Author:

ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Riad Salameh, former governor of the Banque du Liban, the Lebanese ​central bank [File: Hussein Malla/AP] By AFP and Reuters Published On 10 Aug 202610 Aug 2026 Lebanon has indicted ⁠former central bank Governor Riad Salameh […]

ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg [File: Ryan Sun, AP] By AP Published On 10 Aug 202610 Aug 2026 A yacht owned by Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg did not respond to a United States Coast Guard call […]

ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo A football pitch amid the rubble in Gaza City [Mohammed Saber/EPA] By AFP Published On 10 Aug 202610 Aug 2026 The Palestinian Football Association has announced that it will resume activity in September after a nearly […]

ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo A satellite image shows the damaged vessel Caroline Bezengi and the resulting oil slick near the Hallaniyat Islands, off the coast of Dhofar governorate, Oman on August 5, 2026 [Distribution Airbus DS/Handout via Reuters] By Mariamne […]

Credit: Depositphotos Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the two largest global memory chipmakers, have spent roughly two years testing chipmaking equipment from the Chinese firm Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC), according to local news reports. The trials, first reported by Reuters on August 5, amount to a hedge against tightening U.S. export controls that could […]

A file photo of then-Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during her visit to New Delhi, India, weeks before her ouster from power in 2024. Credit: Facebook/Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India New Delhi’s decision to allow deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to hold a press conference on […]

Credit: ID 329431713 © Tomasragina | Dreamstime.com China’s reported sale of shoulder-launched missile systems to Iran should be concerning not just to the United States but also to Australia and other major powers in the Indo-Pacific.  It demonstrates a deeper strategic partnership between Beijing and Tehran – one with destabilizing consequences for the Middle East […]

Credit: Facebook / Shehbaz Sharif At the time of their exploratory trilateral talks in February, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan had no formal defense commitment. It was unclear whether the discussions would produce much beyond political coordination. That has now changed. On August 7, the three governments signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement. Its main […]

Credit: Pixabay / Catherine Putz A criminal court in Vienna on August 5 refused Tajikistan’s request to extradite Shavkat Muhammad, a member of the banned National Alliance of Tajikistan, along with his 77-year-old mother, Sharofat Sharifova, and his brother Bilolidin Sharifov. Tajik authorities accuse the three of extremism; the family calls the prosecution political.  No […]

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei had a message of “unity and cohesion”