International

Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem went to the site where the US-Iranian relationship took a drastic turn for the worse in 1979.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Thousands are missing as Israel blocks machinery essential for the search. Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasised that regional instability 'benefits no one' during the call.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Ex-president avoids naming Trump but says ‘Minnesotans have suffered enough at the hands of this administration’Joe Biden has joined other former Democratic presidents in condemning the fatal shooting of the 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, saying that it “betrays our most basic values as Americans”.In a statement that alluded to the constitutional right to due process, Biden said: “We are not a nation that guns […]

Trump defends homeland security secretary but Hakeem Jeffries says: ‘We can do this the easy way or the hard way’US politics live – latest updatesTop House Democrats on Tuesday told Donald Trump to fire Kristi Noem or they would launch impeachment proceedings against the homeland security secretary, in response to the weekend killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.The ultimatum came after a majority of the House Democratic caucus signed on […]

All government departments and local authorities will get real-terms funding increases after Plaid agrees to abstainCardiff Bay’s Labour administration has managed to pass the Welsh budget after striking a deal with Plaid Cymru, releasing a real-terms funding increase for all government departments and local authorities before May’s Senedd elections.With 100 days to go before the contest, in which polls suggest the pro-independence Plaid Cymru will end more than 100 years […]

‘It’s not an episode of The Apprentice, there has to be a lawful process’, says West Midlands police chief commissionerThe West Midlands police and crime commissioner has said politicians provided a “degree of fiction” regarding his power to sack a police chief over the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, adding it was not an “episode of The Apprentice”.The home secretary withdrew her confidence in chief constable Craig Guildford after […]

Company cites impact of mandatory age checks introduced in summer 2025 under the Online Safety ActPornhub is to stop new users accessing its site in the UK from next week, citing the impact of mandatory age checks that were introduced last summer under the Online Safety Act.The porngraphy website, which is one of the most visited in the world, announced that from 2 February only users who have already verified […]

Exercises described by President Trump as an ‘armada’ to be led by the USS Abraham Lincoln amid standoffThe US has announced plans to hold multi-day military exercises in the Middle East as it deploys what Donald Trump has called an “armada” led by the USS Abraham Lincoln to the region as part of a tense standoff with Iran.The display of US air power was announced as the White House has […]