- Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia could activate defence pact, Pakistan says Al Jazeera
- EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan warns Iran to rein in Houthis as Riyadh strikes back Reuters
- Yemen Tilts Toward Full-Scale War as Saudi-Houthi Clashes Escalate The New York Times
- Fighting escalates in Yemen; Houthi attacks trigger alerts in Saudi Arabia Al Jazeera
- How Yemen’s Houthis Are Raising the Stakes in the Iran War Bloomberg.com
Explosion at depot storing weapons left from Syria war kills 14
An explosion tore through a temporary weapons depot near Sarmada, in northwestern Syria killing at least 14 people
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia could activate defence pact, Pakistan says
Pakistan warns Mecca defence agreement may be activated if Yemen's Houthi rebels continue targeting Saudi Arabia.
Striking portrait of a seahorse farewell wins Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 – CNN
- Striking portrait of a seahorse farewell wins Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 CNN
- Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 winners announced Oceanographic Magazine
- Photo of tiny seahorses gathered around their 'father' after being released into the world wins prestigious award. "We spent countless hours searching in difficult conditions, with no guarantee of finding a single seahorse," says photographer Digital Camera World
- Crocodile in submerged forest among 12 astonishing images from Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 BBC Wildlife Magazine
- Winners of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 The Atlantic
EXCLUSIVE: Nepal puts climate justice at centre of global pitch for flood aid – Reuters
- EXCLUSIVE: Nepal puts climate justice at centre of global pitch for flood aid Reuters
- Why Nepal is demanding climate justice and compensation after deadly floods Al Jazeera
- Q&A: What can – and cannot – be said about global warming’s role in the 2026 Himalayan floods Carbon Brief
- Why it’s so hard to predict a tragedy like Nepal’s glacier collapse grist.org
- Nepal endured months of political upheaval. Devastating floods are now testing its new government AP News
How the West is powerless to track North Korea’s hidden nuclear network as secret uranium factory revealed – the-sun.com
- How the West is powerless to track North Korea's hidden nuclear network as secret uranium factory revealed the-sun.com
- North Korea builds new Yongbyon uranium enrichment facility, IAEA says CNN
- North Korea has built new uranium facility to expand nuclear arsenal, UN agency says The Guardian
- N Korea has built two-storey uranium enrichment facility, says watchdog bbc.com
- North Korea's New Uranium Plant: 4 More Warheads Yearly 조선일보
Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp and two other aides, public records show
The White House has described the cash gifts to Harp and three others as personal - and legal.
How significant are new European sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements?
Israel is accused of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
Uganda to withdraw from Invictus Games ‘out of respect for King Charles’, says military chief
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba announces decision to pull out in post on X, citing tensions over ‘Harry-Meghan nonsense’
Uganda is withdrawing from the Duke of Sussex’s Invictus Games, the country’s military chief has said, out of respect for King Charles amid division over the “Harry-Meghan nonsense”.
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of the Ugandan president, made the surprise announcement in a post on X on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth – The New York Times
- Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth The New York Times
- Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, research finds The Guardian
- Earliest evidence of habitual drug use found in teeth in Indonesia New Scientist
- Oldest known evidence of human drug use discovered in fossil teeth ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Ice Age origins of one of humanity's oldest drug habits discovered Phys.org
Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, research finds
Analysis of two skeletons reveals tooth wear and traces of psychoactive substance in what may be earliest known evidence for human drug taking
What may be the earliest known evidence for human drug taking has been traced to ancient Indonesian foragers who sucked on mind-altering nuts as long as 25,000 years ago.
Analysis of two exceptionally rare skeletons from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi revealed dramatic tooth wear and traces of a psychoactive substance in the individuals’ remaining teeth, suggesting they routinely sucked on hard, abrasive betel nuts.
Continue reading...Back to work, not school: Yemen’s crisis forces children to drop out
Struggling families in Yemen are forced to choose between education and survival amid mounting economic challenges.
Senior UK rabbis come out in support of sanctions on Israeli settlements
Spiritual leaders stress diversity of views within Jewish community and warn against inaction on settler violence
Prominent British rabbis have backed Ed Miliband’s sanctions on Israeli settlements, warning that the time for inaction on settler violence must come to an end.
The intervention comes after the UK’s chief rabbi, the spiritual leader of mainstream Orthodox Jews in the UK, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, described UK sanctions against illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as a “dark day for British Jews” and warned they could embolden people who “use hatred as a weapon against Jews”.
Continue reading...UN nuclear watchdog board reports Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years – AP News
- UN nuclear watchdog board reports Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years AP News
- US moves to ramp up pressure on Iran at UN as Tehran warns of 'recalibrated' military posture Fox News
- IAEA board refers Iran to UN Security Council over nuclear ‘non-compliance’ Al Jazeera
- IAEA says Iran blocking nuclear inspectors as Hormuz threats mount Euronews.com
- Iran Nuclear Impasse Deepens After US Wins UN Watchdog Vote Bloomberg.com
British Police Expand Investigation Into Reform U.K. After Undercover Sting – The New York Times
- British Police Expand Investigation Into Reform U.K. After Undercover Sting The New York Times
- 'Farage faces Met inquiry' and 'Ready for departure?' BBC
- Police launch investigation into allegations Britain’s hard-right Reform UK party broke campaign finance law CNN
- UK police widen criminal probe into Reform UK over new allegations Reuters
- Reform UK says it will ‘fully cooperate’ with Met after inquiry launched into alleged overseas donations – as it happened The Guardian
Last dance? Inside Lula’s strategy to win a fourth presidency in Brazil
The left-wing trade union leader has won three presidential terms so far. Crime may be a hurdle to a fourth.
Sudanese refugee returning home ’to make buildings for our country’
The UN says Uganda hosts more than 96,000 Sudanese refugees, but a programme intends to fly at least 1,300 people home.
Even Trump-friendly EU countries back Brussels’ pact with Canada – politico.eu
- Even Trump-friendly EU countries back Brussels’ pact with Canada politico.eu
- EU and Canada Plan Deal to Boost Trade, Security as US Ties Fray Bloomberg.com
- John Ivison: Swapping U.S. trade for Europe could move Canada from the Titanic to the Hindenburg National Post
- ‘Unique’ partnership with Canada forming ahead of PM Carney speech: EU envoy ctvnews.ca
- Friends without benefits: Why the EU should offer Canada more than casual defence ties European Council on Foreign Relations
Bombardier looks to hire 500 new workers in US, despite Trump threat
The Canadian aircraft manufacturer has received support from Republican lawmakers on its economic impact record.
‘It’s a good start’: prominent Israelis welcome UK sanctions on illegal settlements
Ed Miliband’s intervention was ‘inevitable’ after Israeli government and security failures, say former ministers and diplomats
Prominent Israelis have welcomed new UK sanctions as a necessary response to settlement expansion and spiralling violence in the occupied West Bank.
The intervention was described – by the president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, a former prime minister, an ex-head of the army and former ministers and diplomats – as an “inevitable consequence” of Israeli government and security failures.
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