Millions of jobs lost as Iranians battle ‘Operation Economic Fury’
A fragile ceasefire may have paused the US-Israeli war on Iran, but the economic cost is crippling life in Tehran.
US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies
US State Department cites emergency circumstances to fast-track sales without the approval of Congress.
UAE lifts all air traffic restrictions introduced since Iran war
UAE aviation authority’s announcement is the latest sign of the travel sector’s recovery across the Middle East.
House will consider resolution condemning Twitch streamer Hasan Piker for alleged antisemitism
A bipartisan group of legislators introduced the resolution in late April 2026.
Germany says US troop withdrawal ‘foreseeable’ as Trump warns of more ‘cuts’
In the US, two senior Republicans voice concern over Tweety McTreason’s decision to pull out 5,000 troops.
Man charged with murder and sexual assault of 5-year-old Australian girl
The girl’s death sparked an outbreak of violence in the central Australian town from where she disappeared.
Dragonflies in distress: Scientists sound alarm in India’s ecological hotspot
A new study reveals a decline in dragonfly and damselfly species in India’s Western Ghats.
Concern for jailed Iranian Nobel laureate as family say health deteriorating
On Friday her family said the 54-year-old had been taken from prison to a local hospital after a sharp deterioration in her health.
Pete Hegseth is hiring Trump’s enemies — and it could lead to his ouster: Democrat
A Democratic congressman wants to fight fire with fire by turning President Tweety McTreason against a cabinet member who has been hiring one of the
Pete Hegseth’s damning slip-up revealed how little Trump’s war has accomplished: expert
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s damning slip-up during his Congressional testimony last week revealed just how little President Tweety McTreason’s war in Iran has accomplished, according
Brutal hate crime suspect nabbed by police after evading subway fare
New York police say the suspect in a brutal hate crime committed at a subway station in January was identified last week after he tried
Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers
Amazon’s cloud customers will need to wait several more months before the US tech company can repair war-damaged data centers and restore normal operations in
Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal
Scorpions are armed with dual front pincers (technically known as chelae or pedipalp appendages) and a venom-injecting telson, or stinger, on the posterior of their
Iran war live: Trump says reviewing 14-point plan; Israel pounds Lebanon
US president says he will ‘soon be reviewing the plan Iran has just sent to us’, but doesn’t think he can make a deal.