Japan has issued tsunami alerts after a series of strong earthquakes shook western areas. The Japan Meterological Agency reported a quake on Monday hitting Ishikawa and nearby prefectures, one of them measuring a preliminary magnitude of 7.6. It issued a major tsunami warning for Ishikawa and lower-level tsunami warnings or advisories for the rest of…
As the world was celebrating a new year with fireworks and festivities, Palestinians in Gaza were running for their lives and looking for places to shelter. Overnight, the central area of the Gaza Strip has been pounded repeatedly. We’re looking at an area that was designated a safe zone for Palestinians to evacuate to. There…
President Felix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election, giving him a second five-year term in office. Opposition parties say the election was rigged and are calling for protests against the outcome. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Kin-shasa Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find…
The United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in Mali is officially closing on Sunday, ending its decade-long presence. With more than 300 peacekeepers killed, it was one of the UN’s deadliest operations. Al Jazeera’s Hamza Mohamed reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered his New Year’s address to the nation, saying his country will be reunified with Taiwan. Beijing considers the self-governing island to be part of its territory. Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi has more from Beijing. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera…
Russia says an attack it launched overnight on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv was in response to Ukraine hitting the city of Belgorod on Saturday. The targets included a hotel housing Ukrainian military commanders. Ukrainian authorities say 28 people have been injured. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports from Kyiv, Ukraine. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military to prepare its nuclear arsenal in case war breaks out with South Korea and the US. Addressing a meeting of the ruling party, he said a peaceful reunification with the South can never be achieved. Al Jazeera’s Eunice Kim reports from Seoul, South Korea. Subscribe…
Many observers believe the war in Ukraine is at a stalemate. Despite much foreign financial and military aid – and managing to hold Russian forces back – Ukraine’s efforts on the battlefield have won little ground recently. Bipartisan support for Ukraine in the US has disintegrated, threatening funding, with uncertainty also posed by next year’s…
When Tesla unveiled its vision for an electric truck in November 2019, it shocked the world. Nearly four years later, it’s finally here, with the first deliveries taking place at the end of November.
A far-right Israeli minister says he is in favour of Israeli resettlement of the Gaza Strip after the war. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told Israel’s Army Radio that there will be an exodus of Palestinians “and we will live in the Gaza Strip”. “We will not allow a situation in which two million people live…