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Ukraine's tech evangelist defence chief preaching the future of war

Appointed in January, the 35-year-old Mykhailo Fedorov is Ukraine's youngest ever Defence Minister

13 Mar 2026 1:44 pm
Cambodia approves draft law targeting cyberscammers

Cambodia has emerged as a hotspot for crime syndicates running a multibillion-dollar fraud industry that sees scammers lure internet users globally into fake romantic relationships and cryptocurrency investments

13 Mar 2026 1:11 pm
U.S., Israel wanted quick win, but they failed: Mohammad Marandi

As time goes on, the price of oil is going to go up. And the world knows that this is not Irans fault. This is the fault of the Trump regime and Netanyahu, says Marandi

13 Mar 2026 1:06 pm
Russia accuses Ukraine of 'reckless' strikes on major gas pipeline

State-owned Russian gas producer Gazprom earlier said that the Russkaya and Beregovaya stations were targeted

13 Mar 2026 1:00 pm
U.S. wants to 'divide Europe': EU's Kallas

EU countries should not be looking to deal with Mr. Trump bilaterally, she said

13 Mar 2026 12:49 pm
Pakistan court rejects plea to shift Imran Khan to private hospital

The court refused to grant the petition to shift Khan to a private hospital. It, however, directed Islamabad Chief Commissioner Muhammad Ali Randhawa to constitute a medical board to check Khan

13 Mar 2026 12:33 pm
Ukraine opens battlefield data access to allies' AI models

Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said a platform had been created to safely train AI models without giving away sensitive data

13 Mar 2026 12:25 pm
Amid war, U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for SIR-type electoral overhaul

A Bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and stuck in the Senate proposes a nationwide requirement for each voter to provide documentary proof of citizenship

13 Mar 2026 12:21 pm
Donald Trump threatens Iran following new wave of attacks on Gulf states and Israel

Iran has launched multiple attacks on Gulf Arab states, including sending dozens of drones toward Saudi Arabia, following warnings from its new supreme leader about hosting American bases

13 Mar 2026 12:11 pm
Irans new leader warns Strait of Hormuz could be used as strategic leverage

Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran and a former adviser to Irans nuclear negotiating team, shares his perspective on the ongoing war, Irans military strategy, and the wider impact of the conflict on global energy markets and the world economy.

13 Mar 2026 11:59 am
Taiwan Parliament authorises government to sign stalled U.S. arms deals

The back and forth on Taiwans defence spending has provoked concern in the United States, as it is the most important international backer and arms supplier of the Chinese-claimed island

13 Mar 2026 11:50 am
Pakistan bombs airline fuel depot near Kandahar airport: Afghan Taliban

Pakistan's military did not respond to a request for comment

13 Mar 2026 11:43 am
'We're not wombs': Japan women seek rights to sterilisation

Women in Japan are challenging the constitutionality of Japan's decades-old maternity protection law, one of the world's most restrictive barriers to sterilisation

13 Mar 2026 11:30 am
Israeli Military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the announcement, while human rights groups accused the military of ignoring one of the gravest instances of abuse in the countrys network of wartime prisons

13 Mar 2026 11:10 am
Adobe's longtime CEO Shantanu Narayen to exit role amid AI disruption, shares fall

Adobes shares have fallen around 22% so far this year after declining over 21% in 2025, reflecting investor apprehension over the firms AI strategy and outlook

13 Mar 2026 11:10 am
West Asia conflict: Blasts heard, smoke seen over central Dubai

Sirens could be heard coming from the direction of Sheikh Zayed Road, the United Arab Emirates citys main artery

13 Mar 2026 9:49 am
One-fifth of Australian teens still use TikTok, SnapChat after social media ban

The data is among the first to show the effects on youth online behaviour since Australia rolled out the ban, which is being copied by governments around the world

13 Mar 2026 9:27 am
Tracking ship attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf: Timeline

A wave of attacks on commercial vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz has heightened tensions along one of the worlds busiest shipping routes.

13 Mar 2026 9:07 am
French soldier killed in attack in Iraqi Kurdistan, says President Emmanuel Macron

The French military said earlier that drones had hit a base where troops were taking part in counter-terrorism training with Iraqi counterparts

13 Mar 2026 8:34 am
Warmonger: Trumps second term sees highest external attacks by the U.S. in a decade

U.S. interventions resulted in more than a thousand fatalities in 2025, the deadliest single year since 2011

13 Mar 2026 8:29 am
Iran-Israel war LIVE: U.S. military refuelling aircraft crashes; Saudi, Israel intercept Iranian missiles

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Irans national soccer team should withdraw from the upcoming FIFA World Cup as a personal safety measure

13 Mar 2026 6:52 am
U.S. intelligence says Iran government is not at risk of collapse, say sources

A multitude of intelligence reports provide consistent analysis that the regime is not in danger of collapse and etains control of the Iranian public, said one of the sources, all of whom were granted anonymity to discuss U.S. intelligence findings

13 Mar 2026 6:51 am
NASA clears its Artemis 2 moon rocket for April launch with four astronauts

The rocket will be crewed by three American astronauts mission commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen

13 Mar 2026 5:24 am
Trump tells Iran team to skip FIFA World Cup for 'their own life and safety'

Iranian athletes and coaches are exempt from the travel ban Mr. Trump imposed against their country last June

13 Mar 2026 5:07 am
U.S. military says refuelling aircraft crashed in Iraq during Operation Epic Fury; rescue effort under way

The KC-135 is at least the fourth U.S. military aircraft lost during the war, after three F-15s were shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait

13 Mar 2026 4:07 am
Iran not going to close Strait of Hormuz, Tehrans UN Envoy says

Ships must coordinate with Irans navy to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the countrys foreign ministry spokesperson said

13 Mar 2026 3:42 am
Netanyahu says Israel 'crushing' Iran and Hezbollah; issues veiled threat to Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei

I have added a third objective, which is to create, for the Iranian people, the conditions to bring down this regime, Mr. Netanyahu said

13 Mar 2026 3:16 am
U.S. Navy could escort vessels in Strait of Hormuz with international coalition, Bessent says

U.S. Treasury Secretary said absolutely not when asked whether there was a price that could cause him to confront President Donald Trump and say the Iran war was no longer affordable

13 Mar 2026 2:26 am
Active shooter at Michigan synagogue: authorities

FBI, police at the scene; all Jewish organisations in the area asked to go into lockout protocol nobody in or out of your building

12 Mar 2026 11:25 pm
Trump says U.S. benefits from high oil prices; Iran, Israel continue to exchange fire

Ali Larijani, Secretary of Irans National Security Council, responded to Mr. Trump, saying if Irans electricity grid is targeted, the whole region will go dark

12 Mar 2026 9:49 pm
Balendra Shahs RSP party of wins majority: Nepal Election Commission

In direct elections, RSP won 125 of the 165, and secured another 57 in PR votes, leaving them only two seats short of securing a powerful two-thirds majority

12 Mar 2026 9:07 pm
Irans new Supreme Leader vows to keep up attacks; says Hormuz Strait to stay closed

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei also calls for Gulf countries to close their U.S. military bases

12 Mar 2026 8:42 pm
In Focus Podcast | Is India tailing the U.S. in its West Asia policy?

As tensions rise in West Asia, Indias foreign policy faces scrutiny. Join experts Amb. Talmiz Ahmad and Kabir Taneja, alongside host Smriti Sudesh, in the In Focus Podcast to explore the implications.

12 Mar 2026 6:23 pm
ASEAN Ministers to hold meetings to address West Asia crisis

The Philippines, this years ASEAN chair, is hosting the meetings as officials weigh impacts and responses to surging oil prices as well as disruptions to shipping, logistics, and trade flows across the regions export-reliant economies

12 Mar 2026 5:22 pm
At least 50 people killed, 125 others reported missing after landslides sweep Ethiopia

Manuqa said that one person was pulled out of the mud alive during the rescue operation.

12 Mar 2026 4:59 pm
First train to Pyongyang in six years set to leave Beijing as neighbours revive link

The service was suspended when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in 2020

12 Mar 2026 2:44 pm
Bangladesh Parliament reconvenes after uprising, polls

The government of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, took over after February 12 elections

12 Mar 2026 2:07 pm
The Iran war and the uncertain future of the expats

The Gulf will continue to matter for India, but the old certainty of the Gulf dream has been shaken

12 Mar 2026 12:53 pm
Meta AIs Vibes feature floods platform with sexual videos of children and explicit Bollywood deepfakes

The short AI videos in the app feed, which Meta calls Vibes, often feature childrens faces on the bodies of adult women, as well as sexual scenes featuring morphed celebrity lookalikes

12 Mar 2026 12:49 pm
Russia's Dmitriev says he discussed global energy crisis with U.S. counterparts

We discussed both promising projects that can contribute to the restoration of Russian-American relations, as well as the current crisis situation in global energy markets, he said

12 Mar 2026 12:34 pm
UK watchdogs press Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube to block children

Britain has been weighing tougher curbs on childrens access to social media, with the government considering barring under 16s from such platforms

12 Mar 2026 12:20 pm
Watch: What the U.S. probe revealed about the Tomahawk strike on Iran school

A U.S. military investigation has found that a Tomahawk missile mistakenly struck a girls school in Minab in southern Iran during the opening hours of the IsraelIran war, reportedly due to outdated targeting data. A leading U.S. newspaper said preliminary findings suggest the United States was responsible for the February 28 strike.

12 Mar 2026 12:09 pm
Iran sets three conditions for ending war

During nuclear talks ahead the war, Iran had consistently argued that as a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), nuclear enrichment is a legitimate right. This was also the first time a senior Iranian leader called for reparations as a condition to end the war

12 Mar 2026 11:53 am
Indian national killed in attack by Iran against U.S.-owned oil tanker Safesea Vishnu in Iraqi waters

An Indian national, whose name is being withheld at the moment, has reportedly been killed in the attack, while the remaining 27 crew and personnel on the oil tanker have been rescued and taken to Basra, the sources said

12 Mar 2026 11:27 am
Hezbollah says targeted north Israel with dozens of rockets in new operation

Hezbollah in a statement said that in response to the criminal aggression against dozens of Lebanese cities and towns and Beirut's southern suburbs, its fighters targeted sites in northern Israel with dozens of rockets as part of a new operation announced a short time earlier

12 Mar 2026 11:16 am
Iran signals it will hit U.S., Israeli economic and tech targets

It urged people across the region to avoid going within one kilometre (around half a mile) of banks

12 Mar 2026 10:55 am
'Happy (and safe) shooting!': Study says AI chatbots help plot attacks

Testing showed that eight chatbots assisted the make-believe attackers in over half the responses, providing advice on locations to target and weapons to use in an attack, the study said

12 Mar 2026 10:43 am