Biden cancels $1.2bn in student loan debt for 153,000 people
Move will forgive debts of people who borrowed $12,000 or less and have been repaying the money for at least 10 years.
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Hospitals in South Korea cancel surgeries as doctors keep up protests
Seoul's biggest hospitals reduce surgeries by a third as trainee doctors continue strike over health reforms.
US military targets Houthi antiship cruise missiles in preemptive strikes
Military says targets presented 'imminent threat' as missiles were 'prepared to launch towards the Red Sea'.
How does Israel’s occupation of Palestine work?
Why do some call it an 'apartheid' and what does the occupation look like in practice?
Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 139
Attacks continue in Gaza amid ICJ hearings, where China and Iran are expected to speak on Thursday.
Nikki Haley says frozen embryos are babies, in response to Alabama ruling
Republican presidential candidate's comments seen as endorsement of a controversial ruling by Alabama's Supreme Court.
Israeli siege turns Gaza’s Nasser Hospital into ‘a place of death’
UN staff who helped evacuate critically wounded patients from Gaza's Nasser Hospital describe 'appalling' conditions.
Haley’s campaign a giant step for GOP women, but bigger still for Trump
Sometimes in spite of herself, Haley's campaign exposed GOP's sexism and Trump's enduring hold on the party.
Israeli parliament backs Netanyahu’s rejection of a Palestinian state
Lawmakers vote to support PM's rejection of any 'unilateral' recognition of a Palestinian state.
Why has the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are ‘children’?
And what does this mean for the provision of fertility services such as IVF?
US tells ICJ Israel should not be ordered to immediately end occupation
US says World Court should not order the unconditional withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Palestinian territories.
US lawyers urge UK court to block Julian Assange extradition appeal bid
London court deciding if WikiLeaks founder should have further opportunities to argue his case before a UK court.
Photos: Greek farmers drive tractors to parliament to demand financial help
Farmers in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Italy have staged similar protests.
What’s troubling Brazil-Israel ties? Unpacking a love-hate relationship
From a vital role in Israel's creation to a jibe over Brazil's lowest football moment, ties have soared and plummeted.
UK imposes sanctions on heads of penal colony where Russia’s Navalny died
Cameron promises to hold those responsible accountable, as Navalny's mother takes legal action to recover his body.
EU approves new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine war
Bloc officials say 200 people and entities have been added to the sanctions list, bringing the total to 2,000.
‘ECOWAS is making efforts to get across to Niger’: Nigerian defence chief
Ahead of an ECOWAS summit in Abuja, the Nigerian general speaks to Al Jazeera about insecurity in West Africa.
A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo
The resource-rich country, now facing a major rebel attack, has been racked by conflict for more than 30 years.
Pakistan’s PTI faces uphill battle as rivals unite, Imran Khan in jail
It has staked a claim to form the government but has neither the numbers nor the allies.
Iran says Israel behind attacks on gas pipelines
Two explosions on key south-north gas pipeline network last week disrupted supplies in several Iranian provinces.