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  "Fiction And Lies": Trump Bans CNN, Politico From White House

  "I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW... and Politico... from the White House as a result of their constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!" Trump said on his Truth Social network.

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  California Explores Mandatory AI "Kill Switch" Amid Safety Concerns

  California Governor Gavin Newsom, widely seen as a possible Democratic presidential contender in 2028, said he was making the move because US President Donald Trump was doing nothing on the issue.

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  'Will Go To Any Extent': Pak Vows Full Support To Saudi Amid Houthi Attacks

  In an interview Thursday with Arab News, Pakistan's military spokesman Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said his country would back Saudi Arabia "both diplomatically and physically".

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  Drone Hits Cooling Tower At Russia's Nuclear Plant, Says UN Nuclear Watchdog

  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) "has been informed that the cooling tower of a reactor unit of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in the Russian Federation was hit by a drone early on Thursday".

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  Ryanair Chief Apologises After Comparing Competitors To "Rapists"

  Michael O'Leary "sincerely and unreservedly" apologised in an online video for last week describing Ryanair's competitors as rapists for their high fares.

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  "From Seabed To Cislunar Space": US Military Prepares For War Around Moon

  General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the US military must adapt now to be ready for combat in an increasingly contested space environment.

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  North Korea's Nuclear Tests May Have Triggered 1,399 Earthquakes, Study Finds

  Scientists looked at seismic data from 2008 to 2025 and detected 1,399 earthquakes around the mount, where North Korea carried out six underground nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017.

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  Poacher Hunting Animals In Kruger National Park Killed After Encounter With Elephant Herd

  A suspected poacher died after encountering elephants in Kruger National Park in South Africa, having entered the area illegally.

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  "God Helped Us, So Will AI": How Boko Haram Used ChatGPT, Grok For Attacks

  The findings are based on interviews with 27 former members of Boko Haram's two factions - the Islamic State affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Jama'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihad (JAS), Al Jazeera reported.

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  Texas Daycare Ran 'Child Fight Club', Lawsuit Filed By Parents Alleges

  Texas parents sue Arka Montessori, claiming that one of the teachers ran a 'child fight club' and abused their son.

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  Kremlin Orders Russia Businesses Of Nestle, Auchan Seized

  The local assets of the two multinationals were put under what the Kremlin says is temporary control by another company under an order issued late Thursday by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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  Anthropic Sets Up Biology Lab To Ramp Up Its AI Drug Plans: Report

  Anthropic's head of life sciences, Eric Kauderer-Abrams, confirmed the startup's wet lab.

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  Blog | I Lost My Entire Family In Kanishka Bombing. 41 Years Later, Canada Wants The Case Closed

  We made the trek through tragedy to search for people in Cork, where I spent 25 days sifting through bodies and body parts in a makeshift morgue to identify our loved ones.

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  Warren Buffett Steps Down As Hathaway Chairman, Son Howard To Take Over

  This is the second post he has resigned from in a year. At the start of 2026, he stepped aside from the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Greg Abel took the mantle of the $1 trillion conglomerate from him.

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  21 Killed In Suicide Bombing At Pak Mosque, Several Cops Among Victims

  Two armed men attempted to enter the police premises and exchanged fire with officials there, police said. One of the attackers has been killed, the BBC reported.

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  After 15 Years In Hiding, Syrian Man Breaks Wall To Recover A Lost Library

  A Syrian man has uncovered his treasured collection of religious and literary books after hiding it behind a false wall before fleeing Homs during the civil war.

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  Opinion | Pak's Drone Deal With A US Firm Is No Windfall. But India Must Still Be Worried

  American military aid to Pakistan has remained suspended since January 2018, during Trump's first term, but a commercial arms sale is separate from this arrangement.

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  Student Shoots 2 Schoolmates In Philippines, Then Kills Himself

  The Friday shooting also follows a high-profile incident in Thailand in August, where a student went on a shooting rampage at a school on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok.

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  3 Chinese Navy Ships Arrive In Bangladesh For 5-Day Goodwill Visit

  One of the three Chinese Navy ships, a Type 054A guided-missile frigate, Da Qing, also took part in the bilateral "Sea Guardian" exercise with the Pakistan Navy earlier this year.

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  Opinion | Saudi Arabia's Yemen Nightmare Has Come Back To Haunt It

  After years of costly military intervention beginning in 2015, Saudi Arabia increasingly sought to stabilise its southern border. All that is unravelling fast now