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A federal judge on Friday once again blocked President Donald Trump's executive order imposing sweeping restrictions on mail-in voting, issuing a preliminary injunction just hours after North Carolina became the first state to begin sending out mail ballots for the November midterm elections.
· 2 sourcesCatastrophic floods that killed more than 1,300 people and destroyed villages along the Nepal-Tibet border have severely damaged 12 hydropower plants in the Trishuli River basin, knocking out more than 10% of Nepal’s total power generation capacity and prompting the state-owned electricity authority to call for a fundamental reassessment of the country’s energy policy. Nepal produces nearly all of its electricity from hydropower and exports around $200m worth annually to India and Bangladesh.
World number one Aryna Sabalenka paused her US Open third-round match on Friday to alert the umpire to a strong smell of cannabis drifting onto Louis Armstrong Stadium court, later urging fans to keep their smoking away from the playing area.
· 5 sourcesUS special envoy Steve Witkoff said American negotiators achieved "substantive progress" in efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war after completing a rare shuttle between Moscow and Kyiv, with both sides honoring a three-day halt in strikes during the diplomatic push.
· 7 sourcesThe Pentagon has temporarily rescinded a clinical guidance document for mandatory testosterone screening of US military personnel just one day after its release, following an announcement by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in July.
Mexican authorities have seized 17 metric tonnes of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $347 million, according to a report by Al Jazeera on September 4, 2026. The scale of the operation underscores the ongoing challenge of drug trafficking in the region.
Donald Trump intends to use the Boeing 747 jet gifted by Qatar for his upcoming trip to Ireland, marking the first international deployment of the aircraft since questions were raised about its ability to protect the president from attack, according to a senior administration official.
Nearly three decades after Tupac Shakur was gunned down in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting, Duane 'Keffe D' Davis has been convicted of murder with a deadly weapon. The verdict, delivered by a jury in Clark County, Nevada, came after less than three hours of deliberation and marks the first criminal conviction in one of hip-hop's most notorious unsolved killings.
· 2 sourcesThe Federal Communications Commission has asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Disney over the potential nonrenewal of ABC's broadcast licenses, while two watchdog groups and individual ABC viewers seek to intervene in the case, arguing that Disney might settle with the FCC on terms not in the public's interest.
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday publicly disagreed with President Trump’s characterization of the ongoing military escalation with Iran as “small potatoes,” calling the situation “serious” and urging the administration to recognize the gravity of the conflict. The rebuke marks a rare intra-party split over Trump’s handling of the crisis.
· 3 sourcesAustralia’s property market is undergoing a rare price correction this winter, with most capital cities recording declines in house prices as rising interest rates and less favourable tax settings for investors accelerate the downturn, according to data from Cotality. Sydney has led the fall, and analysts expect the weakness to persist as higher inflation may trigger further rate hikes.
· 2 sourcesA late-baroque painting stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in 1940 must be returned to the dealer’s heir after a court ruled in favour of restitution. The work, Portrait of a Lady, had been hanging in the home of Patricia Kadgien, whose father was a top adviser to Hermann Göring.
The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to adopt a new world map that accurately reflects the size of Africa, with the United States the only nation to vote against the resolution. The 'Correct the Map' resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by African Union members, was supported by 164 countries, with six abstentions. The non-binding resolution urges member states to replace the widely used Mercator projection with the Equal Earth projection, which cartographers say preserves relative surface areas of continents and corrects long-standing distortions that shrink equatorial regions.
· 5 sourcesTwo workers have been rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after devastating flash floods swept through the Himalayan region, raising hopes that dozens more still trapped may have survived. The rescued men, identified as Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan, were pulled from the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station on Friday, while the body of a third worker was found nearby.
· 9 sourcesA US war veteran who named her Memphis retirement home 'Serenity' says her peace has been destroyed by the noise and fumes from Elon Musk's SpaceXAI data centre Colossus II, built quietly in an abandoned warehouse with minimal oversight. The conflict is one of many flaring across the country as an AI-driven data centre boom overwhelms local regulations and becomes a hot-button issue ahead of the midterm elections, with some Republican candidates breaking party ranks to oppose new developments.
· 2 sourcesHousing affordability in Australia has plunged to its lowest level on record, with a household earning the median income of about $125,000 a year able to afford only 12 per cent of homes sold nationally in the last financial year, according to new data from realestate.com.au. Despite recent falls in property values, three interest rate rises by the Reserve Bank of Australia this year have deepened the affordability crisis, reversing a marginal improvement seen in 2025.
· 5 sourcesA tunnelling expert advising the rescue operation at a blocked Nepalese hydropower tunnel has described the effort as a series of miracles, after two men were found alive on Friday. The Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station tunnel was one of several hit by a massive flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border that has killed at least 1,300 people.
A Massachusetts judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the mother accused of murdering her three young children in 2023, after the jury announced it was deadlocked for a third time following more than 38 hours of deliberation. The 12-person jury, composed of nine women and three men, was split 11 to one on the verdict, according to notes sent to the court.
· 11 sourcesNigel Farage's carefully laid plans for a policy-focused Reform UK annual conference have been disrupted by a Channel 4 News exposé alleging potential wrongdoing by party officials over political donations, compounding problems for a leader already contending with internal party splits and a declining favourability rating.
Al Jazeera's latest newsfeed brings together several significant stories from around the world, including a Russian drone strike on Ukraine's security service headquarters, a Houthi push towards a key strait in Yemen that has killed at least 100 people, allegations of police assault by two Muslim women journalists in India, a bride walking down the aisle in waist-deep flooding, and a segment on Israel's plan to expel Gaza's population.
The Trump administration has pressured major US space companies to withdraw from a high-profile space summit organised by French President Emmanuel Macron, prompting SpaceX, Blue Origin, Stoke Space, K2 and Starcloud to pull out of the Paris event scheduled for next week. Politico first reported the diplomatic turmoil, and multiple sources confirmed to Ars Technica that a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy official led a call with industry representatives late last week.
· 2 sourcesRussia has deployed a new generation of jet-powered drones in Ukraine that are faster, more destructive, and harder to shoot down than the propeller-driven models previously used, according to press reports from the New York Times and Al Jazeera. The drones have killed dozens of civilians, though Russian ground forces continue to struggle to advance.
· 2 sourcesA Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) in central Kyiv on Friday, directly targeting the office of SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. At least five people were wounded in the attack, which came as Kyiv endured a tenth consecutive day of drone assaults and as reports emerged that US peace envoys are expected in Moscow and Kyiv this weekend.
· 4 sourcesTwo people have been rescued from a tunnel in Nepal more than a week after catastrophic flash flooding struck the Nepal-Tibet border, killing over 1,300 people. The rescues, described as a 'rare moment of joy,' have offered renewed hope to families still awaiting news of missing relatives, though rescue efforts remain severely hampered by mud and rocks.
· 2 sourcesLorena Isceri, a 45-year-old woman, was allegedly abducted and thrown off a motorway bridge near Florence by her ex-boyfriend, Federico Vella, marking the seventh alleged femicide in Italy since mid-August, according to reports from The Guardian.
A surge in Russian and Ukrainian attacks on vessels and port infrastructure in the Black Sea has made it the world's most dangerous waterway for commercial shipping, killing more crew in July than during the entirety of the war before that month and jeopardising vital grain exports that could push global food prices higher.
· 2 sourcesYemen's Houthi forces have killed at least 100 people as they push toward a key maritime strait, according to video footage published by Al Jazeera on September 4, 2026. The 39-second clip shows the latest casualties in an escalation that threatens one of the world's most important shipping lanes.
US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, kicking off a weekend of shuttle diplomacy aimed at reviving peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, according to reports.
· 3 sourcesUS Vice-President JD Vance has drawn sharp criticism after responding to claims that an American strike killed four people, including a child, at a wedding celebration in southern Iran by saying “sometimes things happen” and asserting that the US-Iran conflict is not a war. The remarks, made at a White House press briefing, were labelled as “gaslighting” by Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has banned contact visits at the California City detention center, the largest immigration facility in California, leaving families like that of Teresa Reyes unable to embrace their loved ones. Reyes drove 300 miles for her son Guillermo's 32nd birthday in May but was only permitted to see him through a thick glass partition, unable to give a gift, share a meal, or even touch him.
Funerals have taken place for two Palestinian teenagers shot dead this week when settlers and soldiers entered the village of al-Mughayyir in the occupied West Bank, as the father of one victim told the BBC his family lives in constant fear of losing their children. The Israeli military said it fired on 'instigators of a violent riot' and that the incident is under review.
Former Queensland Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has died aged 67 after a battle with lung cancer. The career officer, who served nearly five decades in law enforcement, oversaw the state's policing response to the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous natural disasters before retiring in early 2026. He passed away surrounded by family, the Queensland Police Service has confirmed.
· 7 sourcesThe US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an emergency appeal by Missouri officials to use a Trump-backed Republican congressional map in the November midterm elections, letting stand a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that blocked the new lines and ordered a voter referendum on the map.
· 4 sourcesGermany's interior minister has declared Russia responsible for the drone attack at Leipzig's airport last month, as European officials report a wave of suspicious fires at defence facilities across the continent that they attribute to an escalating Russian sabotage campaign targeting military and defence sector sites.
· 2 sourcesThe Northern Territory coroner has found ambulance delays contributed to the deaths of two Darwin patients earlier this year, with one man waiting six hours for help after collapsing at home and an elderly woman left on a nursing home floor for more than four hours with broken ribs and a collapsed lung.
A former Uber driver has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for indecently assaulting a female passenger who was intoxicated and vulnerable, with a magistrate saying the driver showed no remorse and failed to accept the guilty verdict.
· 2 sourcesAlan Boulton, a 76-year-old former deputy president of the Fair Work Commission and former Monash University lecturer, has pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing child abuse material following an incident in which inappropriate images were inadvertently displayed during a lecture in Melbourne's CBD.
· 7 sourcesPresident Donald Trump has indicated he would not come to the United Kingdom's aid in the event of a renewed Falklands conflict, linking the issue to former British prime minister Keir Starmer's decision to deny military support for operations in the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war.
· 3 sourcesTwo men were freed on September 4 after nine days trapped in a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower plant in Nepal, but rescuers are searching for dozens more as the broader flash flood disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border has left nearly 5,000 people missing, according to reports.
· 2 sourcesRomanian prosecutors have formally indicted controversial manosphere influencer Andrew Tate and his brother on charges including trafficking minors and money laundering, marking the latest development in their ongoing legal battles in Romania.
Rescuers have pulled two people from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project in Nepal more than a week after a massive flash flood devastated the Nepal-China border, according to reports from Al Jazeera and the BBC.
· 3 sourcesAs millions of households in England face hosepipe bans and three-quarters of the country remains in drought, an exclusive analysis reveals that businesses collectively use 2.6 billion litres of public water supply every day, with less than 1% of companies consuming more than the daily needs of 10 million people, yet most are not required to report or reduce their usage.
· 2 sourcesThe UK has insisted its support for the Falkland Islands is 'unwavering' after Argentina’s President Javier Milei delivered a televised address renewing his country's sovereignty claim, threatening sanctions on oil companies operating near the islands, and citing US President Donald Trump's suggestion that Washington may reconsider its neutral stance on the dispute.
· 6 sourcesEuropean governments are grappling with how to effectively respond to Russia's intensifying hybrid warfare campaign, which has included an explosives-laden drone discovered at Leipzig airport near a Ukrainian cargo plane, suspected sabotage in Poland, and a series of unexplained fires and explosions at defense facilities across Europe that supply Ukraine.
Major Australian alpine resorts are shutting their ski operations up to a month early, with seven resorts either already closed or set to stop lifts this weekend, after a winter that broke multiple heat records and saw limited snowfalls washed away by rain, operators have confirmed.
· 2 sourcesCharles Perrottet has denied asking his brother, then-premier Dominic Perrottet, to appoint a cabinet minister to benefit property developer Jean Nassif, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has heard.
· 2 sourcesAl Jazeera's latest video newsfeed includes reports on Argentina's threat of sanctions over Falklands oil drilling, the arrival of Ratko Mladic's body in Serbia with military honours, Donald Trump's meeting with anti-Zionist Jewish leaders, clashes between police and protesters in Chile, and the passing of feminist icon Gloria Steinem at age 92.
The Northern Territory government has rejected criticism from independent justice experts who suspended their participation in a key advisory panel, with the attorney general declaring there will be 'no more coddling criminals, no more talk-fests, and no more identity politics' after the experts accused the government of failing to engage in genuine dialogue and collaboration.