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Riyadh has increased its use of the East-West pipeline since the start of the Middle East war to bypass the closure of the strait of Hormuz Saudi authorities said Friday drones launched from Iraq led to the temporary closure of a crucial oil export route used to bypass the lockdown of the strait of Hormuz. Riyadh has increased its use of the East-West pipeline, which links Abqaiq, near the Gulf, to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea, since the start of the Middle East war to bypass strait of Hormu

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A scandal involving girls and women filmed secretly by "pervert" AI glasses has sparked growing concern over this emerging technology – with a petition in Britain demanding a ban on their sale. Anyone wearing smart glasses can take photos, film videos or interact with an AI assistant, with sales now hitting the millions.

Calls are growing louder in Europe for action against "pervert" smart glasses after secretly filmed footage of girls and women appeared online -- with a petition in Britain demanding a ban on their sale.
US limits military protection for tankers crossing Hormuz, FT reports The US has asked tankers travelling through the Strait of Hormuz to sail only at specific times to guarantee military protection after Iran stepped up attacks on ships travelling at night, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Washington has been offering air-based defence since May to ships wanting to sail via a route hugging the Omani coast on the strait's southern side. That period during which ships would be protected

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Rebecca Howard spent two years visiting projects and painting landscapes that feature in West Sussex exhibition Rewilding areas do not usually conform to traditional notions of beauty in England’s green and pleasant land. Detractors may bewail the beaver-felled trees, untidy scrub, deadwood, weeds, mud and “mess”. But a new exhibition highlights the aesthetic delights that can be discovered on rewilding sites where fungi grows on dying trees, water buffalo gather in new wetlands and brown-watere

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made a surprise visit to Nabatieh on Saturday, with videos showing his convoy entering the southern city. The visit comes amid heightened tensions in southern Lebanon following renewed Israeli strikes and increased security deployments in the area. Aoun said that Israel’s withdrawal, the return of displaced residents and the reconstruction of affected areas were non-negotiable priorities that Lebanon was committed to achieving.

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made a surprise visit to Nabatiyeh on Saturday, with videos showing his convoy entering the southern city. Aoun said his visit to Nabatiyeh, accompanied by security chiefs and the Lebanese Army commander, was intended to send a clear message that the state stood with residents and was working to provide them with essential services so they could remain in the area safely. The visit comes amid heightened tensions in southern Lebanon following renewed Israeli

The deadly fire had begun in the ferry’s cargo hold, then tore through the ship within seconds The bodies of passengers killed in a ferry fire off the Philippines arrived at a port near the resort town of Coron, Palawan, on Saturday morning, as the country’s coast guard warned the death toll of 35 would grow. Tents were being set up to receive 30 bodies brought from the M/V June Aster, which ran aground near the tourist hotspot after a fire erupted on Wednesday evening and tore through the vesse

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Debts and deaths are mounting, as a soaring online gambling industry adapts to evade an Indian government ban.

Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran.

Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global energy security, are expected to dominate the summit.

Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 1,500 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.

LAHORE: Around 100 Pakistani Sikh pilgrims, including women and children, were stopped at Faisalabad International Airport on Friday from travelling to India to perform religious rituals at Gurdwara Sri Hemkund Sahib, after the immigration authorities raised questions over their travel documents and arrangements. The pilgrims, who had secured Indian visas independently, arrived at the airport to board a Gulf-bound flight for onward travel to India. However, immigration officials prevented them f

Even so, finding unity among the loose grouping of emerging economies will be difficult as the war in the Middle East strains their own interests.
BREAKING: Intense clashes are taking place between Iranian security forces and terrorists in Saravan, southeastern Iran. Iranian security forces have used drones and fired dozens of RPG rounds at a terrorist hideout. The clashes are still ongoing https://t.co/BBXa6hQ6Ud

“No man is an island, entire of itself; … any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore, never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” JOHN Donne wrote these words four centuries ago, and Ernest Hemingway later used a part of the quote as the title of his novel. The quote describes a principle that modern epidemiology has since validated with data: that no death by suicide is a purely private event. Each death reverberates through a family, a wo

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Authorities in China are taking content creators, fan groups and online platforms to task as their aggressive pursuit of online traffic upends lives and public services across the country. State media and local authorities have called on these parties to exercise restraint and stop attention-seeking behaviour from getting out of control. The warnings followed a wave of public attention that hit a 75-year-old man and his wife in Shaoxing in eastern Zhejiang province this month. Crowds of...

GOOGLE’S new local office gave the government a week to celebrate. It was inaugurated at the Prime Minister’s House, where Pakistan and Google signed an MoU three days later. Pakistani students will receive free access to Google AI Plus and Gemini for a year, while Google is targeting 150,000 career certificates in 2026. The two sides will cooperate on an AI Centre of Excellence in Islamabad. These commitments build on a Chromebook assembly line launched with local partners in Haripur in 2025. G

Drones struck industrial facilities in Russia's Samara and Rostov oblasts overnight, with fires reported near a chemical plant, military air base and other sites.

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Iraq has dismissed a military commander after investigations found that recent drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia were launched from Iraqi territory, the prime minister’s office said. The commander, who oversaw operations in Maysan province in southern Iraq, was removed following the findings.
Putin on Germany: I heard how the current authorities in that same Germany say that they are following the course of Germany’s former leadership, including mentioning the name of Helmut Kohl. I knew Kohl. I can firmly say that I did not see him having the same views as those held by today’s leadership of the CDU. He simply did not have those views. Kohl believed that the future of Europe and the Federal Republic of Germany could only be secured if there were close neighborly and allied relati
Putin: Today’s Western leaders are frightening their populations with an imaginary threat from Russia, allegedly inherited from the Soviet era. No — there is no such threat, and there never was.
Putin: What are they pushing their peoples and their countries toward today? Toward war with the Russian Federation. Now they are talking about the possibility of sending troops into Ukrainian territory. That means war with Russia.

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A Russian drone attacked Zaporizhzhia, destroying a house in a residential area, killing two people and injuring another woman.
Trump: The Iran war will end after the midterms. Q: If Republicans lose, why would the war end? Trump: A lot of people think if we lose, I’ll just be more angry and I’ll just take care of business, you know? Either way, they lose.
Q: What do you expect the historians to say about this era? Trump: I think they are going to say I saved this country.
Centcom says US forces redirect 99 commercial vessels US forces have redirected 99 commercial vessels as of 11 September as part of its ongoing naval blockade of Iran, US Central Command (Centcom) said. The naval blockade and recently announced harsher economic sanctions on Iran has so far only prompted more forceful responses from Tehran. A U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer is the flagship for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Gro

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Maria Zakharova added that the events of February and March 2026 proved right "those who argued that energy cooperation should not become a battleground for political disputes or contests"

The US military has compelled 99 commercial vessels to alter their routes in the Gulf as part of its blockade against Iranian ports, according to CENTCOM. This comes amid ongoing tensions in the region, with a scheduled meeting among Gulf states in Oman aimed at discussing maritime safety and security in the Strait of Hormuz, where threats to shipping remain high.

The US military has compelled 99 commercial vessels to alter their routes in the Gulf as part of its blockade against Iranian ports, according to CENTCOM. This comes amid ongoing tensions in the region, with a scheduled meeting among Gulf states in Oman aimed at discussing maritime safety and security in the Strait of Hormuz, where threats to shipping remain high.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s declaration that artificial general intelligence (AGI) has arrived following the release of OpenAI’s latest model, Astra, has ignited debate over whether AI’s holy grail is now reality. As China races to close the gap with the US, leading Chinese AI companies are declaring their ambitions to pursue AGI, even as Beijing appears to maintain a cautious stance towards the concept. Here is a primer on what AGI means, where top Chinese AI developers stand, and how Chinese...
French broadcaster pulls replay after actress calls Israel genocide French public broadcaster France Télévisions has removed the online replay of a France 5 programme after actress Adèle Haenel used the broadcast to say that Israel’s was committing a genocide on Palestinians and France was complicit. In a video shared by Quds News Network, Haenel appeared on La Grande Librairie on 9 September and used a closing segment to call for sanctions against Israel and freedom for Palestine. She said h