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President Trump announced Friday evening that U.S. and Nigerian military forces had killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a leader of the Islamic State group, in a “meticulously planned and very complex mission.” Mr. Trump described al-Minuki as the Islamic State’s second-in-command globally and “the most active terrorist in the world.” “He will no longer terrorize the people…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has defended Spain’s boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation, saying ‘silence is not an option’ while citing the genocide in Gaza and the ‘illegal war’ on Lebanon. Published On 16 May 202616 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on…
Tourists and vacationers sit and lie on their towels on the beach, others play and swim in the English Channel in Saint Pol de Leon, France. Nicolas Guyonnet | Afp | Getty Images Europe’s jet fuel crisis is threatening peak travel season, but consumers are instead looking to holiday closer to home to save money…
President Donald Trump is defending remarks from earlier this week when he said he wasn’t factoring in Americans’ financial situation amid efforts to negotiate an end to the Iran war. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “That’s a perfect statement, I’d make it again,” Trump told…
It marks the third time a New York jury has considered the case against the 74-year-old disgraced film mogul.
Washington — Lawmakers in both parties say the U.S. should continue to provide arms to Taiwan after President Trump, at the end of his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, said he hasn’t decided whether to move forward with a pending arms sale to the island. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One Friday after…
The lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student targeted for deportation by the United States government over his pro-Palestine advocacy, have called on an immigration appeals court to reopen and terminate his case. The latest legal appeal points to new evidence, some of which was documented in media reports, that Khalil’s lawyers said it…
President Donald Trump on Friday said he refused to directly answer Chinese President Xi Jinping when asked if the United States would defend Taiwan if China attacked it. “That question was asked to me today,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One as they flew back to the United States from a two-day summit in…
BEIJING — Though U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping “discussed almost everything,” their superpower summit here this week produced no sweeping agreements and concluded with just a handful of measurable outcomes. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Instead, each side lavished…
In Friday’s Federal Court judgement, the full court found that Grover had engaged in unlawful direct discrimination, saying she had treated Tickle “who is a transgender woman, less favourably than a person designated female at birth seeking access to the Giggle App”.
