Russian president also says he is willing to meet Zelenskyy in a third country if a long-term peace deal is reached.
Russian president also says he is willing to meet Zelenskyy in a third country if a long-term peace deal is reached.
Preliminary figures are 3,468 people dead in Iran, 2,702 dead in Lebanon, and 28 killed in Gulf states.
In the 32 years since the United States last hosted the Cup, football has moved from the margins to the mainstream.
A Gaza family’s nightmare ends after discovering their ‘martyred’ son alive in an Israeli prison.
![Gaza mother Maha Abu Al-Shaar holds her phone displaying a photo of her son, Eid, as she cries with joy and sadness after discovery that he is alive in an Israeli prison, 18 months after being declared a martyr and missing. [Screengrab/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-06-at-12.25.30-PM-1-1778059930.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
An important date in the Russian calendar, May 9 will be a slimmed-down affair with less military showcasing.
Countries including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have experienced temperatures soaring well above seasonal averages.
Sana’s first birthday is shadowed by loss; her father Yahya was killed in an Israeli attack hours after her birth.
![The mother, Amal Sbeih, did not expect to lose her husband during the war on Gaza, and she is now taking on both the father’s and mother’s roles for her three children [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/ Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/873A0074-1778119737.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
![Brazilian activist Thiago Avila and Spanish activist Saif Abu Keshek at a court in Ashkelon [Ilia Yefimovich/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AFP__20260503__A9MY7NR__v3__HighRes__TopshotIsraelPalestinianConflictFlotilla-1-1-1777803769.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
