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Spain v social media giants: What’s the big dispute about? 

06 February 2026

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has clashed with social media platform owners over plans to ban social media for un...

Just how ‘excellent’ was Trump and Xi Jinping’s phone call, really? 

06 February 2026

United States President Donald Trump has hailed his Wednesday phone call with his key trade rival, China’s President X...

Israel kills two in northern Gaza as Rafah crossing sees little movement 

06 February 2026

Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip, emergency services said, with multiple a...

Pakistan admit politics means ‘A-game’ is a must as T20 World Cup begins 

06 February 2026

News|ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Captain Salman Ali Agha has warned that his Pakistan team must bring their “A-game�...

Armed militia members are serving as Israeli agents in Gaza: Investigation 

06 February 2026

Al Jazeera is set to release a new investigation on armed groups in Gaza accused of collaborating with the Israeli milit...

Settler violence stokes peak West Bank displacement since October 2023: UN 

06 February 2026

Israeli settler violence and harassment in the occupied West Bank have displaced nearly 700 Palestinians in January, the...

Senior Russian officer shot in Moscow in apparent assassination attempt 

06 February 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war A senior Russian military official has been hospitalised after being shot several times in Mosc...

Explosion rocks mosque in Pakistan’s Islamabad 

06 February 2026

A blast has been reported near a mosque in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. The blast took place at Khadijatul Kubra mos...

New Zealand deputy PM heckled day after saying colonisation good for Maori 

06 February 2026

News|Indigenous Rights New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour has rejected criticism of his claims that col...

Hong Kong to sentence media mogul Jimmy Lai on national security conviction 

06 February 2026

News|Media Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced following his conviction in a national secur...