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Hurricane Isaias charges towards the US Gulf Coast with dangerous winds

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

The storm is forecast to strike Florida, Alabama and Mississippi with up to 10 inches of rain this weekend.

Syria calls for independent probe into sinking of ship in Black Sea

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Syrian authorities questioned why search and rescue operations were called off before the fate of 10 sailors was known.

US suspends Microsoft and Adobe from visa programme amid fraud claims

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Visa probe also targets universities for allegedly exploiting international students to reduce US wage costs.

Jerusalem Daily: Remembrance and mourning

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Thousands protest worldwide in solidarity with Gaza as Palestinians mourn those being killed in daily Israeli strikes.

CAS promises Senegal-Morocco AFCON title decision within days

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

The Court of Arbitration for Sport to rule within days on appeal against decision to strip Senegal of AFCON title.

Dozens killed in Russian strike on civilian buses in eastern Ukraine

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

At least 33 people were killed after a Russian strike hit two civilian buses in a city within the Donestsk region.

Video shows dramatic eruption of volcano near Manila

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Taal Volcano near the Philippine capital briefly erupted, sending a dark grey ash plume 4,000 metres above its crater.

UEFA details FIFA presidential candidate criteria in bid to oust Infantino

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

UEFA draws up qualities required for a candidate to run against FIFA President Gianni Infantino in March's election.

Man City must ‘stick together’ after Premier League charges, says Haaland

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Erling Haaland calls on Man City to unite as Premier League club appeals more than 100 charges of wrongdoing.

UK ex-prince Andrew search warrants quashed after police accept legal error

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

London-based judge says error 'does not bring investigation to an end' as police probe disgraced former royal.

Video said to show Mali army in Kidal after retaking city

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Recently published video is said to show Mali’s armed forces in Kidal after retaking the strategic northern city.

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and his wife charged over torture allegations

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

The new US charge adds to the existing drug trafficking case against Venezuela’s former president and first lady.

London voters go to polls for Holborn and St Pancras by-election

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

The vote in London's Holborn and St Pancras parliamentary seat tests whether Burnham can restore faith in Labour.

What were Trump operatives doing for pro-Russian politician Dodik in Bosnia?

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Reports that Trump aides were paid to advise Bosnian Serb leader ahead of parliamentary election raise alarm.

More killed in Kramatorsk as Russia targets Ukraine’s transportation system

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

Russia’s attacks on trains, buses and ports are paralysing Ukraine’s transport network and endangering civilians.

Saudi-led coalition says it intercepts three Houthi ballistic missiles

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Saudi Arabia says two ballistic missiles were intercepted as they headed towards the capital, Riyadh.

New York Mayor Mamdani under fire for attending October 7 vigil

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

New York City’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani was met by crowds calling him a ‘traitor’ for attending a vigil for October 7.

Shoot the People: Global Activism through Misan Harriman’s Lens

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Influential British Nigerian photographer and activist Misan Harriman captures global protests that drive social change.

King David Hotel bombing to consulate row: A timeline of UK-Israel tension

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

Israel's order to shut UK's Jerusalem consulate is the latest downturn in a relationship strained since before 1948.

‘This is a crisis of hope’: Echoes of 1968 as France’s students rise up

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

As in 1968, when student protests triggered nationwide strikes, today’s crisis is about generational discontent.

Canadian Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

The Swedish Academy praised the 76-year-old poet and essayist's work for being 'bold and inventive'.

French PM vows changes as students keep up school protests

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

French PM Sebastien Lecornu has promised to address student concerns as protests force hundreds of schools to close.

Rubio praises nationalism and ties ‘America First’ values to ancient Greece

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Western nations to prioritise their own interests in a speech in Athens.

Has Israel shut the UK consulate in East Jerusalem – or downgraded it?

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

British Foreign Secretary Miliband said the consulate building would remain but would be called 'UK Mission, Jerusalem'.

US scientist’s children erupt in joy after hearing he won Nobel

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Video shows US scientist Karl Deisseroth breaking the news to his son and two daughters that he won the Nobel Prize.

Two killed after building partially collapses in Turkiye’s Istanbul

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Eight survivors rescued from the rubble as fears of further collapse slow operations in Istanbul’s Maltepe district.

South Korea to recall Ukraine envoy in diplomatic row over POWs

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

South Korea recalls envoy from Kyiv amid diplomatic tensions over alleged transfer of North Korean soldiers to Seoul.

UK’s Burnham ‘open’ to Germany joining GCAP fighter jet programme

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

GCAP pact between the UK, Italy and Japan to build a new fighter jet welcomed Canada as an ‘observer' in July

Italian law to give election winners bonus seats: Why that’s controversial

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Critics say the proposed law is undemocratic, potentially granting a winning coalition outsized power in parliament. 

Sri Lanka arrests ex-President Rajapaksa’s wife in graft case

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 8, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Sri Lanka’s former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, wife of Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been arrested in a corruption case.