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Oslo police said Sunday (Mar 8) an explosion at the US embassy in Norway overnight may have been an act of terror, but stressed they were also investigating other possible causes. The blast, which caused no injuries and minor material damage, occurred around 1am local time at the entrance to the embassy’s consular section. Police said an…

Filipino nurses are highly trained and recruited overseas, but this exodus is straining hospitals at home. In the first of a four-part series, CNA looks at the global nursing shortage and how countries are holding on to their healthcare staff. For 18 years, nurse Ralph Ching has worked at the Dr Jose N Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and…

RIHANNA is lining up a VERY special guest to crown her massive comeback album, a source close to the superstar has told The U.S. Sun. The pop star is set to release new music for the first time in 10 years, as she confirmed long-held rumors with a recording studio photo earlier this month. The mom of…

OVER 70 people have been arrested as Spring Break chaos erupts for the first time this year with thousands of seniors gathering for ‘Skip Day.’ Cops descended on a huge gathering of students at a Buc-ee’s in Texas City on Friday morning where many were found with drugs, weapons, and committing driving offenses. Other arrests took place…

A 30-year-old woman was arrested Sunday after allegedly firing several shots with a rifle at the Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion belonging to pop star Rihanna while the singer was allegedly inside her house. Los Angeles police responded to the report of the shooting at 1:21 p.m. Sunday and quickly took the suspect into custody, a spokesperson told…

Jennifer Runyon, known for her roles in “Ghostbusters,” “Charles in Charge,” “A Very Brady Christmas” and others, has died at the age of 65. As reported first by TMZ, the actress’ family shared an announcement on her Facebook page Sunday. “This past Friday night our beloved Jennifer passed away, it was a long and arduous journey that…

King Charles III will hail the value of traditional alliances and international friendships at a time of “increasing pressures of conflict” in his Commonwealth Day message. The annual celebration of the Commonwealth, to be marked on Monday with a service at Westminster Abbey, will see the biggest gathering of senior royals since the arrest of his brother…

Rapper Balendra Shah has defeated the former Nepalese Prime Minister Sharma KP Oli in his parliamentary constituency, as he takes a step closer to becoming Nepal’s next prime minister. Nepal’s Election Commission confirmed on Saturday that Shah, 35, received 68,348 votes compared to Oli’s 18,734 to unseat the former leader in his constituency. Thursday’s general election –…

An overnight explosion at the US embassy in Oslo may have been an act of terrorism, Norway’s police have said. The embassy in the Norwegian capital sustained minor damage after the blast in the early hours of Sunday – but no-one was injured. “One of the hypotheses is that it is an act of terrorism, but we…

Women in Germany who wish to have careers and families face systemic challenges. The German sociologist Jutta Allmendinger sees reason for optimism, with countries like Iceland showing the way. The goal of many young parents in Germany is for both partners to be able to work, spend time with their children and share household responsibilities. In practice,…

No more lecturing from Germany: International law seems less important to Chancellor Friedrich Merz since the US and Israel’s attack on Iran. Is this a new foreign policy strategy from Berlin? German Chancellor Friedrich Merz did not want to lecture Donald Trump about international law. So, he didn’t, at least not during the public part of his…

In a close race, the Greens won the state election in Baden-Württemberg, ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU. The far-right AfD was the third strongest party, having made significant gains. Greens ahead of CDU in Baden-Württemberg The Green Party won the state election in Baden-Württemberg, according to the preliminary final results. After all constituencies had been counted,…

The confirmation came as the US issued a license authorising dealings with Minerven, Venezuela’s state-owned gold mining company. The United States has received $100 million worth of gold from Venezuela, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum confirmed, as the Trump administration pointed to a broader push to assert control over the South American nation’s natural resources. “On Friday,…

Kurdish residents of northeast ​Syria warned Iran’s Kurds against aligning with the U.S. to fight the Iranian government, citing their own experience in Syria in recent ‌months as evidence their Iranian counterparts would be “abandoned.” Iranian Kurdish militias based in northern Iraq have consulted with the United States in recent days about whether and how to attack…

A summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping this month is unlikely to create room for even a limited reset of business and investment ties, five people briefed on preparations said. American business leaders at this stage have not secured ​the CEO delegation some had sought. On the other side, there is no indication…

Youths are getting radicalised faster and subscribing to a more diverse range of extremist ideologies, the Internal Security Department said. Dylan was in secondary school when he chanced upon a livestream of the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks. The gunman, Brenton Tarrant, opened fire at two mosques, killing 51 people in an act of terror. While the world…

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait all reported new attacks, after loud explosions were heard in Dubai and Bahrain’s Manama a day earlier. Gulf nations reported on Sunday (Mar 8) missile and drone attacks, while Iran vowed to press on with its strikes against neighbouring countries as the regional war entered its second week. Saudi Arabia, Qatar and…

The protests in Bangladesh and Nepal, countries that are separated by the narrow Siliguri corridor, had the same goal – replacing the existing system. Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is heading towards a sweeping victory in Nepal’s first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests, shattering the dominance of established political parties. The result…

US President Donald Trump has told the UK he does not need its aircraft carriers and accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of seeking to “join wars after we’ve already won”, as the US and Israel continue to launch strikes on Iran. In a social media post, Trump said the UK was “giving serious thought” to sending…

The Iranian ambassador in London has warned the UK to be “very careful” about becoming further involved in the war. Seyed Ali Mousavi told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg his country would have a “right to self-defence” if the UK directly joined US-Israeli attacks on Iran. He warned that Iran expected the British government, and others, “to be…

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized Israel’s aim to free Iran, hoping that the two nations will return to being “true friends”. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday there was a risk that Iran would initiate the attack, prompting the Israeli administration to pre-empt the strikes on Tehran. “And every day we strip it of a new layer…

A probe is underway to determine whether the carnage was caused by a remote-controlled IED planted at the fuel station or a suicide bomber A devastating explosion tore through a petrol station in the Lower Wana area of South Waziristan in Pakistan on Saturday, claiming the lives of at least ten people and leaving several others critically…

Taiwanese legislator Chia-Pin Chung said India plays a crucial role in regional stability and expressed Taiwan’s interest in strengthening cooperation with countries in the region. He also reiterated Taiwan’s stance on maintaining sovereignty while seeking peaceful relations with China. Taiwanese legislator Chia-Pin Chung underlined the importance of India in regional stability and said that Taiwan hopes to…

BRAVE Iranian rebels have broken through the regime’s internet blackout to tell The Sun: “We are ready to finally take our country back”. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s grisly downfall that saw him wind up dead in a pile of rubble has left the rogue nation’s repressed public wanting more. One defiant Iranian told me: “The endgame feels real…

An Indian travel vlogger asserts that China is more affordable than India, citing lower costs for hotels, transportation, and food. A travel blogging-couple has compared India and China in terms of affordability, sparking a heated discussion in the process. Swati and Prateek quit their jobs last year to travel the world. After exploring India in 2025, the…

Dozens of U.S. and other investors ranging from hedge fund managers to energy investors plan to travel to Venezuela in the coming weeks with hopes of meeting the country’s top politicians and business leaders and scouting out investment opportunities, according to event ​organizers and participants. Three investor trips are being organized by separate advisory groups, with New…

A divided U.S. appeals court has refused to let the Trump administration revoke legal protections that allow more than 350,000 Haitians to ​live and work in the U.S., and avoid being returned to their gang-violence-stricken country. A ‌2-1 panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit late on Friday rejected, the administration’s…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is not interested in negotiating with Iran and raised the possibility that the Iran war would only end once that country no ​longer has a functioning military or any remaining leadership in power. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said the air campaign could make negotiations a…

Saudi Arabia has told Tehran that while it favours a diplomatic settlement to Iran’s conflict with the United States, continued attacks on the kingdom and ​its energy sector could push Riyadh to respond in kind, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The message was conveyed before a speech on ‌Saturday in which Iranian President Masoud…

Israel warned Lebanon of a “disastrous” fallout if it did not rein in Iran-backed Hezbollah ​on Saturday, as it pounded the group’s strongholds around the country with air strikes and mounted a deadly airborne raid in the east. Lebanon was dragged into the wider ‌Middle East war on Monday when Hezbollah fired at Israel, which responded with…

Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight on Saturday, damaging infrastructure and killing ‌at least 10 people, including two children, in the northeast city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia targeted the energy sector and railway infrastructure across the country. “There should be a response from partners to…

Canada’s minister for US-Canada trade, Dominic LeBlanc, is in Washington on Friday for meetings with Trump administration officials — the first high-level talks between the two countries since negotiations broke down late last year. LeBlanc will be meeting with US trade representative Jamieson Greer to discuss the US-Canada-Mexico free trade agreement, also known as the USMCA, which…

Azerbaijan has said it is pulling its diplomatic staff out of Iran after it accused Iran of launching four drones across the border into the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan. The airport terminal was hit, a drone exploded near a school, injuring civilians, and another drone was shot down, as the war in the Middle East spilled over…

Oil prices have risen to their highest level in more than two years, after Qatar’s energy minister warned he expects all oil and gas exporters in the Gulf to stop production within days. Saad al-Kaabi told the Financial Times the conflict in the Middle East – a region which plays a key role in global energy supplies…

Iceland’s government has said a vote on resuming accession talks with the EU will be held in August. Iceland withdrew from talks in 2013 — but rising costs, the war in Ukraine and US imperialism have prompted a rethink. Icelanders will vote on whether to resume European Union (EU) accession talks somewhat earlier than previously planned, according…

Children under 16 years old in Indonesia will be prohibited from accessing TikTok, Roblox, Instagram and other online platforms. Indonesia will bar users under 16 from accessing major social media platforms under a new regulation, Communication Minister Meutya Hafid said. The restrictions will apply to “high-risk” platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Bigo Live, and…

Voters in the Himalayan nation have soured on establishment parties and politicians. Early returns hint at a newcomer party taking the reins after Gen Z protests demanding change last year. Early election returns in the Himalayan nation of Nepal point to a potential landslide victory for the newcomer Rastriya Swatantra Party (National Independence Party, or RSP) in…

The family of Daim Zainuddin, an influential two-time finance minister who died in November 2024, said in a statement it was “public knowledge” that the investigation targeted Daim’s widow Na’imah Abdul Khalid and their sons. The family of Malaysia’s influential former finance minister filed a lawsuit on Friday (Mar 6) against the prime minister, chief of police…

Netflix has officially cut ties with Meghan Markle’s polarizing lifestyle brand, As Ever, Page Six can confirm. “Her show did not go on so it did not make sense to continue the partnership,” an industry source exclusively told Page Six, referring to Markle’s two-season series, “With Love, Meghan.” A Netflix spokesperson told Page Six in a statement,…

“But I have a question for you: I just want to know how the protests you are holding where you live, disturbing things in your area, are going to benefit you?” Shilpa Chaudhary asked protesters in India. Criticising protests in India over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israel strikes, an Indian-origin woman…

The Israeli Air Force said approximately 50 jets took part in the operation, guided by precise intelligence from Israel’s Military Intelligence and coordinated with Mossad. Israeli fighter jets carried out a major strike in the heart of Tehran early on Friday, targeting an underground bunker built beneath the leadership compound of Iran’s supreme leader. The Israeli Air…

President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran’s leadership has been “neutered,” adding that he is seeking new leadership in the country that would treat the United States and Israel well, even if that leader is religious and the system is not democratic. “Iran is not the same country it was a week ago. A week ago…

This is the second post to appear on Khamenei’s account since his reported death. A post from the X account of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday warned Israel that the “Zionist regime has made a big mistake”, days after he was reportedly killed in a joint US–Israel strike on February 28. The message,…

A US federal court in Brooklyn convicted Pakistani national Asif Raza Merchant of plotting to assassinate senior American political figures, including President Donald Trump. Prosecutors said the murder-for-hire plan was linked to retaliation for the 2020 killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani. Merchant, arrested in July 2024, now faces possible life imprisonment. A Pakistani national accused of…

U.S. President Donald Trump demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender” on Friday, a dramatic escalation one week into the war he launched alongside Israelthat could make it more difficult to negotiate a swift end ​to hostilities. Trump made the remarks on social media just hours after Iran’s president announced that unspecified countries had begun mediation efforts, one of the…

A spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards challenged ​U.S. President Donald Trump to deploy U.S. ‌naval vessels to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media reported on ​Friday. The U.S. Navy could begin escorting oil ​tankers through the Strait of Hormuz ⁠if necessary, Trump said on Tuesday. The conflict ​in the Middle East has…

Israel has been bombing parts of western Iran to support Iranian Kurdish militias who hope to exploit the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran to seize towns near the frontier, ​according to three sources familiar with Israel’s talks with the factions. The notion of an offensive by Iranian Kurdish forces based in Iraq gained attention on Friday when U.S.…

The U.S. Justice Department released FBI records on Thursday that summarize interviews of an ‌unidentified woman in which she made accusations against President Donald Trump related to an alleged sexual encounter. FBI agents interviewed the woman four times in 2019 as part of their investigation into accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The Justice Department had previously released…

Finland plans to lift its long-standing ban on having nuclear weapons on its territory, in a move the government says would align the country more closely with Nato’s deterrence policy. Defence minister Antti Häkkänen Finland and Europe’s security environment had “fundamentally and significantly changed” since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022. The Nordic nation abandoned…

Britney Spears has been arrested in California under suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. The singer was detained by California Highway Patrol (CHP) at around 21:30 local time (05:30 GMT) on Wednesday. A representative for her told the BBC: “This was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable.” Spears was reported to authorities…

US President Donald Trump has lashed out against Spain after it condemned US attacks on Iran. Will both countries break off ties? When Donald Trump received Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on Tuesday evening, the US president unleashed a tirade against Spain. He told reporters in the room that “Spain has been terrible,” and…

After weeks of uncertainty, football’s governing body in Africa has announced the postponement of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, which had been slated to start in mid-March. The ​Confederation of African Football (CAF) released a statement on its website on Thursday announcing that the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) would not kick off in Morocco…

Nepal is gearing up for parliamentary elections, months after a youth-led uprising forced out the previous government. Liza Adhikari, a 20-year-old student, carries the wounds of the “revolution” in her left shoulder. Every day, she goes to physiotherapy to regain movement after a bullet shattered the top of the bone in her upper arm. She was shot…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will wrap up his Asia-Pacific tour with talks in Tokyo aimed at deepening economic and security cooperation. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to arrive in Japan on Friday (Mar 6) for the last stop of his three-nation Asia-Pacific tour that also took him to India and Australia. The trip is…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he has ordered expert support after receiving a request from the US to help counter Iranian drones. The United States asked Ukraine for help to fend off Iranian drone attacks in the Middle East, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday (Mar 5), adding that he had ordered expert support to be given.…

Lisa Rinna didn’t shy away from naming her former “Celebrity Apprentice” co-stars Dionne Warwick and Star Jones as the rudest celebrities she’s ever worked with. In fact, the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum, 62, labeled Warwick as a “nasty piece of work” in her new memoir, “You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It.” “The first…

Donald Trump acknowledged that Khamenei’s son was the likely successor, but called this outcome unacceptable and demanded to be personally involved in the selection. US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran’s next leader – just like he was in Venezuela – after joint US-Israeli strikes on February 28…

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met senior government and security leaders to discuss Iran’s request for the warship to enter Sri Lanka’s waters for safety. Sri Lankan officials have expressed concern as a second Iranian warship moved towards the country’s territorial waters on Thursday, a day after a United States submarine destroyed an Iranian frigate, killing at least…

Mandana Karimi has made a controversial statement about Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s death in the US-Israel-Iran war during an exclusive interaction with Zoom. She confessed that she is happy with Khamenei’s death. Read full story here. The war between the US, Israel and Iran has become the most heated topic of discussion on social media. In…

U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed ​their investigation, two U.S. officials told Reuters. Reuters was unable to determine more details about the investigation, including what…

China is in talks with Iran to allow crude oil and Qatari liquefied natural gas vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz ​as the U.S.-Israeli war on Tehran intensifies, three diplomatic sources told Reuters. The war, ‌which entered its sixth day on Thursday, has left the critical shipping passageway all-but shut, with countries around the world…

Hezbollah has deployed elite fighters to confront Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, sending them back into the border ​region from which they withdrew after a war in 2024, three Lebanese sources familiar with the deployments said, as the ‌Iran-backed group wades deeper into the conflict in the Middle East. Members of Hezbollah’s Radwan force had received orders…

U.S. President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday after months of controversy, including the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal officers in Minneapolis and lawmakers’ questions over a $220 million ​advertising contract. The Republican president will tap Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace her by the end of the month, he…

The United States and interim authorities ​in Venezuela have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular ‌relations, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday, aiming to foster a peaceful transition to elect a new government in the ​South American country. “This step will facilitate our joint ​efforts to promote stability, support economic recovery, and advance ⁠political reconciliation in…

Amazon on Tuesday confirmed it laid off staff across its robotics unit, with at least 100 white-collar jobs affected, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Amazon on Tuesday confirmed it laid off staff across its robotics unit, with at least 100 white-collar jobs affected, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. This comes after…

US President Donald Trump is using a preventative treatment for a red rash on his neck, according to his physician, but the White House declined on Wednesday to share further details about the condition. US President Donald Trump is using a preventative treatment for a red rash on his neck, according to his physician, but the White…

A member of Japan’s yakuza crime group was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York court on Tuesday (Mar 3) after being convicted of trafficking nuclear material as well as drugs and weapons. Takeshi Ebisawa, 61, has been jailed since April 2022 on drug and weapons charges, along with his Thai co-defendant Somphop Singhasiri,…

“We’re in a very strong position now, and their (Iran’s) leadership is just rapidly going,” said US President Donald Trump. United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Mar 4) rated the US performance in the war with Iran as a 15 on a scale of 10, saying the Islamic Republic’s leaders were rapidly being killed, and vowing…

Two people suffered serious burns and were receiving medical treatment. Authorities said there were reports that a third person might still be inside the structure. An explosion at an industrial site in Logan Township, New Jersey, on Wednesday prompted authorities to issue a shelter-in-place order for residents and businesses within a two-mile radius of Heron Drive and…

We’re pausing our live coverage for now – but will be back soon It’s now past 9 p.m. in Washington and approaching dawn in the Middle East. We’re closing down this round of live coverage, but we’ll be back soon with a new page with the latest developments as they happen. On Tuesday, Israeli and U.S. forces…

Gypsy Rose Blanchard showed off her stunning weight loss and shared the surprising way she achieved the results. Blanchard, 34, posted a video of herself on Instagram stepping on the scale on Wednesday, revealing she weighs 108.2 pounds. She clearly felt confident, panning the camera down to show her teal sports bra and tight black leggings. Blanchard,…

Selena Gomez revealed that her BFF Taylor Swift has yet another talent up her sleeve: painting. The actress shared that Swift gifted her a handmade, sentimental painting for her 30th birthday. “She did it on an actual cloth, and she painted a beautiful lake,” Gomez described during her Tuesday appearance on the “Friends Keep Secrets” podcast. “It…

THE mother of Deadliest Catch star Todd Meadows has pleaded for footage of her son’s death never to be aired. Cameras were rolling when Meadows went overboard off the coast of Alaska last week. The 25-year-old fell into the freezing waters of the Bering Sea while filming the long-running Discovery Channel series. His body was recovered ten…

The beleaguered Iranian regime, with very few international allies, has been counting on Moscow’s support amid the ongoing US-Israeli strikes, but so far it has been left deeply disappointed. Just hours after Israeli and US bombs started hitting Tehran on Saturday, Russia came out with a blunt statement, with the country’s permanent representative to the UN, Vassily…

As tensions rise across the Middle East, Kenyans fear economic shocks, disrupted exports and risks to the more than 400,000 Kenyans working in Gulf states. Kenyan President William Ruto in the weeks leading up to the US-Israel war with Iran called for restraint and dialogue, urging de-escalation while reaffirming Kenya’s long-standing support for multilateral diplomacy and international…

Videos claiming to show the US–Israel–Iran war are flooding social media. And while they look dramatic or terrifying, many of them are fake, AI‑generated or taken completely out of context. Fighting has erupted across the Middle East after Israel and the US attacked Iran, following a US military build-up in the region. The US and Israel launched…

A ferocious Jessie Buckley and a heartbreaking Christian Bale star in a bold film of “huge scope and ambition” that is “loaded with surprises”. If you were a powerless woman in 1936 Chicago killed by the mob then reanimated to serve as the wife of Frankenstein’s creature, you’d be a little angry, too. Jessie Buckley certainly is…

A congressional committee has voted to summon US Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The motion to subpoena Bondi was introduced by Nancy Mace, a Republican lawmaker, who accused the justice department of a “cover-up”. The Trump administration has faced growing pressure across the political spectrum to release…

In a small flat in a social housing complex near Caracas, Adriana Briceño holds up what looks like a piece of rubbish, but hidden on the old chocolate bar wrapper is a message. The words scrawled on it were written by her son and are addressed to Ángel Godoy, the boy’s father and Briceño’s husband, while Ángel…

Millions of people were left without power in Cuba on Wednesday – the latest in a string of blackouts to hit the island as it struggles with fuel shortages worsened by pressure from the US. Two-thirds of the island was plunged into darkness following what officials described as an “unexpected” shutdown at one of the country’s main…

Meta Platforms’ Facebook was largely back up after an outage that affected thousands of users in the U.S. on Tuesday, according to Downdetector.com. At its peak, there were more than 11,000 reports of issues with the social media platform in the U.S., before coming down to about 1,200 as of 06:11 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector. Downdetector…

OpenAI is developing a new code-hosting platform to rival Microsoft’s GitHub, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of the project. Engineers from OpenAI encountered a rise in service disruptions that rendered GitHub unavailable in recent months, which ultimately prompted the decision to develop the new product, the report said. The OpenAI project is…

Intel said on Tuesday that longstanding board Chair Frank Yeary plans to retire, the latest shakeup for the once dominant U.S. chipmaker as CEO Lip-Bu Tan seeks to refashion the company. Current Intel board member and veteran chip executive Craig Barratt will succeed Yeary as chair after the company’s annual shareholder meeting in May. A year after…

From data centres in the sky to commercial space travel, ambitions once seen as distant are becoming part of the country’s broader economic strategy. China has listed aerospace development as a strategic priority in its 15th Five-Year Plan, signalling that space is no longer just a scientific pursuit, but a pillar of its future economy. From rocket…

Videos of explosions at the US Consulate in Dubai’s Al Seef Road surfaced on social media on Tuesday amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East after the US-Israeli strikes in Iran Saturday. Later, CNN confirmed that the UAE consulate has been hit in a suspected Iranian drone attack. Marco Rubio said all US consulate staff in…

Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif claimed that the conflict between US-Israel and Iran was orchestrated by Zionists to reduce Pakistan into a vasal state. He said Israel’s victory would lead to India, Afghanistan and Iran adopting a “joint single point agenda” of enmity towards Pakistan. The US and Israeli attacks on Iranian territory have spooked Pakistan, which…

Cross-border fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan has entered its fifth day. The UN says the violence has killed 42 civilians and forced around 20,000 families to leave their homes. Pakistan said its military posts along the border came under attack by Afghan Taliban forces on Tuesday, sparking renewed clashes that killed 67 Afghan troops and one Pakistani…

The father of a teenage boy accused of killing four people in a shooting rampage at a high school in the US state of Georgia has been found guilty of murder, child cruelty and other charges. Colin Gray, 55, pleaded not guilty to all 29 charges against him stemming from the 2024 attack that left two teachers…