The main opposition Labour Party is expected to win fewer than 200 seats – losing many in its traditional heartland. Its leader Jeremy Corbyn acknowledged heavy losses for his party
World News: Boris Johnson scores landslide win in UK general election
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to call a snap election looks to have paid off. Official results from Thursday’s vote are coming in but exit polls indicate his Conservative
World News: India’s Parliament approves contentious citizenship bill
India’s Parliament has approved a controversial citizenship bill that grants citizenship to minorities facing persecution from three neighbouring countries – but excludes Muslims. A day after clearing the lower house,
AP: Johnson: We broke the deadlock
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he now has mandate to deliver Brexit after his landslide re-election victory.
AP: Johnson vows to honor campaign pledge
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vows to honor his campaign pledge to “Get Brexit Done” as his conservative party heads to general election victory.
AP: Climate protesters scale new EU headquarters ahead of leaders’ summit
Greenpeace activists have scaled the European Union’s new headquarters, unfurling a huge banner warning of a climate emergency hours before the bloc’s leaders gather for a summit focused on plans
AP: Top candidates vote in British election
U.K. voters are deciding who they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit in a parliamentary election seen as one of the most important since the end of World War
World News: Former Saudi consul-general accused in Khashoggi murder case
The State Department has just announced that Mohammed Al-Otaibi – the former consul-general of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul – is accused of gross human rights violations in the murder case
World News: Trump impeachment: Democrats introduce two formal charges
US House Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, one on abuse of power and the other on obstruction of Congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
World News: Algerian court convicts 2 ex-prime ministers for corruption
Two former Algerian prime ministers were convicted of corruption-related charges and sentenced to lengthy prison terms in a landmark trial. Both served under long-time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika who was pushed
World News: Ostrava: Six killed Czech hospital shooting, gunman at large
An attacker shot and killed at least six people and seriously injured two at a hospital in the northeast Czech city of Ostrava on Tuesday, police said. Police said on
World News: Russia faces 4-year ban from Olympics
Russia has been accused of manipulating laboratory data, which was handed over to investigators. A key panel recommended banning Russia from hosting or competing in major international events. Al Jazeera’s
World News: Tourists injured after volcanic eruption in New Zealand
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said there were about 100 people on the island at the time of the volcanic eruption. Al Jazeera talks to journalist Daniel Walker
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World News: US House to draft impeachment charges against Trump: Pelosi
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she has instructed the House Judiciary Committee to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump over his effort to
AP: Day of protest ends with Paris clashes
Clashes break out in Paris as strikes close Eiffel Tower, halt high-speed trains, and send tens of thousands of people onto the streets in protest at a pension system overhaul.
AP: Sayonara coal! Protesters at climate summit target Japan
Protesters at the global climate summit in Madrid protest Japan’s use of coal-fired power plants.
AP: Raw Video: Scenes from hotel fire rescue in central Athens
Guests and staff members are rescued by fire fighters after a fire broke out at a hotel in central Athens.
AP: Greta Thunberg: Sustainable living should be easier
Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived by catamaran in the port of Lisbon after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from the United States. The Swedish teen sailed to the
World News: Iraq parliament approves PM Adel Abdul Mahdi’s resignation
On Friday, an embattled Adel Abdul Mahdi formally submitted his offer to step down following the killing of more than 50 demonstrators by the security forces in Baghdad. Speaker Mohammad
World News: Iraqi PM to resign after deadly anti-government protests
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has said he will submit his resignation to the country’s Parliament after a day of intense bloodshed amid mass anti-government demonstrations. Abdul Mahdi’s decision,
World News: Injuries after gunshots, stabbings near London Bridge area
Police say a number of people have been injured after gunshots, stabbings in the United Kingdom near the London Bridge area, of London. The area has been evacuated and some
AP: UK: Young voters could hold the key to victory
In a British election dominated by Brexit, young voters who had no say in the country’s decision to leave the European Union could hold the key to victory. That is,
AP: Drone footage of earthquake damage in Durres, Albania
Drone footage shows damage in the city of Durres, Albania following the deadly magnitude 6.4 earthquake.
World News: Holey Artisan cafe attack: Dhaka court sentences seven to death
A court in Bangladesh has just sentenced seven people to death for one of the worst attacks in the country’s history. Twenty-two people died in the siege on the Holey