Syria’s new defence minister has said it would not be right for US-backed Kurdish fighters based in the country’s northeast to retain their own bloc within the broader integrated Syrian armed forces. Speaking to the Reuters news agency in Damascus, Murhaf Abu Qasra said on Sunday that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was procrastinating…

Inside Story How will US tech firms react to DeepSeek? Chinese artificial intelligence startup says it can match Google and ChatGPT at a fraction of the cost. Read more Investors have poured billions of dollars into the research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) over the past year, hoping to capitalise on this rapidly advancing…

Apple has said that it plans to invest more than $500bn in the United States over the next four years, including plans to hire 20,000 people and build a new server factory in Texas. The move, announced on Monday, comes just days after US President Donald Trump said Apple CEO Tim Cook promised him that…

NewsFeed Super Bowl performer explains Palestine-Sudan flag protest The Super Bowl halftime performer who staged a protest with the flags of Palestine and Sudan told Al Jazeera why he felt he had to act. Published On 11 Feb 202511 Feb 2025

NewsFeed Video: Longest-held Guantanamo Bay detainee repatriated to Tunisia The US military has released Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi from the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp. The Tunisian detainee was never charged with a crime and was held for almost 23 years, from the day the facility opened. Published On 31 Dec 202431 Dec 2024

United States President-elect Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon has promised to have Elon Musk “run out” of the White House, in the latest escalation of tensions within the MAGA (Make America Great Again) populist movement. In an interview with an Italian newspaper, Bannon said he had made it his personal mission to ensure Musk,…