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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

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NEW DELHI, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Leaders of the BRICS group of nations will meet on Saturday in the Indian capital of New Delhi for their annual summit, amid mounting geopolitical tension, disruptions in energy markets, shipping, and global trade. Here is a look at the bloc's history, and the challenges it faces today. WHAT ISBRICS? The acronym BRIC was coined by Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jim O'Neill in 2001, in a research paper highlighting the growth potential of Brazil, Russia, India, and C
Settlers attempting to target West Bank farm open fire on Palestinians, Wafa reports Israeli settlers opened fire on Palestinians at a farm east of Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah, on Friday after residents attempted to prevent settlers from targeting a poultry farm, Wafa reported. Marzouq Abu Naim, deputy head of the Al-Mughayyir village council, said Israeli forces subsequently intervened, firing tear gas at the Palestinians while protecting the settlers. No injuries were reported

ISLAMABAD: In a controversial decision, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday approved the contentious Integrated System Plan (ISP) 2025, entailing a total investment of about $58 billion in the power generation and transmission sectors over 11 years. In a 45-page decision conditionally approving the 11-year (2025-35) planning document, all three members, including the Nepra chairman, wrote more than 12 pages of dissenting or separate advisory notes while questioning

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Law enforcement officers have launched a pretrial investigation into the execution by Russian military personnel of two captured National Guard soldiers near Dobropillia in the Donetsk region.

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Leaders from some of the world’s largest emerging economies are gathering in New Delhi this weekend for a summit marking the 20th anniversary of Brics, a fast-expanding group of developing nations. Chinese President Xi Jinping, along with his Russian and Iranian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian, are among those meeting in the Indian capital for one of the group’s most closely watched gatherings in years. Brics can point to some achievements over that time, with analysts...

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The Pentagon is preparing a tender for foreign-built frigates as US officials look to boost naval capacity, with Japan, South Korea and Turkey expected to compete for the deal.

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Pezeshkian says Iran's resistance to US, Israel rooted in its opposition to bullying Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian has said Iran’s resistance to the US and Israel was rooted in its opposition to bullying and its support for the oppressed people, IRNA reported. Addressing religious scholars, intellectuals and businesspeople in India on Friday, where he is attending the BRICS summit, Pezeshkian said “bullies, oppressors and those who rely on force eventually face defeat or destruction”. He

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Products widely considered “ugly” or “bizarre” have gone viral online in China as millions of young consumers embrace the items’ quirky humour and distinctive character. Cumulative sales of such products on Taobao – an e-commerce platform of Alibaba Group Holding – have surpassed 230 million yuan (US$34.3 million) since 2020, when Taobao launched its so-called Uglies Award to celebrate creatively unusual goods, the platform said recently without specifying exactly what constitutes an “ugly”...
Sept 12 (Reuters) - Iraq ordered the closure of the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iraq and Iran as a precautionary measure after the latest drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, two security sources told Reuters on Saturday. The sources said a wide-scale operation was underway to pursue perpetrators of the attack on Saudi Arabia. Riyadh said on Friday its vital East-West pipeline was attacked by drones that were launched from Iraq. (Reporting by Aref Mohammed in Basra; Writing by Menna Alaa El-Di
Iraq closes border crossing with Iran, 'pursuing' drone attack perpetrators Iraq ordered the closure of the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran as a precautionary measure after the latest drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, two security sources told Reuters on Saturday. The sources said a wide-scale operation was underway to pursue perpetrators of the attack on Saudi Arabia, which forced the temporary closure of the kingdom's vital East-West oil pipeline.