Category: 1. Palestine

Negotiations expected to centre on uranium enrichment begin in Oman as Trump expresses cautious optimism.

Iran and the United States have opened a third round of talks in Oman aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear activities, with discussions expected to centre on uranium enrichment.

Iranian state television confirmed the negotiations were under way in Muscat on Saturday, though neither Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi nor US envoy Steve Witkoff disclosed any details on the talks they…

Israeli occupation forces intensified attacks across Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 16 Palestinians and injuring many others amid ongoing bombardment.

Israeli occupation forces continued their raids on Saturday, adding to the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. Medical sources told Al Jazeera that Israeli attacks since dawn had killed 16 Palestinians.

According to an Al Jazeera correspondent, 10…

A team of scientists claims to have discovered a new colour that humans cannot see without the help of technology.

The researchers based in the United States said they were able to “experience” the colour, which they named “olo”, by firing laser pulses into their eyes using a device named after the Wizard of Oz.

Olo cannot be seen with the naked eye, but the five people who have seen it describe it as being similar to teal.

What has the study found?

Professors from the University of…

A massive explosion and fire has struck the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, more than 1,000km (620 miles) south of capital Tehran, state media reports.

“The explosion occurred in a part of the Shahid Rajaee port dock, and we are extinguishing the fire,” state television quoted senior Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Administration official Esmaeil Malekizadeh as saying on Saturday.

Social media videos showed a huge plume of black smoke rising from the area of the explosion.

There were no…

Local governor says the attack knocked out a nearby power station for the fourth time since the war began two years ago.

A suspected drone attack by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary has killed at least 11 people at a displacement camp in River Nile state, authorities said.

In a statement late on Friday, the local governor said the attack knocked out a nearby power station for the fourth time since the war between the RSF and the Sudanese army began two years ago.

The attack…

US brings the two countries’ foreign ministers together and voices an interest in investment in the DRC’s mineral-rich east.

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have agreed to draft a peace deal by May 2, committing to respect each other’s sovereignty and refraining from providing military support to armed groups.

DRC Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner and her Rwandan counterpart Olivier Nduhungirehe signed the agreement in a tense meeting in Washington, DC, on…

The coffin of Pope Francis was laid in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Saturday at the beginning of his funeral. Tens of thousands of people, including dozens of head of states and world leaders, gathered to bid farewell to the pontiff who died on Monday aged 88.