As the war enters its 555th day, these are the main developments.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 555

Niger's military leaders have informed the French government that diplomatic immunity has been removed from French Ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itte. And hav...

Niger's military rulers revoke French ambassador's immunity, order expulsion

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says bribes of between $3,000 and $15,000 paid for medical exemptions from military duty.

Ukraine targets corruption in medical exemptions from military service

Rights advocates say framework needed due to Kenya's domestic police record, grim history of intervention in Haiti.

Possible Kenya-led mission to Haiti prompts growing calls for safeguards

Ukrainian forces advance south and east to the rear of Russia’s first line of defence during the 79th week of the war.

Ukraine’s troops push towards Russia’s rear defences

Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail service has been beset by cost overruns and delays since launch of the project in 2015.

Indonesia’s Chinese bullet train delayed amid cost overruns, scepticism

Former finance minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is leading the field of three candidates chosen under demanding criteria.

Singapore to vote on new president amid rumblings of discontent

In 2017, Mexico declared cannabis legal for medical use.But years later, farmers say they are still waiting to reap the benefits.Al Jazeera’s John Holman rep...

Mexico farmers still wait for medical marijuana licensing

A masked white man has shot dead three Black people in a shop in Florida, in the southern United States, in a racially-motivated attack, according to local a...

Gunman kills three Black people in Florida hate crime: police

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa from the ZANU-PF party has won a second term in an election victory rejected by the opposition and questioned by obse...

Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa wins second term | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

A growing number of Jewish academics are using the term apartheid to describe Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

‘Accusing Israel of apartheid is not anti-Semitic’: Holocaust historian

India's offer to South Africa is part of its attempt to raise issues concerning the so-called Global South.

Indian PM Modi proposes full G20 membership for African Union

Russia’s Investigative Committee has confirmed that Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash.“According to their results, the id...

Prigozhin confirmed dead in plane crash, genetic tests verify

The United States is demanding the release of dozens of election monitors and activists arrested in Zimbabwe.Votes are being counted in country’s general ele...

Zimbabwe election: Vote count under way after delays

The world's second largest brewer sold its business in Russia for just 1 euro ($1.08), months after announcing its exit.

Dutch brewer Heineken completes its withdrawal from Russia, takes $325m hit

Republican candidates for president try to prove their ‘electability’ to the public, as Trump watches from afar.

After the first US Republican debate: Who’s up, who’s down?

Eight of the nine Republican candidates vying for their party’s nomination to run for president of the United States next year held their first debate and ex...

After the first US Republican debate: Who’s up, who’s down? | The Bottom Line

Donald Trump became the first former US president to have his mugshot taken as he turned himself in to authorities in the state of Georgia to face 2020 elect...

Donald Trump surrenders in Georgia election case | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

Refugees mark August 25 as 'Genocide Day' to demand justice and safe and voluntary repatriation to their Myanmar homes.

Six years of Rohingya exodus: Food crisis and fears of a ‘lost generation’

Former US president turns himself in at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta to face 2020 election interference charges.

Donald Trump surrenders in Georgia election case