Brutal raid on woman's birthday party highlights rise of Russian vigilante group Katya was about to blow out the candles on her 30th birthday cake when masked men burst into the nightclub hired for her party, and began physically and verbally attacking her friends. They called us faggots and lesbians. I could hear violence from every corner, she told a BBC World Service investigation. Her mother was told to get down on all fours, she says. The swoop was instigated by a vigilante group, called Russkaya Obshina, that wants to accelerate President Vladimir Putin's agenda to stamp out what he describes as Western liberalism, and promote traditional family-oriented values.

What are Russia's gains from the Iran war? 'We are not losers; we are winners' UN aid convoy hit by drone strikes in Ukraine's Kherson NewsFeed UN aid convoy hit by drone strikes in Ukraine's Kherson A UN humanitarian convoy delivering aid to the city of Kherson was hit twice by drones, despite prior coordination with Ukrainian and Russian forces. No injuries were reported, and the UN has not attributed the attack to either side. 'China is gaining from what the US is doing in Iran' Iran's FM urges BRICS states to condemn US-Israeli aggression

US Air Force footage showed the rescue of 11 people after a private plane from the Bahamas crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Florida. Survivors were found in a life raft as a storm approached and were airlifted to hospital. Iran's FM urges BRICS states to condemn US-Israeli aggression

'This is an apartheid regime' Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir stormed the Al-Aqsa compound under heavy military protection during Jerusalem Day, as Israelis marched through occupied East Jerusalem. The march marks Israel's 1967 capture and illegal occupation of East Jerusalem. Iran's FM urges BRICS states to condemn US-Israeli aggression

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'This is an apartheid regime' A developer from the occupied West Bank is turning a 75-year-old Palestinian folk tale into a video game, and the fight to make it mirrors the story inside it. Dreams on a Pillow follows a mother displaced during the 1948 Nakba. We spoke to developer Rasheed Abueideh. Iran's FM urges BRICS states to condemn US-Israeli aggression

Why is Israel still in southern Lebanon? A war to shape Lebanon's future'The world is sounding an alarm': Why big tech is the new colonist When investigations by Al Jazeera and other media outlets in 2024 revealed that Israeli-linked artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as Lavender and Gospel had helped generate thousands of military targets in Gaza, critics warned that warfare was entering a new era - one driven not only by soldiers and bombs, but by algorithms, data, and surveillance technology. Then, in September 2024, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by members of Hezbollah exploded in coordinated attacks in Lebanon, widely attributed to Israeli intelligence operations that had turned ordinary communication devices into weapons. And, last year, reporting by Al Jazeera also raised concerns about the use of cloud and data infrastructure linked to major US technology companies in Israeli surveillance operations involving Palestinians. For a growing number of scholars, economists and political thinkers, such developments reflect more than just the changing nature of conflict.

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina has resigned following a political crisis over Russia-bound Ukrainian drones straying into Latvian territory. She had fired her Defence Minister Andris Spruds last week after two drones crashed down in eastern Latvia, criticising his response and appointing a replacement. In protest, Spruds's Progressives party pulled their support for Silina's governing coalition, causing it to collapse months before a planned general election in October. Seeing a strong candidate for the post of defence minister... political windbags have chosen a crisis, Silina said on Thursday. I am resigning but I am not giving up.

As Trump visits Beijing for his first China trip since 2017, the U.S. and China are accelerating toward a new Cold War centered on AI, chips, data and digital control.

Drones disrupted firefighting flights over Utah wildfires and probed military bases, highlighting urgent need for unified national drone defense and clearer airspace rules.