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Is this France’s far-right National Rally’s best chance to take power?

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

A court ruling clears the way for Marine Le Pen to run for president next year.

Will NATO get involved in securing Strait of Hormuz?

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 7♥ 0💬 0

Iran war overshadows defence alliance's summit in Turkiye.

LIVE: France vs Morocco – FIFA World Cup 2026 quarterfinal

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 7♥ 0💬 0

Live coverage, text updates and build-up from our full text commentary stream as Mbappe's France face Morocco.

Former US Olympian pleads not guilty in DC reflecting pool vandalism case

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn denies damaging Donald Trump’s Washington, DC reflecting pool renovation.

A quest for closure: In search of the missing after Venezuela’s earthquakes

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Tens of thousands of people remain unaccounted for nearly two weeks after a pair of deadly earthquakes struck the coast.

Chemical weapons watchdog restores Syria’s voting rights, citing progress

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Syria regains voting rights in the OPCW as new leadership makes progress in addressing chemical weapons issues.

Lebanon Latest: concerns about latest escalation in regional fighting

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

Al Jazeera’s Robert McBride has the latest from Beirut with concerns on how renewed fighting could impact Lebanon.

Strait of Hormuz: What has happened since the US-Iran MoU on June 17?

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

More than 500 ships have passed through the strait since June 17, but many remain stuck.

Erdogan gifts NATO leaders engraved revolvers with live ammunition

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

NATO’s leaders left the Ankara summit with guns and live ammunition gifted to them by Turkiye’s President.

At least 28 people killed as fire engulfs shoe factory in China

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Beijing demands 'all-out' effort to extinguish the blaze, search for survivors and treat the injured.

‘Not Nigel Farage’: Who is Count Binface, contesting as MP for Clacton, UK?

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

The joke candidate with a bin-shaped helmet is so far Farage's only challenger in the English constituency of Clacton.

‘She doesn’t give up that easily’: France’s Le Pen eyes the Elysee

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Marine Le Pen, convicted of embezzling EU funds, announces her plans to run in 2027 after winning an appeal.

Photos: Iran to bury slain supreme leader in culmination of mass funeral

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Iranians gather in sweltering heat for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral in his hometown of Mashhad.

FIFA World Cup: Which quarterfinal team has best chance to win the trophy?

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Form guide on the final eight teams as they battle it out for the FIFA World Cup 2026 trophy in the United States.

Graham Platner drops Maine Senate bid: What that means for Democrats

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

Democrats are scrambling to field a candidate as popular as Platner to clinch Maine in the midterms.

EU lawmakers call for probe into FIFA’s Infantino

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

EU lawmakers call for probe into FIFA’s Infantino

Indonesian farmer goes viral using a drone as transportation

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Indonesian farmer goes viral using a drone as transportation

Trump targets Spain, NATO backs Ukraine: Is the alliance still united?

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

While NATO members have agreed to boost defence spending, Trump's attacks on Spain and Greenland have threatened unity.

Mosque model placed on top of Northern Ireland bonfire

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

Pro-UK loyalists in Northern Ireland have placed a replica mosque at the top of a bonfire, which is due to be lit.

Ukraine targets Russian oil depots and tankers in drone attacks

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Ukraine hit two oil tankers in Sea of Azov and several oil facilities across Russia in drone attacks.

Videos show interception of Iranian missiles in skies over Jordan

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Sirens blared in several cities in Jordan as Iranian missiles were intercepted.

FIFA World Cup 2026: What happened to the beautiful game?

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

How the World Cup has changed over the past 50 years and why there are only flashes of the beautiful game in 2026.

Mediator Pakistan says renewed US-Iran conflict is ‘in no one’s interest’

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Islamabad urges both sides to honour their MoU as renewed attacks raise fears of a wider regional conflict.

UK Labour leadership nominations begin: Who’s running and how it works

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is the frontrunner. If no rival emerges, he could become PM this month.

India floods sweep away thousands of gas cylinders

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 7♥ 0💬 0

India floods sweep away thousands of gas cylinders

Deadly US strikes trigger Iranian attacks on Gulf states

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

The US military says it has struck 90 targets in Iran. Iran says it sent drone strikes on US-linked sites in the Gulf.

Watch World Cup Preview: Morocco plays France in quarterfinal opener

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

Latest match highlights, reaction and previews from the FIFA World Cup 2026 in North America.

Iran prepares to bury slain leader Khamenei after mass funeral processions

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

The late supreme leader will be buried in his hometown, the eastern holy city of Mashhad.

US strikes Iran for second night – is the peace process all over now?

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Neither side has officially called off the interim peace agreement, despite the escalation.

UN probe finds mass killings, gang rapes by Sudan’s RSF amount to genocide

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishJul 9, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

UN Fact-Finding Mission found that the paramilitary's systematic campaign of violence in Darfur amounted to genocide.