NEW YORK: A former CIA programmer was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday for leaking the US spy agency’s most valuable hacking tools to WikiLeaks. Joshua Schulte, 35, was found guilty in 2022 of espionage and other charges in what the CIA called a
WASHINGTON: The US administration has approved plans for multi-day strikes in Iraq and Syria on targets including "Iranian personnel and facilities", CBS News reported, citing American officials. The report follows days of conjecture about how Washington will retaliate after three US service members were killed on
LONDON: A UK-wide hunt for a man wanted for attacking a woman and her two daughters with a corrosive substance in London entered its third day on Friday, with media reports saying the suspect was given asylum despite a sex offenses conviction. The 31-year-old woman and
NEW YORK: US President Joe Biden campaigned in the crucial swing state of Michigan, where growing Arab-American anger at his pro-Israel policies threatens to cut into already tight margins of support. Biden was welcomed to the Midwestern state in part by pro-Palestinian protesters accusing him of
LONDON: People in more than 150 countries celebrated World Hijab Day with events designed to counter hijabophobia through raised awareness and improved education about the traditional Muslim head covering. The headline event hosted by the World Hijab Day organization, which is based in New York, was
NEW DELHI: Kerala Media Academy announced on Friday that its person of the year award has been given to Palestinian correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh in recognition of his exceptional journalistic courage. Al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, has been the face of the network’s coverage of Israel’s
JAKARTA: More than 130 Rohingya landed on the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday, the UN refugee agency said, amid increasing numbers of people from the persecuted minority taking risky boat journeys to reach the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian country. Some 569 Rohingya — out of
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called his organization's Palestinian refugee agency the "backbone" of Gaza aid after several countries suspended funding over Israeli claims 12 UNRWA staffers participated in Hamas' October 7 attacks. "Yesterday, I met with donors to listen to their concerns and
THE HAGUE: Judges at the top UN court found that Russia violated elements of a UN anti-terrorism treaty, but declined to rule on allegations brought by Kyiv that Moscow was responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. In
LONDON: The international observers on the invitation of the caretaker government are set to monitor the February 8 general elections, including dozens of foreign journalists who have also been issued visas for coverage of polls. The government said the issuance of visas showcases the commitment to