Commercial airlines have suspended most regional services across the Middle East after joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Tehran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, triggering a sharp escalation in tensions and widespread airspace closures that have crippled travel through key Gulf hubs.Iran retaliated with waves of missiles, sending projectiles and interceptors over major Gulf…
A senior Pentagon official has offered more details on what triggered the dramatic falling-out between the US military and AI company Anthropic. According to a report by news agency Reuters, Emil Michael, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, said that when he reviewed the terms of AI contracts signed under the Biden administration,…
A Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, the Arctic Metagaz, has sunk in the central Mediterranean between Libya and Malta after a “sudden explosion” triggered a massive blaze on board, Libya’s ports and maritime transport authority said on Wednesday.They added that all 30 crew members were rescued in nearby Libyan waters.Libya’s ports and maritime transport…
US President Donald Trump (AP photo) Though he campaigned against the foreign entanglements of past presidents, President Donald Trump has shown little hesitation in deploying American military power during his second term. Since returning to the White House in 2025, Trump has authorised a string of operations stretching from the Middle East and Africa to…
Former Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed is on the verge of taking charge as the head coach of Pakistan’s Test side, with the role lying unoccupied for nearly five months. In the interim, Azhar Mahmood oversaw the team during the recent Test tour of South Africa.As reported by Geo News, Sarfaraz is expected to assume the…
Suryakumar Yadav and Harry Brook (Image credit: Agencies) India and England have each lifted the T20 World Cup twice, and their rivalry in the semifinals has been perfectly balanced so far — one win apiece. Interestingly, on both occasions, the team that won the semifinal went on to clinch the title.Now, as the two heavyweights…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has now launched a new attack on Sam Altman’s OpenAI. In a newly released testimony from his lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk has sharply criticised the company’s safety record, contrasting it with his own AI venture xAI. Musk has claimed that while OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been linked to incidents of self-harm,…
Google’s Waymo robotaxi allegedly blocked an ambulance from reaching the scene of a mass shooting in Austin, US, last week. A report cited a bystander video circulating on social media to support this claim. Now, both Waymo and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) officials have confirmed to Axios that the video shows the company’s vehicle obstructing…
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday claimed that Zionists were behind the Iran war as part of a wider plan to expand Israel’s influence towards Pakistan’s borders.In a post on X, Asif said that despite Iran’s readiness for an agreement, “a war has been imposed upon them, and its agenda, orchestrated by the Zionists,…
PALAMANERU: At least five members of a family from Bengaluru were killed on the spot after the car they were travelling in to Tirupati rammed into a stationary truck in Chittoor district on Wednesday, a police official said.The deceased included three women. The accident occurred on the four-lane highway near Palamaneru at around 8.45 am,…