Drone interception led to falling debris, halting play at the Fujairah Challenger event on the UAE’s Gulf coast. The ATP Challenger tennis tournament in the United Arab Emirates was disrupted following a “security alert” involving Iranian attacks on targets in the Gulf region in response to attacks by the United States and Israel. Debris from…
Interim summary Thank you for following along with our live coverage so far today. The fighting continued in Lebanon, with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Israel Katz, the Israeli defence minister, approving a military ground incursion into the southern part of the country and the Israeli military issuing new evacuation orders for dozens…
The elementary school sent an urgent message about her son. “The war has begun,” he was told. Come pick him up. The mother, who declined to be identified, said she had just dropped the boy off and couldn’t leave immediately because, as a midwife, she had patients to attend to. Then the earth shook. And…
The increase in gas prices in the last 48 hours is without precedent. Even in the chaotic early weeks of the Ukraine war in 2022, the price of gas never doubled. But that is exactly what has happened to wholesale methane prices in the UK. And since gas prices are arguably the most important price…
Forget science fiction. The era of AI in warfare has arrived. Israel uses AI systems in Gaza. These systems are capable of identifying potential targets and aiding in the prioritisation of operations. The United States military reportedly used Anthropic’s model, Cloud, which is an AI system designed for various applications, during its operation to kidnap…
San Jose, Costa Rica — Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines said on Tuesday that his government had not sanctioned the US for a recent attack on an alleged drug boat in local waters that killed three people. Prime Minister godwin friday Said in a press conference Prime Minister godwin friday Said in…
A man has been convicted of murder and manslaughter after giving a semi-automatic, assault-style rifle to his teenage son, who is accused of using it to kill two high school students and two teachers. Collin Grey was found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2024 shooting deaths at Apalachee High School in Winder, northeast Atlanta,…
