Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Beijing on Wednesday, according to media reports. Xi welcomed Putin to the Chinese capital, where the two leaders shook hands outside the Great Hall of the People before beginning official talks, Al Jazeera reported, citing footage released by Russian media. Before entering the More
At least four people have been killed and 30 others wounded in nationwide protests against a sharp increase in fuel prices in Kenya, a media report said on Tuesday. Protests began on Monday in various cities across the country following the fuel price increase, disrupting movement and triggering a widespread public transport strike, Al Jazeera More
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran will not retreat from the legal rights of its people and national interests in negotiations with the United States. Pezeshkian wrote in a post on X that Iran would under no circumstances retreat from the legal rights of its people and country and would defend its national interests in More
Pakistan has deployed 8,000 military personnel, fighter jets and air defence systems to Saudi Arabia under a joint defence pact between the two countries, according to reports. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia announced in September last year that they had signed a defence agreement under which any “aggression” against either country would be considered a hostile More
US President Donald Trump says he has postponed a planned strike on Iran at the request of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), adding serious negotiations are now taking place, a media report said on Tuesday. Trump announced on Monday that he had ordered a halt to the planned attack on Iran More
Five people, including two attackers, have been killed after two armed teenagers opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in the area in the US state of California. According to Reuters, the two armed teenagers carried out the shooting on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing a More
At least three people, including a tribal elder, were killed and four others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Wana district of South Waziristan on Monday, media reports said. According to Geo News, the explosion occurred near Gulshan Plaza in the local bazaar when a vehicle carrying Malik Tariq Wazir, chief More
At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting in the city of Tehuitzingo in the Mexican state of Puebla. The state government confirmed on Sunday that the victims included six men, three women and a minor, although their identities have not yet been released. A report cited by Al Jazeera said the attack More
At least eight people have been killed and 35 others injured after a freight train collided with a public bus in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok. According to Al Jazeera, flames engulfed the bus and several nearby vehicles near an airport rail link station in central Bangkok on Saturday afternoon. Bangkok’s Erawan Medical Center confirmed the death More
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi says his country will always fulfil its “historical duty” as a protector of security in the Strait of Hormuz. He made the remarks during a meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar on the sidelines of the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting. On his X, he wrote: “In More
