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The exchanges have been the only progress of any note in negotiations between the two countries as the war rages on in its fourth year.Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring 1,200 Ukrainians home, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, a day after his national security chief announced progress in negotiations.“We are … counting on the resumption of POW exchanges,” Zelenskyy wrote on X on Sunday. “Many meetings, negotiations and calls are currently taking place to ensure this.”Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listRustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, said on Saturday…

The plans, inspired by Denmark’s approach, aim to slash irregular immigration and counter the UK’s far right.Published On 16 Nov 202516 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe United Kingdom has announced a drastic reduction in the protections for asylum seekers and refugees under a new plan aimed at slashing irregular immigration and countering the far right.The measures, modelled on Denmark’s strict asylum system, were announced late on Saturday as Prime Minister Keir Starmer comes under pressure from surging popularity for the anti-immigrant Reform UK party.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“I’ll end UK’s golden ticket for asylum…

Here are the key events from day 1,361 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 16 Nov 202516 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Sunday, November 16:Fighting The Ukrainian military said it struck Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery, located about 200km (125 miles) southeast of Moscow, as “part of efforts to reduce the enemy’s ability to launch missile and bomb strikes”. The Ukrainian military said the strike caused multiple explosions and a large fire at the site. The Russian Ministry of Defence said its forces have taken control of the village of Yablukove in Ukraine’s…

Montreal, Canada – A former United Nations special rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses against Palestinians says he was interrogated by Canadian authorities on “national security” grounds as he travelled to Canada this week to attend a Gaza-related event.Richard Falk, an international law expert from the United States, told Al Jazeera that he was questioned at Toronto Pearson international airport on Thursday alongside his wife, fellow legal scholar Hilal Elver.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“A security person came and said, ‘We’ve detained you both because we’re concerned that you pose a national security threat to Canada,’” Falk, 95, said on…

Dozens of Palestinian prisoners are being held indefinitely in an underground Israeli detention facility, deprived of sunlight and subjected to extreme violence, Palestinian lawyers say, as more reports of abuse emerge from the devastation of Israel’s war on Gaza.Lawyers for Palestinians held at Rakevet, an underground wing of the Ramla (Nitzan) prison complex in central Israel, said their clients have been assaulted, starved, and denied medical care despite serious injuries.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“When the prisoners arrive for the interview [with their lawyer], their faces show what they’ve endured,” lawyer Nadia Daqqa told Al Jazeera. “Particularly in…

The US president signals legal war even as the British network apologises for an ‘error of judgement’ in editing his January 6 speech.Published On 15 Nov 202515 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareUnited States President Donald Trump says he would likely sue the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) next week for as much as $5bn after the British broadcaster admitted it wrongly edited a video of a speech he gave, but insisted there was no legal basis for his claim.“We will sue them for anywhere between a billion and five billion dollars, probably sometime next week. I think I…

When Visa unveiled its Intelligent Commerce platform for Asia Pacific on November 12, it wasn’t just launching another payment feature—it was building AI commerce infrastructure to solve a crisis most merchants haven’t noticed yet: their websites are being flooded by AI agents, and there’s no reliable way to tell which ones are legitimate shoppers and which are malicious bots. With AI-driven traffic to retail sites exploding by 4,700% in just one year, Visa’s early 2026 regional pilots give businesses 14 months to prepare their payment systems for a world where artificial intelligence handles shopping and transactions on behalf of consumers.Why Asia Pacific, why nowVisa’s strategic…

Nine cases reported in Ethiopia’s Omo region, bordering conflict-wracked South Sudan, which has a fragile health system.Published On 14 Nov 202514 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareEthiopia has confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after nine cases were reported in the south of the country.World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday commended the Ethiopian Health Ministry and other health agencies for their “rapid and transparent response to the outbreak”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“This fast action demonstrates the seriousness of the country’s commitment to bringing the outbreak under control quickly,” Tedros…

Security leaders face a new class of autonomous threat as Anthropic details the first cyber espionage campaign orchestrated by AI.In a report released this week, the company’s Threat Intelligence team outlined its disruption of a sophisticated operation by a Chinese state-sponsored group – an assessment made with high confidence – dubbed GTG-1002 and detected in mid-September 2025.The operation targeted approximately 30 entities, including large tech companies, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies, and government agencies.Rather than AI assisting human operators, the attackers successfully manipulated Anthropic’s Claude Code model to function as an autonomous agent to execute the vast majority of tactical…

Ronaldo at risk of being banned for first game of 2026 World Cup if Portugal qualify after red card against Ireland.Published On 14 Nov 202514 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareIreland coach Heimir Hallgrimsson has said Cristiano Ronaldo was wrong to blame him for the red card he received as Portugal fell to a World Cup qualifying defeat.The five-time Ballon d’Or winner exchanged words with Hallgrimsson after being sent off during Portugal’s 2-0 defeat in Dublin on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listRonaldo said before the game the Ireland coach had tried to put pressure on…