Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis as firefighters battle wildfires in France
Authorities in France are battling to contain a huge wildfire near Bordeaux in the south-west as Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, warned Spain and the Iberian peninsula were suffering the effects of the climate emergency.
Israeli crackdown in occupied West Bank intensifies, settlers cause mayhem
The Israeli military has launched an aggressive crackdown in the occupied West Bank, storming several towns and villages and detaining hundreds of Palestinians, amid escalating attacks by Jewish settlers, in a furious reaction to a shootout in a village near Nablus in which four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa: Syria seeking security deal with Israel
In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, Ahmed al-Sharaa discusses regional security, Lebanon’s crisis and domestic challenges.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has revealed that Damascus is actively working to reach a security agreement with Israel with the participation of several countries.
What is the AI Kill Switch Act proposed in the US and how will it work?
Two members of the United States Congress have introduced bipartisan legislation that would require developers of the country’s most powerful artificial intelligence systems to build in a “kill switch”, allowing advanced AI models to be slowed, suspended or shut down if they pose a catastrophic risk.
Loyal to the look: why Zohran Mamdani wears a suit in all seasons
Playing football. Playing in the sand. Dancing on a stage with Alicia Keys and the entire New York Knicks roster. Swimming in a swimming pool. Swimming in the ocean.
Traditionally, a suit and tie would be considered inappropriate attire for each of these activities. Yet over the past year Zohran Mamdani has seemingly been on a one-man crusade to prove otherwise: to convince people that a formal suit is, actually, suitable for all activities.
RFK Jr urges Alzheimer’s screening but blunts key panel that could drive research
The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has called for better Alzheimer’s screening – but a critical federal panel that might have helped researchers find practical ways to do that has been prevented from meeting for more than a year.
Why the UK cancelled a military exercise in Kenya – and what it means
Nairobi, Kenya – Britain’s decision to cancel a planned military training exercise in Kenya has exposed tensions in a long-running defence relationship between the two countries.
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence cancelled a planned September 2026 training exercise in Kenya after the required approvals were not obtained, amid disagreements over defence arrangements between the two countries.
Trump revives old tropes as he pushes warnings of ‘communist menace’
Perhaps above all else, Donald Trump is a child of the cold war.
Three months before the US president was born, Winston Churchill delivered a historic speech in Fulton, Missouri, that ushered in a generations-long existential struggle between western capitalism and Soviet communism.
Jail Time Records: The notorious Cameroonian prison with its own record label
New Bell - a notorious prison in Douala, Cameroon - is a city within a city.
The facility has its own "taxis" (inmates who whizz through congested courtyards on foot to hand deliver messages), its own law enforcement (burly prisoners who help stretched guards police the facility) and market (a string of stalls where convicts sell and buy goodies, like fried cassava and beignet pastries).
Would you pay $58.5m to live New York City's historic Flatiron Building?
The Flatiron Building - with its unique triangular shape, narrow prow, ornamental columns and intricate decorative details - has been one of the most recognisable structures in New York City for more than a century.