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Polls open in closely contested US midterm elections 2026

Democrats are eyeing historic gains in the US Congress that could change the tra...

How India pulled 500 million people out of poverty as i...

India's extreme poverty declined from 27.1 percent to 2.6 percent between 2011 a...

Grain under fire: Russian, Ukrainian Black Sea attacks ...

Renewed strikes on Black Sea shipping imperil grain exports, drive up food price...

Al Jazeera journalist recounts arrest during Israeli ra...

Released Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Montaser Nassar describes how Israeli f...

Two police officers protecting polio workers in Pakista...

The attackers, travelling on a motorcycle, opened fire on a police car in Khyber...

Cyberattack disrupts supermarkets across Europe

Cyberattack disrupts supermarkets across Europe

Candidates in Kansas urge supporters to mobilise on vot...

Candidates in Kansas urge supporters to mobilise on voting day

Cricket World Cup: India vs Pakistan gets more ticket r...

ICC receives 8.4 million ticket requests for 34,000 seats at the October 10 grou...

Surging ICE raids shadow final weeks of California cong...

Local organisations and representatives say immigration raids have spread fear a...

Sudan’s displaced return to new challenges in war-batte...

The capital was one of the first areas to be affected, and one of the worst hit,...

Cyclone Murasu makes landfall on India’s eastern coast

Severe cyclonic storm uproots trees and downs power lines, days after another cy...

‘It gets better’: Olympic president’s advice for bullyi...

Tell bullies to ‘sod off’. That’s the advice IOC President Kirsty Coventry has f...

Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel dies after on-field collisio...

Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel suffered a cardiac arrest after a keeper's chal...

US midterm elections live: Polls due to open in test fo...

The first results are expected on Tuesday, as polls begin to close at 23:00 GMT,...

Lebanon cuts power to public bodies as electricity cris...

Political disputes and war worsen Lebanon's electricity crisis, as experts say d...

At least 73 injured as Russia bombs Ukrainian hospital ...

Medical facility was struck by Russian ballistic missiles and aerial bombs overn...

Senate candidates in Iowa deliver final appeals for mid...

Republican candidate Ashley Hinson and Democratic challenger Josh Turek make the...

Deadly RSF drone attacks reveal deep divisions between ...

Sudan demands UN accountability after devastating drone attacks expose a complex...

US conducts series of ‘defensive strikes’ against Iran

The US has carried out a series of ‘defensive strikes’ on Iranian locations near...

US hits Qeshm Island, Pezeshkian signals more diplomacy...

With the first US attack on Qeshm Island since June, Iran and the US are on para...

Who decides the US midterms?

About half of all eligible voters in the US skip the midterms. AJLabs looks at w...

Australia’s High Court hears bid to overturn under-16s ...

Online giant Reddit and advocacy group Digital Freedom Project argue ban is unco...

One dead after two helicopters collide near Mount Evere...

Authorities have confirmed that a 47-year-old Indian national was killed and two...

A response to Andy Burnham: We need an apology and repa...

It is good news the British PM is open to calls for an apology. But debt restruc...

When will we know the US midterm election results?

The first results are expected on Tuesday as polls begin to close at 23:00 GMT. ...

Two helicopters crash near Everest base camp, killing I...

Two helicopters have collided while preparing to land in Nepal’s Mount Everest r...

The US midterms will test the limits of Trump’s power

Control of Congress is at stake, but so is the ability of American institutions ...

FIFA to share documents related to World Cup sell-off plan

FIFA Council members may view documents related to Gianni Infantino's doomed pla...

Georgia Senate candidates make final appeals ahead of U...

Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff and Republican opponent Mike Collins made their fi...

Israeli forces release Al Jazeera journalist in occupie...

Video of the arrest shows Israeli forces leading Montaser Nassar, who was blindf...

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