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ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo (Al Jazeera) By AJLabs Published On 12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026 Lebanon has become the first country in the Middle East to abolish the death penalty. On Tuesday, a majority of the 128-member parliament voted in […]

play videoplay video Video Duration 01 minutes 14 seconds play-arrow01:14 Read more “I feel guilty that I was the one who brought them there.” During the 2006 Lebanon war, Civil Defense team leader Ali Safiuddin brought his wife and young daughter, Lynn, to the station, believing they would be safer close to him. When an […]

ListenListen (8 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Two youth sit on the shoreline as ships are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026, off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran [Ali Saeedi/Getty Images] By Usaid Siddiqui Published On 12 […]

ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Monaco’s French midfielder Paul Pogba on the pitch ahead of the preseason friendly football match between Liverpool and Monaco at Anfield on August 9, 2026 [Darren Staples/AFP] By Kevin Hand and AFP Published On 12 Aug […]

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A roadside checkpoint marked “Nazorat Posti 5” (“Checkpoint 5”), photographed in Uzbekistan. The sign provides a simple example of the Latin script’s presence in everyday public life, where it is now widely used for routine administrative, commercial and public signage. Credit: Dolunay Yusuf Baltürk Uzbekistan’s transition from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet is not […]

More than 100 passengers rescued after Indonesia ferry fire

ListenListen (7 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong speaks to supporters during an election night party on August 11, 2026 in Madison, Wisconsin. Returns have shown a tight race between Hong and rival David Crowley [Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP] […]

ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Elena Rybakina is a two-time Grand Slam singles champion [John E Sokolowski/Imagn Images via Reuters] By Reuters Published On 12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026 Second-seeded Elena Rybakina fought back from a set and a break down […]