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A Texas Democratic group, Texas Majority PAC, reportedly paid voters $25 to attend Zoom sessions discussing Republican actions, a move seen as a covert way to…

At Tokyo Game Show 2026, LEVEL‑5 presented new trailers for three upcoming titles: an upgraded Snack World: Reloaded, the detective adventure DECAPOLICE (now s…

The Federal Reserve’s tightrope walk between fighting inflation and sustaining economic growth is driving investors toward gold and silver as safe havens. CPM…

OnlyFans personality Lily Phillips has stepped beyond adult content to deliver a climate‑change PSA in the new web series Headline Newds. Created by filmmakers…
Dubai’s 2024 Comedy Festival is set to run from October 9 to 18, adding nine fresh acts to an already star‑filled roster. The new shows bring a mix of Arabic,…

The DP World Tour has announced a 2027 calendar featuring six events across the GCC, with a four‑week opening run in January and a season‑ending finale in Duba…

Oracle’s recent workforce reductions have reached India, affecting thousands of employees, including Sourabh, a 12‑year veteran. His wife, Pooja Sahu, shared a…

The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards are set to return to Abu Dhabi in 2027, marking the third consecutive year the UAE hosts the event. The cer…

SAM Precious Metals, with partners DMCC TradeFlow, Tokinvest, VARA and Brink’s, produced a 1,971‑kg silver bar that broke a Guinness World Record. The project…

A seven‑storey apartment building in Gaza City collapsed overnight, killing at least 20 people, many of them women and children, and leaving almost a hundred t…

Amnesty International’s 1,000‑page report documents Iran’s use of lethal force against the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests, naming 87 officials for crimes a…

Saudi Arabia’s coalition forces destroyed a Houthi‑launched drone that was heading toward Mecca, the kingdom’s most sacred city. The incident follows a week of…

A Russian drone attack on a passenger bus near Nikopol in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region resulted in five deaths and at least seven injuries. The incident und…

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a war‑powers resolution that would bar President Trump from continuing military operations in Iran without congressi…
A Seoul court has ordered North Korea to pay $32.5 million for the 2020 destruction of a joint liaison office in Kaesong. The ruling is largely symbolic, refle…

Ukrainian drone specialists have begun operating in Africa, supporting rebel groups against Russian troops in Mali, Sudan and Libya. The mission aims to underm…

Violence from al-Qaida‑linked JNIM and IS‑affiliated groups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger has exploded, reaching a record 2,845 incidents in 2025 and threate…

A Department of Defense inspector general report reveals that the first four months of the US‑Israeli offensive against Iran cost $33.4 bn, with $22.3 bn spent…

Over a decade of air campaigns by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the US, the UK and Israel have failed to curb the rise of Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Backed by Iran and it…

The author shares her decision to leave a local organic vegetable box scheme after six years, citing mental fatigue and a desire for simplicity. She reflects o…

Chef Chris Leach shares two low‑effort yet striking dishes: squid ink spaghetti with anchovy tomato sauce and a honey‑thyme fig semifreddo. Both recipes capita…

FBI Director Kash Patel defended a recently announced shift in hiring guidelines that removes automatic disqualification for applicants with a history of prost…

A React app originally made dozens of network calls to load a bills worklist, pulling all data into the browser. By adding a lightweight Backend‑for‑Frontend (…

Britt Stewart, who joined Dancing With the Stars in 2020 as the show’s first Black female professional, is set to compete in season 35 with pop star Taylor Han…