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Qatar energy minister warns Iran war will force Gulf to halt energy exports within weeks: report

NewsMarch 7, 2026

Qatar expects all Gulf energy producers to shut down exports within weeks if the Iran conflict continues and drives oil to $150 a barrel, the country’s Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi told the Financi...

Questions over AI capability as tech guides Iran strikes

TechnologyMarch 7, 2026

The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology’s use in war remains hotl...

Vibes war? Trump pitches Iran conflict on ‘feeling’

NewsMarch 7, 2026

Donald Trump has plunged the United States into its most significant conflict in decades over a “feeling”. It’s not his political opponents saying this, but the White House itself. Throughout th...

China rejects US claims of secret nuclear tests

NewsFebruary 9, 2026

China on Monday denied the United States’ allegations that it had conducted secret nuclear explosive tests, calling them “outright lies” and accusing Washington of making excuses to start up its...

Washington Post CEO out after sweeping job cuts

SportsFebruary 9, 2026

WASHINGTON: The Washington Post said on Saturday its CEO and publisher Will Lewis was leaving effective immediately, just days after the storied newspaper owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezo...

Iran sentences Nobel peace laureate to six years in prison

HealthFebruary 9, 2026

TEHRAN: An Iranian court sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to a six-year prison term, her lawyer said on Sunday. “She has been sentenced to six years in prison for gathering and co...

Hamas rejects disarmament, foreign rule in Gaza

NewsFebruary 9, 2026

DOHA: A senior Hamas leader said on Sunday that the Palestinian movement would not surrender its weapons nor accept foreign intervention in Gaza, pushing back against US and Israeli demands. “Crimin...

Hong Kong sentences pro-democracy mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in jail

HealthFebruary 9, 2026

A Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison on Monday for national security crimes, a punishment rights groups condemned as “effectively a death sentence”...

New Zealand’s Christchurch mosque killer appeals conviction

HealthFebruary 9, 2026

A white supremacist who shot and killed 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques in 2019 launched an appeal Monday seeking to overturn his conviction. Brenton Tarrant, an Australian former gym instru...

US Congress to depose Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

BusinessFebruary 9, 2026

Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell will be questioned behind closed doors by the US Congress Monday, though she’s expected to invoke her right to not answer questions. Maxwell, current...