- Sports
2028 Olympic Torch relay to cross all 50 US states before LA arrival
Los Angeles: The torch relay for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will begin in Atlanta, home of the last US Summer Games in 1996, and travel through all 50 states, organisers announced…
- World
Airstrike near a market in Myanmar’s Rakhine state kills 49 people
An airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s military near a market in territory controlled by a powerful rebel group killed at least 49 people and wounded 58 others on Monday, the group and…
- Technology
Amid safety and security concerns, OpenAI delays latest model
OpenAI said Monday it was delaying the release of a new artificial intelligence model out of security concerns voiced by its researchers, the latest in the company’s effort to decelerate the pace…
- Technology
SpaceX’s supersized Starship launches toward orbit for first time
New York: SpaceX launched its enormous Starship toward orbit for the first time Monday, aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA’s Artemis moon programme. The company…
- Middle East
Netanyahu secretly met UAE president over Oct 7 warning report
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled secretly to the United Arab Emirates over the weekend to ask its president to deny reports that he had warned the Israeli leader about a looming…
- Middle East
EU seeks role in Saudi-led Red Sea protection mission
Brussels: The European Union is applying for “observer status” in a new multinational maritime defence coalition led by Saudi Arabia and formed to protect the kingdom’s energy exports. The bloc’s top diplomat…
- World
Congo Ebola cases cross 8,000 due to uncontrolled outbreak
Bunia: The number of confirmed cases of Ebola virus in Congo has surged past 8,000, as the country runs out of health workers to contain the deadly disease. Congo announced an outbreak…
- Middle East
Palestinian death toll rises above 74,000 since Oct 7, 2023
The Palestinian death toll from the nearly three-year Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 74,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. While a ceasefire that took effect last October 10 has halted the heaviest fighting,…
- World
Six killed, including 4 Americans, in Greece building collapse
Athens: Rescuers combing through the rubble of a building that collapsed in a blast in the Greek capital’s tourist district of Plaka, near the ancient Acropolis, recovered six bodies on Saturday, September…
- Middle East
Netanyahu calls Iran attack easy decision, blasts UN walkout
United Nations: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday that attacking Iran “was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make” and denounced as “moral cowards” a mass…
- Business
President Xi and I have forged a great friendship: Donald Trump
Washington: President Donald Trump on Thursday, September 24, hailed the “truly great friendship” he has forged with Xi Jinping as the Chinese leader began his highly anticipated state visit. While Trump has…
- World
US jobless claims fall to 197,000, lowest since July
Washington: Fewer people applied for US unemployment benefits last week, as US jobless claims remain at historically low levels as most Americans enjoy job security. The Labour Department said Thursday, September 24,…
- World
US judge blocks Donald Trump ban on CNN, MS NOW, Politico
New York: A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds, ordering early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their…
- Middle East
Turkiye agrees to withdraw forces from key Iraq military base
Ankara: Turkiye has agreed to gradually withdraw forces from a strategic military base in northern Iraq and hand over its control to the Iraqi government, following a meeting between the two countries’…
- Technology
Tech leaders to UN: Please control AI for humanity’s sake
United Nations: The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday, September 23, to save the world or at least its people — by somehow regulating the…
