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Mideast airlines begin cautious flight resumption amid regional tensions

NewsMarch 8, 2026

• Emirates, Etihad and flydubai lead restart; Dubai’s two major airports reopen• Saudia begins partial resumption of key Dubai flights; Qatar remains severely restricted• Oman Air, SalamAir, G...

Untangling Iran’s protest narratives through first-hand accounts

SportsJanuary 29, 2026

WHEN US President Donald Trump declared on January 9 that the Iranian city of Mashhad had “fallen” to “million” protesters, Davood Moradian was there and what he witnessed, he says, was someth...

India afraid peace board may try to ‘resolve Kashmir’

NewsJanuary 26, 2026

PRESIDENT Trump shows the signed charter of the ‘Board of Peace’ in Davos.—Reuters • Diplomats, press divided over New Delhi’s perceived reluctance to join Trump-l...

Taliban leader’s speech lays bare ‘Kandahar vs Kabul’ divide

NewsJanuary 16, 2026

• Report claims Hibatullah Akhundzada ‘spooked’ by possibility of schism between his hardline base in the south, more pragmatic ministers in the capital• Zabihullah Mujahid ‘confirms’ exis...

Pentagon bought device thought to be linked to Havana Syndrome: CNN

HealthJanuary 14, 2026

THE Defence Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting US...

After Venezuela, Colombia fears US military action

NewsJanuary 10, 2026

After the United States forces recently carried out a raid in Venezuela and captured its leader Nicolas Maduro, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has said that he believed there was now a “real t...

No keyboards or screens, just unparalleled computing power

TechnologyJanuary 9, 2026

THE cutting edge of the frontier of the world, of technology, of growth may sound like science fiction, but it is rapidly becoming economic fact. Inside a Google facility in Santa Barbara, California ...

Trump ‘threatens’ Mexico, Cuba, Colombia next

NewsJanuary 5, 2026

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump issued blunt warnings to the leaders of Colombia, Mexico and Cuba hours after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, signalling that the operation could preced...

Grok AI being used to ‘digitally remove women’s clothing’

NewsJanuary 3, 2026

A woman has told the BBC she felt “dehumanised and reduced into a sexual stereotype” after Grok was used to digitally remove her clothing. The BBC has seen several examples on the social media pla...

Deportation of UK social media campaigner blocked

TechnologyDecember 27, 2025

• US judge grants order barring any action without hearing• Ahmed sues Rubio, Bondi A FEDERAL judge on Thursday temporarily barred the US government from detaining or deporting a British social me...