NewsFeedUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified before Congress on the Pentagon’s budget for the US-Israeli war on Iran, which officials estimated to have cost $25 billion ‘at this point’.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Google
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has faced his first public questioning from Congress on the US-Israel war with Iran.Over hours of tense testimony alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, Hegseth batted away questions about the long-term goals and timeline of war, which began with
NewsFeedTwo Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London, after a man armed with a knife was seen running through the area. Police have declared it a terrorist incident amid rising violence targeting Jewish communities in the UK.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Click here to share on
NewsFeedFour Indonesian soldiers are on trial for an acid attack on a prominent activist in Jakarta. Andrie Yunus was partially blinded in last month’s incident, which occurred just after he’d criticised the military in a podcast.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al
QuotableClaire Finkelstein, an American legal expert, says former FBI Director James Comey will likely fight his indictment over a social media post seen as critical of President Trump, arguing it was protected free speech. Comey made a brief court appearance in the case Wednesday.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr
NewsFeedSurveillance cameras captured the moment an Israeli strike hit a group of Palestinians in Gaza City on Friday, amid escalating attacks and daily violations of the October 2025 “ceasefire”.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Google
NewsFeedBritain’s King Charles III visited the 9/11 Memorial in New York City a day after his address to the US Congress in which he emphasised the United Kingdom’s and NATO’s military support for the United States in the aftermath of the attack.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Click here
President Donald Trump says the United States will continue its naval blockade of Iran until a nuclear deal is reached with Tehran.The US president told Axios on Wednesday that he does not want to end his blockade on Iranian ports, apparently rejecting the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz so that
UK watchdog warns against overreach in targeting activist groups under ‘counterterrorism’ laws.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026The British government risks stretching “counterterrorism” laws beyond their original purpose by using such powers against activist groups, a United Kingdom “terrorism” watchdog has said.In his annual report examining the use
Bellarmine Mugabe was also fined $36,000.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026A magistrate has ordered that the youngest son of the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is to be deported immediately from South Africa after pleading guilty to two offences earlier this month.A court in Johannesburg on Wednesday
Zambia must decide by April 30 if it will provide American businesses with preferential access to its minerals.Zambia must decide by April 30 if it will provide American businesses with preferential access to its minerals, or lose support for 1.3 million people who rely on US funding for HIV
The United States Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady at 3.5 to 3.75 percent as pressure on the labour market and inflation, as the US-Israel war on Iran and subsequent retaliation weigh on the global economy.The US central bank announced its decision, which was largely in line with economists’
NewsFeedUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified before Congress on the Pentagon’s budget for the US-Israeli war on Iran, which officials estimated to have cost $25 billion ‘at this point’.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Google
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has faced his first public questioning from Congress on the US-Israel war with Iran.Over hours of tense testimony alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, Hegseth batted away questions about the long-term goals and timeline of war, which began with
NewsFeedTwo Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London, after a man armed with a knife was seen running through the area. Police have declared it a terrorist incident amid rising violence targeting Jewish communities in the UK.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Click here to share on
NewsFeedFour Indonesian soldiers are on trial for an acid attack on a prominent activist in Jakarta. Andrie Yunus was partially blinded in last month’s incident, which occurred just after he’d criticised the military in a podcast.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al
QuotableClaire Finkelstein, an American legal expert, says former FBI Director James Comey will likely fight his indictment over a social media post seen as critical of President Trump, arguing it was protected free speech. Comey made a brief court appearance in the case Wednesday.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr
NewsFeedSurveillance cameras captured the moment an Israeli strike hit a group of Palestinians in Gaza City on Friday, amid escalating attacks and daily violations of the October 2025 “ceasefire”.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Google
NewsFeedBritain’s King Charles III visited the 9/11 Memorial in New York City a day after his address to the US Congress in which he emphasised the United Kingdom’s and NATO’s military support for the United States in the aftermath of the attack.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Click here
President Donald Trump says the United States will continue its naval blockade of Iran until a nuclear deal is reached with Tehran.The US president told Axios on Wednesday that he does not want to end his blockade on Iranian ports, apparently rejecting the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz so that
UK watchdog warns against overreach in targeting activist groups under ‘counterterrorism’ laws.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026The British government risks stretching “counterterrorism” laws beyond their original purpose by using such powers against activist groups, a United Kingdom “terrorism” watchdog has said.In his annual report examining the use
Bellarmine Mugabe was also fined $36,000.Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026A magistrate has ordered that the youngest son of the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is to be deported immediately from South Africa after pleading guilty to two offences earlier this month.A court in Johannesburg on Wednesday
Zambia must decide by April 30 if it will provide American businesses with preferential access to its minerals.Zambia must decide by April 30 if it will provide American businesses with preferential access to its minerals, or lose support for 1.3 million people who rely on US funding for HIV
The United States Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady at 3.5 to 3.75 percent as pressure on the labour market and inflation, as the US-Israel war on Iran and subsequent retaliation weigh on the global economy.The US central bank announced its decision, which was largely in line with economists’
