Sometimes, the “good guys” do wear white hats.Well, sort of.The “good guy” I am referring to is the American-born leader of the Catholic church, Pope Leo XIV, who shepherds a 1.4 billion-strong congregation.The “white hat” he dons is a skullcap called a “zucchetto” – which is meant to signify his
NewsFeedThe Trump administration has unveiled plans for a massive structure to mark 250 years since the US declared independence from the British. The 76-metre ‘United States Triumphal Arch’ is intended to reflect the ‘enduring triumph of the American spirit’.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Click here to share on
BREAKINGBREAKING, US president says the leaders of the two countries will speak for the first time in 34 years on Thursday.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026United States President Donald Trump says the leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak for the first time in 34
Pakistani officials are expecting a “major breakthrough” in talks between Iran and the United States on Tehran’s nuclear programme, sources have told Al Jazeera, as Islamabad steps up diplomatic efforts to end a war that has killed thousands of people.The optimism on Wednesday came as a high-level Pakistani delegation, headed
Watch the moment a Democratic congresswoman tells the US Energy Secretary he is ‘living in a different world’ after his response to whether he’d adequately warned the White House that a war on Iran would have global consequences.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Click here to share on
NewsFeedA source has told Al Jazeera that Pakistan is expecting a breakthrough tied to Iran’s nuclear programme as Islamabad helps negotiate an end the US-Israeli war on Iran. Pakistani military and government officials met with Iranian and Saudi leaders on Wednesday.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Click here to
NewsFeedVideo shows Israeli forces firing stun grenades towards journalists who were reporting on the army’s raid of Nablus. Palestinian media outlets say soldiers accompanied an Israeli settler incursion to Joseph’s Tomb, in Area A of the occupied West Bank, under full PA control.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Click
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Kyiv’s mayor says the attacks hit Podilskyi and Obolonsky districts, causing large fires and damage to residential buildings.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Russian forces have bombed the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, killing a 12-year-old child and wounding at least 10 people, including several
NewsFeedHuge crowds have greeted Pope Leo in Cameroon, returning to a country he visited 20 years ago as ‘Father Bob’. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque was there, and explains how the Roman Catholic leader is transforming the church as congregations shrink in Europe but expand in Africa.Published On 16 Apr 2026
blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, At least 2,167 people have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2, says Lebanese Health Ministry.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Google
The new sentencing measure comes as President Nayib Bukele oversees a four-year-long state of emergency against crime.Published On 15 Apr 202615 Apr 2026El Salvador has published a new law that will allow authorities to penalise minors as young as 12 with life imprisonment for severe crimes, including homicide,
Sometimes, the “good guys” do wear white hats.Well, sort of.The “good guy” I am referring to is the American-born leader of the Catholic church, Pope Leo XIV, who shepherds a 1.4 billion-strong congregation.The “white hat” he dons is a skullcap called a “zucchetto” – which is meant to signify his
NewsFeedThe Trump administration has unveiled plans for a massive structure to mark 250 years since the US declared independence from the British. The 76-metre ‘United States Triumphal Arch’ is intended to reflect the ‘enduring triumph of the American spirit’.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Click here to share on
BREAKINGBREAKING, US president says the leaders of the two countries will speak for the first time in 34 years on Thursday.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026United States President Donald Trump says the leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak for the first time in 34
Pakistani officials are expecting a “major breakthrough” in talks between Iran and the United States on Tehran’s nuclear programme, sources have told Al Jazeera, as Islamabad steps up diplomatic efforts to end a war that has killed thousands of people.The optimism on Wednesday came as a high-level Pakistani delegation, headed
Watch the moment a Democratic congresswoman tells the US Energy Secretary he is ‘living in a different world’ after his response to whether he’d adequately warned the White House that a war on Iran would have global consequences.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Click here to share on
NewsFeedA source has told Al Jazeera that Pakistan is expecting a breakthrough tied to Iran’s nuclear programme as Islamabad helps negotiate an end the US-Israeli war on Iran. Pakistani military and government officials met with Iranian and Saudi leaders on Wednesday.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Click here to
NewsFeedVideo shows Israeli forces firing stun grenades towards journalists who were reporting on the army’s raid of Nablus. Palestinian media outlets say soldiers accompanied an Israeli settler incursion to Joseph’s Tomb, in Area A of the occupied West Bank, under full PA control.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Click
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Kyiv’s mayor says the attacks hit Podilskyi and Obolonsky districts, causing large fires and damage to residential buildings.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Russian forces have bombed the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, killing a 12-year-old child and wounding at least 10 people, including several
NewsFeedHuge crowds have greeted Pope Leo in Cameroon, returning to a country he visited 20 years ago as ‘Father Bob’. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque was there, and explains how the Roman Catholic leader is transforming the church as congregations shrink in Europe but expand in Africa.Published On 16 Apr 2026
blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, At least 2,167 people have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2, says Lebanese Health Ministry.Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Google
The new sentencing measure comes as President Nayib Bukele oversees a four-year-long state of emergency against crime.Published On 15 Apr 202615 Apr 2026El Salvador has published a new law that will allow authorities to penalise minors as young as 12 with life imprisonment for severe crimes, including homicide,
