UNSC condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
26 September 2026
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World
TikTok agrees to teen limits in US settlement following Meta
26 September 2026
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World
El Nino rewrites the menu in the world's top restaurants
26 September 2026
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Climate crisis
Saudi coalition says intercepted Houthi drones headed for Riyadh
26 September 2026
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World
US, China buy time with trade truce as pressure builds
26 September 2026
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Business
US court sides with Pentagon in Anthropic AI ban
26 September 2026
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Technology
TV networks resume covering White House as press access fight continues
26 September 2026
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World
ShinyHunters hackers say they stole psychiatric and medical records of FBI staff
26 September 2026
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Technology
Trump, Xi end summit long on pomp, but short on progress
26 September 2026
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World
Trump rejects Iranian peace proposal
26 September 2026
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World
Standard Chartered CEO apologises for 'upset caused' by AI comments
CEO insists shift is about efficiency, not cost-cutting
22 May 2026
Turkey's Erdogan shuts liberal Istanbul university
Founded in 1996, Bilgi University is known for its liberal politics
22 May 2026
Pakistan seeks breakthrough in US-Iran peace talks
The war has wreaked havoc on the global economy, with the surge in oil prices stoking fears of rampant inflation
22 May 2026
Meta settles first US case over school costs tied to youth mental health, court filing shows
Breathitt is among roughly 1,200 school districts pursuing similar claims
22 May 2026
Starbucks scraps AI inventory tool across North America
Starbucks terminated an AI programme workers used for automating certain inventory counts this week
22 May 2026
'Fired and festive': 'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert bows out
The show, which Colbert has hosted since 2015, was axed after he mocked CBS for a $16 million settlement with Trump
22 May 2026
Official warns US could halt immigration, customs processing at 'sanctuary city' airports: Reuters
Transport secretary says politics should not ground flights in US states
22 May 2026
US pins hopes on mediator Pakistan in push to end Iran war
Asim Munir could visit Tehran as early as Thursday, Iranian media reports
22 May 2026
UN votes 141‑8 to back ICJ climate opinion; US among few to oppose
US joins Russia, Saudi Arabia in opposing UN climate resolution
22 May 2026
Iran supreme leader says enriched uranium must stay in country
Trump told Israel this will happen, Israeli officials say
22 May 2026
Harvard unveils reform to fight grade inflation
Harvard announced Wednesday it will limit how many top marks professors can give undergraduate students, moving to fight grade inflation at one of America’s most storied universities.
22 May 2026
Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s oil refinery: Kyiv
A Ukrainian drone strike killed two people in Russia’s central Samara region yesterday, the local governor said, as Kyiv claimed a strike on a major oil refinery in the area.
22 May 2026
UK net migration halves in 2025 to 171,000
Net migration to the UK fell by nearly half in the 12 months to December 2025 to 171,000, the official statistics agency said yesterday, providing some relief on a key issue for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
22 May 2026
US, Iran gap widens over nuclear issue
The US and Iran stuck to opposing stances yesterday over Tehran’s uranium stockpile and controls on the Strait of Hormuz, although US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there had been “some good signs” in talks.
22 May 2026
Israel deports all foreign activists
Israel said yesterday it had deported all the foreign activists seized by Israeli forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla, following global outcry over their treatment in custody.
22 May 2026
Trump says he will speak with Taiwan leader
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said yesterday he would be “happy” to talk to US leader Donald Trump, a conversation that would break more than four decades of diplomatic protocol and drew pre-emptive ire from China.
22 May 2026
Russia, China voice support for Cuba
China said it supported Cuba and urged the United States to “stop brandishing the judicial stick” against the country, after Washington indicted the Caribbean island’s former leader Raul Castro on murder charges.
22 May 2026
Taliban’s new decree draws criticism from UN
The Taliban government’s new decree on marriage separation “reinforces systemic discrimination” and erodes the rights of Afghan women and girls, the United Nations said yesterday.
22 May 2026
Trump, Netanyahu split on Iran war call
US President Donald Trump had a tense conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that reflected their different views on how to proceed with the Iran war, a US official told CNN.
22 May 2026
Pakistan army chief due in Iran
Trump says talks on 'borderline'
21 May 2026