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Syria’s ex-president Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad and cousin Atef Najib have been sentenced to death

Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Sihasak Phuangketkeow (right) meets with Than Swe, the foreign minister of Myanmar’s military junta, in Phuket, Thailand, Feb. 18, 2026. Credit: Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs In late 2025, nearly five years after the February 2021 coup, the military junta held a multi-phase election. The polls, which were heavily skewed in […]

Chair and Solomon Islands Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Rick Houenipwela, joined Secretary General, Baron Divavesi Waqa, in taking questions from regional and international media during a press conference following the recent Foreign Ministers Meeting. Credit: Facebook / Pacific Islands Forum Ahead of the 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), scheduled to take […]

Rohingya children gather sticks at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, March 2018. Credit: UN Women/Alison Joyce On July 29, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim remarked that Myanmar had agreed to repatriate 300,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and 5,000 from Malaysia. Subsequently, Malaysian and Bangladeshi media outlets enthusiastically disseminated the news. However, the very […]

Credit: X/Ishaq Dar The signing of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye on August 7 is a significant development. The pact is the first formal regional security agreement to be formed as a direct result of the conflict between the U.S. and Iran. The agreement reflects the lessons that key […]

ListenListen (6 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo The UEFA Super Cup rrophy and the official match ball are seen prior to the match between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa at Stadion Salzburg [Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images] By Kevin Hand Published On 11 Aug 202611 […]

ListenListen (4 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Demonstrators rally outside the US Supreme Court in support of birthright citizenship in Washington, DC, the United States [File: Tom Brenner/The Associated Press] By Joseph Stepansky Published On 11 Aug 202611 Aug 2026 Washington, DC – […]

ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Former US Marine Robert Gilman attends a court hearing in Voronezh, Russia, on April 6, 2026 [File: Vladimir Lavrov/Reuters] By Umar Farooq, AP and Reuters Published On 11 Aug 202611 Aug 2026 A former US Marine […]

ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo FIFA President Gianni Infantino before the Women’s World Cup draw [Shane Wenzlick/Reuters] By Reuters Published On 11 Aug 202611 Aug 2026 Hosts Poland have said that preparations for next month’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup remain on […]

ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Hungary’s newly elected President Andras Baka gives a speech to the nation at the parliament in Budapest [Attila Kisbenedek/AFP] By AFP and Reuters Published On 11 Aug 202611 Aug 2026 Hungary’s parliament has confirmed Andras Baka, […]