Gaza rescuers on Wednesday combed through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building that collapsed overnight, killing at least 12 Palestinians, including five children, and trapping dozens of others beneath the rubble. The incident highlights the ongoing danger for tens of thousands of Palestinians who live in an estimated 2,000 damaged buildings due to Israeli...
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Iran denies role as Houthis rain fire on Saudi base
• Dozens of missiles, drones target King Khalid air base • Iranian foreign ministry says Yemeni rebel group ‘acts independently’ • Trump claims Iran wants to make a deal, signals his openness to talks • Eslami barred from IAEA meeting under US pressure SANAA: Yemen’s Houthis launched a fresh barrage of missile and drone attacks...
China imposes travel curbs to protect ‘national security’
China imposed sweeping travel restrictions on its citizens on Tuesday, including exit bans on those deemed to endanger the country’s “industrial or technological security”. Citizens who violate technology import and export regulations could be banned from leaving China, the State Council said. Those who engage in illegal activities abroad could be “prohibited from leaving the...
New attacks test nerves amid widespread oil disruption
• Prices likely to spike as markets reopen today after weekend attack shuts Saudi pipeline • Diesel prices hit all-time high of $6.20 per gallon in US ADEN: New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East on Sunday, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an...
Trump Mobilizes Republican Voters at Dallas Midterm Convention
Dallas ( Shazia Nayyar) In the US, President Donald Trump has become active in mobilizing Republican voters for the midterm elections. The first two-day midterm convention was held in Dallas, where a large number of Republican voters participated. On this occasion, Dr. Sajid Tarar, founder of Muslims of America and a close associate of President...
China, Iran among countries that have used AI to aid spying, Anthropic says
Anthropic said on Thursday it shut down multiple cases of state-sponsored surveillance operations that used its artificial intelligence (AI) models, and warned that governments and state-aligned actors are increasingly using AI to spy on ethnic minorities and dissidents. The incidents were found and disrupted between January and July, and they originated in China, Iran and...
Trump sets his sights on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain
• Warns against activity at fortified nuclear site; IAEA reports new construction near damaged Natanz facility • Tehran says its navy targeted unmanned US surface vessel in Hormuz • Ship traffic in strait plunges as Iran widens restricted maritime zone WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States may hit Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, urging...
Friedrich Merz cancels White House call after Trump hails far-right win
BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz cancelled a planned phone call with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, hours after Trump publicly celebrated a regional election win by Germany’s far-right AfD party. A spokesman for Merz declined to give a reason for the cancellation, but noted in response to questions from journalists that it was not due to...
Israel tells British consulate in East Jerusalem to close within 30 days
Israel has told the British consulate in East Jerusalem that it must close and that diplomats assigned there will lose their accreditation within 30 days, an Israeli official and two sources familiar with the matter said. British representatives assigned to a US-led Gaza coordination mission in Israel, as well as British diplomats based in Ramallah,...
5 killed in US after cargo plane overshoots runway
MIAMI: At least five people were killed when an Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway after it landed on Sunday at Miami International Airport, crashed into vehicles and caught fire, officials said. Miami-Dade County fire chief Ray Jadallah told reporters that in addition to five fatalities, three people were transported to trauma centers “in critical...