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Iranian town mourns after deadly strike on wedding

Mourning turns to anger as residents of Kuhestak say Baloch communities are being placed in path of conflictPeople in Ku...

Witkoff and Kushner to visit Russia and Ukraine at weekend, says Tass

Witkoff and Kushner to visit Russia and Ukraine at weekend, says Tass US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner wil...

Argentina’s Milei threatens sanctions as he refocuses on Falklands

Argentina's president accused of political machinations as he eyes shifting US stance on Las Malvinas.

US triggered 'copper race' by imposing export duties — Rosneft CEO

Igor Sechin said that supplies of copper ore and concentrate also doubled during the first seven months of this year

Malaysia declares emergency in Sarawak town as haze pollution level hits 521

Malaysia declared an emergency on Friday in a town in Sarawak state on Borneo Island after air pollution breached the co...

OpenAI Pledges $1bn to Bring its AI Cybersecurity Tools to Essential Services

OpenAI has committed to subsidizing access to Daybreak, helping defenders deploy its AI models in its existing cybersecu...

Tanker captain arrested over cargo ship sinking off Istanbul, prosecutors say

Search and resuce operations are ongoing with teams yet to reach the wreckage of the Tuğberk İmamoğlu or locate its voya...

Africa: Has the AU Successfully Taken Africa's G20 Baton From South Africa?

[ISS] Africa's G20 priorities have lost ground under the US presidency, with little pushback from the AU or other develo...

‘There was blood everywhere’: Survivors recount US strike on wedding in Iran

‘There was blood everywhere’: Survivors recount US strike on wedding in Iran Submitted by MEE correspondent on Fri, 09/0...

Argentina threatens oil firms with sanctions as Falkland Islands dispute intensifies

Argentina threatens oil firms with sanctions as Falkland Islands dispute intensifies Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 09/0...

Russia to present latest S-71M, S-71K unmanned platforms at Egypt airshow

Rosoboronexport will also be showcasing its fifth-generation fighter jet, the Su-57E, armed with a variety of air-to-air...

India’s Weak Rupee Fails to Deliver Export Payoff, HSBC Says

India’s exporters are getting little help from a weaker rupee as high tariffs and gaps in domestic manufacturing blunt t...

Haze From Indonesian Wildfires Blankets Parts of Malaysia, Philippines

A powerful El Niño is fanning what could be Indonesia’s worst fire season in years, one that is also raising fears of a ...

India’s push to secure place in global chip supply has ‘secret weapon’: its people

India is betting big on domestic manufacturing of semiconductors – the microscopic brains that power everything electron...

GQG Sale of Adani Energy Shares Said to Disrupt Hedge Fund Bets

GQG Partners Inc.’s sale of Adani Energy Solutions Ltd. shares during India’s closing auction on Monday overwhelmed dema...

No specific conditions yet for Ukraine peace settlement — Kremlin spokesman

Dmitry Peskov said it is too early to talk about any new peace initiatives following Vladimir Putin’s statements at the ...

Liberia: Hundreds Gather as Weah Visits Imprisoned Ex-VP Howard-Taylor

[Liberian Investigator] Former President George Weah led senior officials of the Congress for Democratic Change to Monro...

Argentina's Milei escalates Falklands dispute in sovereignty push against Britain

Argentine President Javier Milei said he would sanction oil companies drilling in the Falkland Islands, the British over...

WATCH: 24-meter USV performs first fully remote project

The 24-meter-long unmanned surface vessel (USV) Challenger, owned by a joint venture of DeepOcean, […] The post WATCH: 2...

Xi’s Big Personnel Reshuffle Picks Up Pace as New Faces Emerge

China has named a former vice finance minister as acting mayor of Shanghai, the latest in a string of appointments ahead...

Air Tanzania Suspends Flights to Russia Following Zelensky’s Airspace Warning

The decision comes two months after Air Tanzania launched direct flights to Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport.

China has priority access to Northern Sea Route — Rosneft CEO

"The Hormuz crisis became a moment of truth for the global energy system, highlighting the significance of alternative l...

Europe targeted by spiralling campaign of sabotage and Russia is the chief suspect

Germany has blamed Russia for an attack on Leipzig airport but there has been a series of suspicious incidents elsewhere...

Chinese armed trainer jets drive away Philippine aircraft over Scarborough Shoal

China sent armed trainer jets to drive away Philippine light aircraft over the disputed Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday, ...

Italy’s Meloni Pays a Price for Losing Far-Right Label

The Italian prime minister presides over the longest-serving government since World War II after shedding firebrand imag...

The missing $580,000 that could bring down South Africa’s president

Cyril Ramaphosa is battling impeachment proceedings in long-running scandal over burglary of cash hidden at his game far...

Angry Birds: Toy Ghouls’ new toys

Kaspersky GERT experts have discovered new backdoors used by the Toy Ghouls group. One version of the backdoor uses the ...

Taiwan is a society comfortable with contradictions 

Taiwan correspondent Yip Wai Yee reflects on her four-year journey in this special farewell episode.

Why judgment is emerging as cybersecurity’s defining skill

AI is getting better at much of what security teams have long spent time on: analyzing information, identifying patterns...

Back to life: How Shield AI’s future unmanned fighter made decades-old tech new again

The original GE Aerospace engine nozzle, designed for the F-16, is key to building a vertical takeoff robotic jet protot...

Germany's far-right poised for power in state election

Germany's AfD's TikTok-fueled rise in Saxony-Anhalt is raising fears the country could see its first far-right governor ...

Press review: Germany, France and UK boost missile ties as China challenges US in Mideast

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, August 4th

US diesel prices hit an all-time-high

Fuel prices have soared since the Iran conflict began at the end of February, mirroring the surge in wholesale oil price...

Russian strike damages WHO warehouse in Ukraine; second such attack in weeks

First airline cancels flights to Moscow amid Ukrainian threat to 'close' Russia's skies

The suspension comes after Air Tanzania flight TC 422, traveling from Zanzibar to Moscow, was forced to divert to St. Pe...

New fears of oil supply disruption as US-Iran hostilities resume

Renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran have brought back fears of oil supply disruption. Prices are on t...

Ukraine's Europe minister says non-EU allies need to step up their financial support

"We need, first of all, to reach out to countries outside of the EU because the idea was that one third of Ukraine's nee...

Germany’s AfD: What If Far-Right Group Wins Power in Saxony-Anhalt State?

When Elon Musk posted on X in 2024 that the only thing that could “save Germany” was the AfD, he was embracing a politic...

Meloni sets a record, leading Italy’s longest-serving government since WWII

As supporters celebrate the milestone, analysts warn longevity is not tantamount to stability.

US Navy Certifies Rolls-Royce mtu Engines for Autonomous Ships

Rolls-Royce announced that its MTU Series 4000 and Series 2000 marine engines have received certification from the U.S. ...