly welcomes
Infantino has faced leadership crisis as UEFA, AFC and Concacaf threaten drastic actions over commercial rights plan.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026FIFA’s leadership has reaffirmed its “full support” for President Gianni Infantino, days after he was forced to abandon a plan to sell off World Cup commercial
Dr Erica Schwartz will helm the health agency after several of Trump’s previous nominees failed to advance.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026The United States Senate has confirmed Dr Erica Schwartz as the new head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as the federal health
IN BRIEFSpace tracking experts believe a lunar lander from a SpaceX rocket crashed onto the moon on Wednesday.It's the latest incident of lunar litter, which could become more of a problem as the world races to put astronauts on the moon.A piece of a SpaceX rocket that has been floating
In southern Syria, Israeli forces have blocked farmers from their land with chemicals, bulldozing, and arrests. More than half the country faces a hunger crisis, and international aid has been halved. Al Jazeera’s Hannah Raslan reports from southern Syria.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Click here to share
The White House and Pentagon have pushed back on a slate of recent reports indicating that supplies of both offensive and defensive weapons have dropped dangerously low after five months of war on Iran.Experts have said that low supplies of air defence interceptors, particularly those used in Patriot and Terminal
Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course while pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for the president’s visit has been charged with several felonies, including the possession of a large-capacity magazine and
NewsFeedIsraeli forces have launched a large-scale military operation in Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. During the raid, the forces attacked Palestinians, detaining some of them. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Google
NewsFeedPakistan police fired tear gas at supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Rawalpindi, as they gathered to mark the third anniversary of his imprisonment, amid heightened security and clashes with authorities.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on
The Trump administration has sought to weaken the leadership of high-profile Mexican cartels by increasing the bounties.The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced it will offer up to $102m in rewards for information leading to the arrest or conviction of leaders from the Jalisco New Generation
The geographical coordinates of the route in the waterway have been agreed upon with Oman, according to Tehran.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said that talks with Oman over future transit routes through the Strait of Hormuz have been “moving forward”, with the coordinates
Nearly a week after tens of thousands of migrants engaged in a mass entry from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa, questions have swirled online about the conditions that triggered the incident.Critics of Spain’s left-wing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez were quick to capitalise on the crisis,