Twelve countries including Britain, Canada and France Tuesday said they would slap sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, after increasing attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian villages in the occupied territory. The nations’ foreign ministers released a joint statement on the sanctions. (AP Photo) Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal,…
3 min readUpdated: Sep 8, 2026 05:02 PM IST Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked targets in southern Saudi Arabia Tuesday, wounding at least 73 people and disrupting operations at some energy facilities, including Aramco, as the latest escalation raised fears that the Iran conflict could widen into a broader regional war. At least 73 people were…
In Brixham’s fish market, burly men in yellow overalls haul around big white boxes. Each crate contains a different offering; some crab perhaps or hake. Yet one infamous species is absent. The number of octopuses off England’s south coast has ballooned in the past two years (see chart). Over 700 tonnes were landed in Brixham,…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani found time in his busy schedule to condemn a visit to New York two weeks ago by the head of an Indian nonprofit that almost none of his constituents had ever heard of. Mohan Bhagwat The visitor was Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS, the vast Hindu volunteer…
Running for president in 2016, Donald Trump said he hadn’t supported the war in Iraq. In a GOP debate in South Carolina, he stated his position with characteristic bluntness: “Obviously, the war in Iraq was a big fat mistake,” he said. “George Bush made a mistake.” President George W. Bush speaks at Arlington National Cemetery…
Yemeni militant group, the Houthis, said that they targeted Saudi Arabia’s Aramco with drones and ballistic missiles on Tuesday. As per reports, a spokesperson for the Iran-backed group stated that the latest attack came as part of “a broad operation.” Visitors gather next to the Aramco stand during the opening ceremony of the technology event…
The widespread use of AI tools and social media platforms has contributed to a sharp deterioration in the reading skills of high-school students around the world, according to the OECD, with potential implications for the long-term economic outlook. The decline in student performance is worrying for the long-term economic outlook. The Organization for Economic Cooperation…
After about a century of mining rights, Tata Chemicals is being told to leave Kenya. The Indian company took soda ash out of the country without doing enough to turn the resource into finished products locally, President William Ruto said Thursday. Tata Chemicals have rejected the allegations. Kenyan President William Ruto has asked Tata Chemicals…
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal pulled a second worker alive from a tunnel Friday, Nepal lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane said. He posted the rescue on his Facebook shortly after army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet confirmed the first rescue during the operation at the Trishul 3A tunnel. About 900 workers are missing…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to restrict mail-in voting. The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a lower court’s block of an executive order that would curb the use of mail-in ballots. The emergency request to the top court comes two months ahead of the…