Egyptian TV presenter sentenced to death in drugs case
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff6 Sept 2026
A court in Egypt has sentenced television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other people to death by hanging after convicting them of drug charges.
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top 52%FIFA’s Infantino avoids questions on his future amid growing uncertainty
Al Jazeeraby AP6 Sept 2026
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is staying mum on the leadership challenge he faces as a result of his failed plan to sell rights to private investors in the World Cup, and he declined to answer...
Yemeni forces claim strategic district amid intensified Houthi clashes
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff6 Sept 2026
Military forces of Yemen’s internationally recognised government have been engaged in intense clashes with Houthi rebels across multiple fronts, most heavily in the Taiz and Hodeidah provinces and...
South Africa’s chrome riches fuel a deadly underground economy
Al Jazeeraby Tsitsi Bhobo6 Sept 2026
Rustenburg, South Africa – On August 13, a wall of soil collapsed and killed 14 miners, most of whom were believed to be undocumented migrants, at a disused mining site near Nkaneng, an informal...
German voters head to polls as far-right AfD party eyes historic state win
Al Jazeeraby DPA; Reuters6 Sept 2026
Voters in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt will head to closely watched polls on Sunday that could see the Alternative for Germany (AfD) become the first far-right party to take power at a...
Indonesia’s main airport suspends flights due to Anak Krakatau eruption
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff6 Sept 2026
Flights have been suspended at Indonesia’s main airport outside Jakarta after volcanic ash from the erupting Mount Anak Krakatau was detected over the country’s capital.
Netanyahu boasts about bombing Qatar, says Gaza funds used for aid
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff6 Sept 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has boasted about bombing Qatar, while dismissing domestic accusations that funds sent to Gaza were used for anything other than aid.
German company launches rocket as Europe enters satellite race
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff6 Sept 2026
Germany’s Isar Aerospace has launched a rocket into orbit from Norway as Europe aims to boost its ability to independently send satellites into space.
Trump-backed group announces $10m ad spend for midterm Senate race in Texas
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff5 Sept 2026
A political group associated with United States President Donald Trump has announced it will spend $10m on television and digital advertisements in the state of Texas ahead of the upcoming midterm...
Man Utd in ‘good place’ ahead of Premier League trip to Everton
Al Jazeeraby Kevin Hand5 Sept 2026
Who: Everton vs Manchester United What: English Premier League Where: Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool, United Kingdom When: Sunday, August 6, at 2pm (13:00 GMT).
Colombian government reports three killed in rebel attack on military post
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff5 Sept 2026
Colombian authorities have said that at least three soldiers have been killed and several more injured after an attack on a military compound by an armed group that included drones used to drop...
France denies Niger’s accusation it orchestrated failed military mutiny
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff5 Sept 2026
France has dismissed as “pure fantasy” Niger’s claim that Paris helped incite a mutiny in which soldiers stormed a military airbase and the presidential palace in the capital, Niamey.
Cuban and Afghan immigrants deported from US under Trump arrive in Guyana
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff5 Sept 2026
Guyana says that it has received six people deported from the United States, as the administration of President Donald Trump steps up so-called third-country deportations.
Thousands protest in Croatia to demand government clean up toxic waste
Al Jazeeraby AFP; The Associated Press5 Sept 2026
Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through the Croatian capital demanding the government urgently clear a vast illegal dump of hazardous waste that residents say is poisoning a...
Russia’s Putin meets US envoys to discuss Trump proposal to end Ukraine war
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff5 Sept 2026
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has begun talks with envoys from the United States on ending more than four years of war in Ukraine, ahead of their expected visit to Kyiv on Sunday.
India crush Pakistan at T20 Asia Cup with record-breaking bowling display
Al Jazeeraby Kevin Hand5 Sept 2026
India produced a dominant display to defeat Pakistan by seven wickets in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup in Dubai, bowling their rivals out for their lowest total in the format before rattling off their...
Haaland heads Man City to the top of Premier League with win over Coventry
Al Jazeeraby AFP5 Sept 2026
Manchester City maintained their winning start to the season to move to the top of the Premier League, but Erling Haaland’s solitary strike against newly promoted Coventry City couldn’t hide the...
Gaza teams recover remains of 55 people nearly 3 years after Israeli strike
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff5 Sept 2026
The remains of 55 Palestinians have been recovered from the rubble of a residential building in Gaza City destroyed in an Israeli air strike nearly three years ago, according to Gaza’s civil...
Israel claims control of Lebanon’s key Ali al-Taher ridge: What that means
Al Jazeeraby Simon Speakman Cordall5 Sept 2026
Israel this week has claimed to have established operational control over the strategically vital Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, after an extended operation against positions of the...
Israeli campaign of West Bank destruction moves on to region’s food basket
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff5 Sept 2026
Arraba, occupied West Bank – As Kamal al-Uraidi drove a beat-up Volkswagen down the Arraba-Ya’bad road, an otherwise pleasant early September day was disrupted by the whirring clang of bulldozers...