Chaos erupted inside the Philippine Senate building on Wednesday after the sound of gunshots were heard. The scene unfolded after Senator Ronald dela Rosa, a top ally of former president Rodrigo Duterte, said the police were coming to arrest him.
Crowds gather in Tehran to send off Iran’s World Cup team
Huge crowds gathered in Tehran’s Revolution Square to celebrate and send off Iran’s national football team.
Trump arrives in Bejing for crucial summit, welcomed by Vice President Han
The US president said he will be talking to his Chinese counterpart about trade “more than anything else.”
US waives visa bonds of up to $15,000 for FIFA World Cup ticket holders
Trump administration’s visa bond programme had raised concerns about soaring costs for World Cup travellers to US.
Cisco’s stock pops 17% on surging AI orders, as company says it’s cutting almost 4,000 jobs
Cisco’s AI story has finally started resonating with Wall Street, with the stock hitting a record late last year and continuing to rally in 2026.
Tests in Italy, Spain come back negative in global hunt for hantavirus
Health officials in Italy and Spain said 17 people being monitored for possible hantavirus infection tested negative.
Senate fails to curb Trump’s war on Iran even as Republican opposition grows
Resolution fails by 49-50, with Lisa Murkowski and fellow GOP members Rand Paul and Susan Collins voting in favorThe Senate on Wednesday rejected the seventh attempt by Democrats to force an end to American involvement in the war on Iran, even as the r…
Trump in Beijing to reset US-China relations, with tariffs top of the agenda
United States President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are due to meet in Beijing for talks that will focus on tariffs, AI and Taiwan in an attempt to reset the relationship between two powers that have shaped geopolitics since 1972 – with…
Five things you may not know about US-China ties
Al Jazeera’s @avawarrinerr explains five things you may not know about the ties connecting China and the US.
Utah grief author Kouri Richins sentenced to life in prison without parole for husband’s murder
Kouri Richins, 35, was convicted in March of aggravated murder for lacing her husband’s cocktail with fentanyl