How will the Middle East conflict affect global energy prices?
Energy supplies in the Middle East are being choked off as the conflict between the US, Israel and Iran escalates.
Sri Lanka trying to ‘safeguard lives’ on second Iran ship after US attack
Second warship is heading to same area where a US submarine destroyed an Iranian frigate, killings dozens of sailors.
A long and troubled trail: Qatar’s IRGC cell arrests strain Iran relations
Arrests will cause deep rift in Iran’s relationship with Qatar, one of its closest interlocutors in Gulf, analysts say.
Tune out claim ‘SpongeBob Square Pants’ was created to entertain children trafficked by Epstein
Remarkably, this is the third time Snopes has fact-checked a claim attempting to connect the two.
Checkpoints everywhere and queues for bread: Fear in Iran as US-Israeli strikes intensify
Iranians are coping with daily strikes, internet blackouts, and security crackdowns – all while trying to stay in touch with loved ones.
Musk tells jury ‘people read too much’ into his posts
The billionaire is accused of misleading investors in the run-up to his 2022 Twitter purchase.
Watch: Heavy gunfire heard as BBC reports from border of Israel and Lebanon
From the Israeli town of Metula on the border with Lebanon, the BBC’s Jon Donnison heard what sounded like a full-on gun battle.
Greek court upholds criminal organisation verdict on neo-Nazi Golden Dawn
The party’s founder Nikos Mihaloliakos and other officials are again found guilty, almost six years after an original trial.
GOP senator allegedly breaks Marine’s hand during protest against Iran war
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) allegedly broke the hand of Brian McGinnis, a decorated Marine officer who protested the Iran war during a Senate Armed Services
How America’s war with Iran has shattered the U.A.E.’s sense of security
For decades, the United Arab Emirates has positioned itself as an economic and cultural hub, connecting European and Asian markets. But on Saturday, just hours
Large genome model: Open source AI trained on trillions of bases
Late in 2025, we covered the development of an AI system called Evo that was trained on massive numbers of bacterial genomes. So many that
Google and Epic announce settlement to end app store antitrust case
Google is in the midst of rewriting the rules for mobile applications, spurred by ongoing legal cases and an apparent desire to clamp down on
Trump faces an inherent problem that ‘magnifies the risk’ of failure in Iran: ex-insider
President Tweety McTreason faces an inherent “problem” in his administration that “magnifies the risk” of failure in Iran, according to a former administration insider. Early
Legal expert flags ‘flat-out voter suppression’ during Texas primaries
A legal expert flagged what she described as “flat-out voter suppression” that took place during the Texas primary election. The election featured multiple high-profile races