Two more rescued in Nepal as 5,000 still missing 10 days after flood
Al Jazeeraby AFP; AP; Reuters·5 Sept 2026
Rescuers in Nepal have pulled a Chinese hydropower worker and a Nepali woman alive from the wreckage left by catastrophic flooding, as search teams continue combing the region for thousands of...
Multipolarity gives middle powers more choices, but fewer guarantees
Al Jazeeraby Luciano Zaccara·5 Sept 2026
At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek this week, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian received precisely the kind of political support he had hoped for.
US says it hit Iran oil tankers helping finance ‘regional proxies’
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff·5 Sept 2026
The United States military says it has struck three Iranian oil tankers after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles at two US Navy warships in regional waters.
Relatives hold cremations without bodies for Nepal’s missing flood victims
Al Jazeeraby Samik Kharel; Roshan Sedhai·5 Sept 2026
Kathmandu, Nepal – Nine days after his father, Dinesh, went missing, Sujan Achhami, 23, carries a body to the bank of the Bagmati River next to the famous Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal’s capital...
Why has the Trump administration ordered staff to take polygraph tests?
Al Jazeeraby Caolán Magee·5 Sept 2026
In a major crackdown on information leaks, the Trump administration has ordered dozens of Pentagon officials to undergo polygraph tests amid media reports of dwindling United States weapons...
UK gov’t condemns masked anti-immigrant protesters blocking Dover port
Al Jazeeraby AFP; AP·5 Sept 2026
'Stop the boats' masked protesters block England's Port of Dover Dozens of masked people protesting Channel migrant crossings have blocked access to the port of Dover, briefly halting ferry traffic...
Arsenal boss Arteta relishes Premier League duel with Chelsea’s Alonso
Al Jazeeraby Kevin Hand·5 Sept 2026
Who: Arsenal vs Chelsea What: English Premier League Where: Emirates Stadium, London, United Kingdom When: Sunday, August 6, at 2pm (13:00 GMT).
Iran President Pezeshkian calls for unity as US ramps up economic pressure
Al Jazeeraby Maziar Motamedi·5 Sept 2026
Tehran, Iran – President Masoud Pezeshkian has insisted that officials and Iranians will stand united in the face of United States economic pressure, saying national cohesion was enough to...
At least four civilians killed in Houthi missile strike near Yemen’s Taiz
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff·5 Sept 2026
At least four civilians have been killed and nine others injured in a Houthi missile strike on a crowded road in southwestern Yemen, according to Yemen’s state-run Saba news agency.
How big is Africa really? Why the UN voted to change the world map
Al Jazeeraby Nils Adler·5 Sept 2026
UN approves new map showing Africa’s true size The United Nations General Assembly has voted to back a resolution spearheaded by several African countries to adopt a map that shows the continent as...
Yemen government launches own air attacks on Houthis: What that means
Al Jazeeraby Caolán Magee·5 Sept 2026
Yemen’s internationally recognised government has launched a series of air attacks against Houthi positions in the country, marking a significant escalation in the conflict, with some of the...
Israel must protect West Bank’s Palestinians amid settler pogroms: US envoy
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff·5 Sept 2026
United States ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has met with several local officials and residents in the occupied West Bank, including Palestinian Americans attacked in violent Israeli settler...
Pickleball and dining: Why courts are the new food destinations
Al Jazeeraby Michelle Bruton·5 Sept 2026
Chicago, Illinois — Ask any pickleballer what the kitchen is, and they’ll tell you it’s the 7ft (2.1-metre) nonvolley zone on either side of the net - and why you should stay out of it.
At least 5 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine as US envoys visit Moscow
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff·5 Sept 2026
Russia has attacked the city of Kamianske in southeastern Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, killing five people and injuring five others, according to Governor Oleksandr Hanzha.
Why is Trump threatening to strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain again, now?
Al Jazeeraby Nils Adler·5 Sept 2026
United States President Donald Trump says Washington may strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain “very soon”, in just the latest in a series of threats he has made against the heavily fortified underground...
Oil and politics: What Trump’s ‘historic’ deal means for Venezuela
Al Jazeeraby Carlos Eduardo Pina·5 Sept 2026
Since the last century, Venezuelan politics has been closely linked to the management of the country’s oil industry.
Mansour Abbas is betting on a Zionist to make Palestinian votes count
Al Jazeeraby Ehab Jabareen·5 Sept 2026
When Raam leader Mansour Abbas appeared alongside former Yesh Atid lawmaker Yoav Segalovich this week and announced that Segalovich would run second on the party’s electoral slate, much of the...
Pentagon polygraphs dozens of US military staff over media leaks: Report
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff·5 Sept 2026
United States investigators have subjected about 50 members of the US military’s Joint Staff to lie detector tests following a series of unauthorised media leaks, according to a report by The New...
‘I was born here’: UK art show explores Muslim life, Islamic history
Al Jazeeraby Laura O'Connor·5 Sept 2026
London, United Kingdom – Underneath a 536-year-old Islamic-inspired Spanish roof in east London hang three tapestries linking the city’s Muslim communities to Europe’s longstanding Muslim...
Alcaraz, Sabalenka into US Open last 16 as Williams sisters lose on return
Al Jazeeraby AFP·5 Sept 2026
Defending singles champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka have sailed into the last 16 of the US Open as tennis icons Serena and Venus Williams suffered an agonising defeat on their...
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