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Russia frees ex-US marine Gilman jailed since 2022
Al Jazeera 2 months ago
Russia frees ex-US marine Gilman jailed since 2022

Russia has released former US marine Robert Gilman, who had been jailed since 2022 for attacking a p…

Oil prices rise as attacks dent hopes for Strait of Hormuz reopening
Al Jazeera 2 months ago
Oil prices rise as attacks dent hopes for Strait of Hormuz reopening

Brent crude climbs as renewed violence dampens hopes for a return to stability in energy markets.

Six killed in Houthi attack on Bab al-Mandeb ship, Yemen’s government says
Al Jazeera 2 months ago
Six killed in Houthi attack on Bab al-Mandeb ship, Yemen’s government says

Deaths on Egyptian-owned Tihamah mark first shipping deaths linked to Houthis since the US-Israel wa…

Dozens dead and missing after ferry capsizes in Zimbabwe
Al Jazeera 2 months ago
Dozens dead and missing after ferry capsizes in Zimbabwe

An overloaded ferry capsized on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba, killing at least 15 people and leaving 27 …

Iran holds firm on Hormuz conditions as Pakistan’s Naqvi visits Tehran
Al Jazeera 2 months ago
Iran holds firm on Hormuz conditions as Pakistan’s Naqvi visits Tehran

Iran's top security official says the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen unless the US meets its …

Stronghold of Syrian revolution celebrates Assad’s death sentence
Al Jazeera 2 months ago
Stronghold of Syrian revolution celebrates Assad’s death sentence

Syrians in Idlib gathered in celebration after a court sentenced ousted President Bashar al-Assad

On the ground in Cali, Colombia’s worst-hit city after the quake
Al Jazeera 2 months ago
On the ground in Cali, Colombia’s worst-hit city after the quake

Reporting from the rubble of an apartment building, Al Jazeera’s Latin America Editor Lucia Newman…

Zambia to vote as economic hardship tests government reforms
Al Jazeera 2 months ago
Zambia to vote as economic hardship tests government reforms

Debt restructuring, inflation and copper revenues are emerging as key issues in the vote.

N Korea launches ballistic missile as S Korea, US plan military drills
Al Jazeera 2 months ago
N Korea launches ballistic missile as S Korea, US plan military drills

Pyongyang conducts second weapons test in less than a week as Seoul, Washington gear up for annual m…

Iran war live: Trump claims US in ‘total control’ of Strait of Hormuz
Al Jazeera 2 months ago
Iran war live: Trump claims US in ‘total control’ of Strait of Hormuz

Qatar says negotiations between Oman, Iran over future of shipping through Strait of Hormuz are maki…

Cargo ship in flames after Houthi attack in Bab al-Mandeb strait
Al Jazeera 2 months ago
Cargo ship in flames after Houthi attack in Bab al-Mandeb strait

Footage shows an Egyptian-owned cargo vessel in flames in the Bab al-Mandeb strait after a suspected…