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Israelis pause to mark October 7 Hamas-attack anniversary

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 8♥ 0💬 0

Israelis gathered at memorials to mark the moment the Hamas-led attack began on October 7, 2023.

Tree nearly as old as US torn down to expand Mexico border wall

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

A 200-year-old cottonwood tree has been cut down to make way for a 44-km US-Mexico double border wall despite protests.

What Israeli schools teach

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 11♥ 0💬 0

What Israeli schools teach

US stock market hits all-time high as investors bet big on AI

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

The benchmark S&P 500 is up 14 percent this year despite elevated oil prices and US government debt sell-off.

Oman evacuates injured crew from attacked tanker in Strait of Hormuz

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

India's Foreign Ministry says 11 out of 12 injured crew members on board the On Peace are Indian nationals.

Lionel Messi plays final Argentina game to roaring Buenos Aires farewell

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Lionel Messi played his final game for Argentina in a friendly against Benin, ending a 21-year international career.

Explosion shutters Venezuela’s second-largest oil refinery

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

An explosion has ripped through Venezuela's second-largest oil refinery, causing it to suspend activities.

Why do airport and flight rules exist?

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 8♥ 0💬 0

Everyone follows these rules, but few know why. Each one traces back to an incident that changed aviation security.

Australia top court rules against coal mine expansion, citing climate harm

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Campaigners say ruling sets a precedent requiring climate damage be weighed when fossil fuel projects are considered.

Two Houthi missiles target Yemen’s Aden International Airport

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

Explosions near Aden International Airport after Yemen’s Saudi-backed gov't said two missiles were fired by the Houthis.

Syrian embassy returns seized passport after 43 years

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

Syria's embassy in Berlin has returned the passport of a citizen that the former Assad government seized 43 years ago.

Politicians slam Trump’s suggestion that Iran ‘take’ San Diego, Los Angeles

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

Both Democrats and Republicans have expressed outrage at Trump's remarks that cities could be sacrificed in Iran war.

What’s behind Israel’s growing shift to the right?

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

Three years after the October 7 attacks, the politics of Israeli society has shifted further right.

Yemeni forces launch offensive to retake Houthi-held al-Waziiya in Taiz

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

The mountainous district is key to control of Mocha, the Red Sea port the Houthis seized last month.

Sudan’s al-Burhan rejects talks, vows to retake all territory from RSF

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

At least 10 civilians were killed in West Kordofan and 5,500 displaced in Blue Nile as clashes widened on Tuesday.

South Sudan’s aid crisis deepens as food stocks run low

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

More than one million people could lose life-saving aid by October as funding shrinks and arrivals from Sudan continue.

French mayor tear-gassed after shielding protesters from police

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 7, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

Saint-Denis Mayor Bally Bagayoko was tear-gassed after shielding student protesters from riot police.

Iran war live: Yemen forces claim control over strategic Taiz mountain peak

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

Yemeni forces claim they have tightened control over the highest peak in the Jabal Habashi district of Taiz.

Electric car bursts into flames at charging station in Turkiye

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

Turkiye’s first domestically produced electric SUV, the Togg T10X burst into flames at a charging station.

‘We are desperate’: Venezuela’s power cuts fuel growing public anger

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 6, 2026👁 13♥ 0💬 0

Frequent outages have fuelled protests against the government of interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez.

Christa Pike lawyers say she is speaking one week after failed execution

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 6, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

The 50-year-old has regained consciousness and is receiving care nearly one week after being sent to the hospital.

Fans flood Buenos Aires ahead of Messi’s final international match

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 6, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Thousands of Argentina fans poured into Buenos Aires’ Monumental stadium ahead of Lionel Messi’s final match.

Houthis, Saudi-led forces claim victories as Yemen fighting rages on

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 6, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Saudi Arabia’s Jazan and Najran airports were attacked as Saudi-led gov’t forces launched air strikes on the Houthis.

Harry Kane equals England record, scores twice in 3-0 win over Czechia

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 6, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

England's Harry Kane makes record-equalling 125th appearance and has a hand in all three goals in Nations League win.

CNN, CBS News now under one roof as Paramount-Warner Bros merger closes

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

The newly combined company is called Skydance and began trading on Wall Street on Tuesday.

US arrests suspect in connection with Tumbler Ridge school shooting

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 6, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

The suspect, from the western state of Washington, allegedly gave money and advice to the attacker over the internet.

Merino scores twice as Spain beat Croatia 2-1 in Nations League

📡 Al JazeeraMiddle East in EnglishOct 6, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Mikel Merino turns game for Spain in Croatia to maintain their 100 percent group-stage record in UEFA Nations League.

Tokyo protests US military presence after Okinawa killing

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

Protesters rallied outside the US Embassy in Tokyo after a US Marine was arrested for the killing of a 39-year-old woman

US firm gets $2.9bn sub deal after boss joins war study with Musk

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

Anduril said it would invest $3.7bn to develop shipyard that would build submarine parts.

US CDC says it’s ‘aware of and closely monitoring’ Russian plague case

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

The top US public health agency's remarks come as the Trump administration said it’s 'closely' watching the incident.