Iceland’s Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir hit back at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he called diplomats who walked out of his UN address ‘moral cowards’. She said the term applies instead to leaders who ‘repeatedly disrespect international law’. Published On 27 Sep 202627 Sep 2026 Share Iceland FM hits back at Netanyahu over…
Malaysia has begun sending nearly 1,500 Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar, describing their return as voluntary despite warnings from the United Nations and rights groups that Myanmar remains unsafe for them. Dozens of buses arrived under police escort at a stadium near the Lumut naval base in northwestern Malaysia on Tuesday, the AFP news agency…
Pentagon official says the plan will be announced in the defence secretary’s ‘State of the Force’ address in Virginia. Published On 30 Sep 202630 Sep 2026 United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will cut the number of positions reserved for generals and admirals by 20 percent, a Pentagon official has told Al Jazeera, in a…
This combined image from Yonhap News Agency and Getty Images/AFP shows South Korea’s Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il, left, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The finance ministers of South Korea and the United States have reaffirmed the importance of economic and financial cooperation between the two countries, according to Seoul’s finance ministry. Finance Minister Lee…
