Tag: Al Jazeera

Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket reached orbit for the first time despite an unexpected engine shutdown mid-flight on Monday. ​But it exploded in a ball of flames when it touched down in a controlled landing over the Pacific Ocean.

Djibouti’s foreign minister has told the United Nations General Assembly that the country cannot handle the arrival of thousands of refugees fleeing renewed fighting across the Red Sea in Yemen without international support.

TikTok has settled and agreed to pay the US state of Alabama at least $100 million dollars days before a teen addiction trial was set to begin. TikTok is the latest social media giant to face legal challenges over its handling of teenage addiction concerns.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Al Jazeera a “toxic media outlet” and described the media as an “eighth front” in Israel’s war. But Israel has killed Palestinian journalists, shut down Al Jazeera’s operations and restricted media access to Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Noor Wazwaz explains.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the UNGA was filled with bold claims about Israel’s policies. But as delegates walked out and with Israeli elections weeks away, was his real audience at the UN, or back home?

Al Jazeera’s Mohammad Saleh has the latest.

Dozens of countries’ delegations walked out of or were absent for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s UN General Assembly speech in protest over Israel’s war in Gaza. Here’s which countries’ seats were visibly empty — and which delegations remained.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a video of himself planting an olive tree alongside Palestinian families from Gaza, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused him of anti-Semitism in his speech at the UN General Assembly.

Greenland’s delegation returned home to a hero’s welcome in Nuuk after signing a new pact with the US and Denmark that expands military access to the island, strengthening security and preserving its sovereignty.

Gaza now has a $2.45bn six-month recovery plan, from housing and hospitals to security and 4G. But major questions remain over Israeli withdrawal, Hamas’s disarmament and how much control Palestinians will have.

Al Jazeera’s Noor Wazwaz explains.

‘Everything was working fine before this conflict.’

IMO’s Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez says it’s not legal for countries to charge ships fees to use international straits, as Iran advances a bill that could see tolls applied in the Strait of Hormuz.