Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera on Sunday decried a decision by the Israeli government to close its offices in the country, saying it would pursue "all avenues" available to protect its rights and employees. It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday his Cabinet had unanimously decided to close Al Jazeera's operations in Israel. Israel accuses the Doha-based broadcaster of biased reporting on the ongoing war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. On Sunday, Al Jazeera categorically denied the accusation. "The Netanyahu government has decided in a highly misl......

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his Cabinet has unanimously voted to close broadcaster Al Jazeera's operations in Israel. The move came after Israeli lawmakers recently approved a new media law - widely referred to as the "Al Jazeera law" - that gives the government powers to ban foreign broadcasters if they are deemed a risk to state security. Netanyahu announced the Cabinet decision in a post on X, formerly Twitter, in which he called Al Jazeera "the hate channel." Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said on Sunday that he had signed the closure order and that it would be imp......

The Ukrainian government is increasing its spending on drones by an additional 15.5 billion hryvnia ($392 million), Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday, as the unmanned surveillance and combat aircraft become increasingly important assets for Kiev in its fight against Russia. "With the funds allocated today, 300,000 drones will be delivered to our security and defence forces," he said at a Cabinet meeting in Kiev. According to Shmyhal, Ukraine had previously budgeted 43.3 billion hryvnia for the purchase of drones this year. Ukraine has rapidly expanded the development and production ......

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk, head of Tesla, held talks with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing on Sunday after arriving unexpectedly aboard a private flight. During the talks, Li described Tesla's presence in China as "a successful example of Chinese-American economic and trade cooperation." Musk praised the "hard work" of his Chinese team in Shanghai, which had made the Tesla plant there the best performing in the company. Musk added that he was looking to enhance cooperation with China. Media reports indicated that the surprise visit had to do with data transfer issues. Accordi......

Poland is open to hosting nuclear weapons from NATO allies, President Andrzej Duda said on Monday. Duda made the comments in an interview published Monday in the Polish tabloid Fakt. "If there were a decision by our allies to deploy nuclear weapons within the nuclear sharing also on our territory in order to strengthen the security of NATO's eastern flank, we are ready," Duda said. However, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for further details from Duda. "This idea is absolutely massive, I would say, and very serious. I would need to know all the circumstances that have led the pres......