The head of Israel’s elections commission announced on Sunday that the results of the country’s general election will stand even if allegations of foreign interference are substantiated. Central Elections Committee head Noam Sohlberg delivered the statement alongside the head of the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, and the attorney general, addressing intense political fallout … Read more
“Rallies are BACK ON!” a source close to the Trump administration told Al Jazeera on Friday. President Donald Trump has reversed his decision to cancel campaign events in Kansas and Iowa, reinstating both rallies on Sunday ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. The reversal follows a Thursday announcement that the president would pivot to “tele-rallies” to … Read more
On Friday, Oct. 17, 2026, the campaign over Alberta’s place in Confederation reached a fever pitch as political leaders crisscrossed the province to drive up voter turnout ahead of Monday’s secession referendum. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith appeared side-by-side at a national unity rally in Red Deer, even as tensions persisted … Read more
Communications Minister Anika Wells has confirmed the federal government will strip controversial ministerial rule-making powers from its proposed Digital Duty of Care Bill. Speaking ahead of her address to the National Press Club on Thursday, Ms Wells stated that authority to define new forms of serious online harm will instead require legislative amendment through Parliament. … Read more
Federal authorities arrested Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national and OpenAI engineer, after a sophisticated listening device was discovered in the company’s San Francisco executive conference room, the US Department of Justice announced. Alfozan, who began working at the artificial intelligence firm in July 2025, faces federal charges of using or endeavoring to use an … Read more
An estimated 10,000 demonstrators marched through Dublin city centre on Saturday to mark three years since the beginning of “Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza”, where speakers accused the Irish Government of complicity while engaging in diplomatic grandstanding at the United Nations. Protesters Gather at Leinster House to Demand Sanctions on Israel The national demonstration, organized … Read more
Following the October legislative vote, the Parti Québécois secured 59 seats in the National Assembly, leaving the party five seats short of a majority and dependent on opposition factions to maintain power and pursue a potential referendum on sovereignty. Premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon faces a fractured legislature where left-wing Québec solidaire, the right-wing Conservative Party, … Read more
Author and former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway is seeking damages in a B.C. Supreme Court defamation trial after unproven sexual assault allegations led to his firing and the collapse of his writing career. Galloway alleges that a former student, identified as A.B. due to a publication ban, and other defendants ruined his … Read more
The US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln returned to its home port at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, on Thursday, October 8, 2026, after a 322-day deployment that included a record 265 consecutive days at sea, Al Jazeera reported. The deployment, which began on November 21, 2025, supported the US war … Read more
Thousands of youth and opposition protesters rallied for a third day in India on October 4, 2026, demanding the resignation of Election Commission of India chief Gyanesh Kumar over disputed voter-roll revisions. Demonstrators marched through Mumbai and attempted to gather in New Delhi, where police detained hundreds of participants and deployed heavy barricades. Protests in … Read more