19+ hour, 55+ min ago   (223+ words) A nearly 40 percent increase in fuel prices triggered widespread public protests and road blockages in several areas of Syria on Sunday, highlighting anger over further pressure on living costs. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said demonstrations were held in…...

21+ hour, 6+ min ago   (355+ words) The Financial Times has reported that a weapons group based in northern Yemen, likely linked to Yemen’s Houthis, used Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence to advance parts of its missile and rocket guidance and control programme. According to the report, the…...

21+ hour, 6+ min ago   (135+ words) Saudi sources have reported that Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif condemned attacks on Saudi Arabia in a telephone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and stressed Islamabad’s solidarity with Riyadh. According to the Saudi Press Agency, the…...

22+ hour, 54+ min ago   (330+ words) The closure of crossings and the escalation of raids have deepened the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. According to the administration, the move was taken on security grounds and coincided with Jewish holidays, especially the Hebrew New Year. The report said…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (244+ words) CNN has reported that as Houthi forces advanced toward the island of Perim at the entrance to the Red Sea on Friday, control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait effectively fell into their hands. The network, citing a Western source, wrote…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (167+ words) Saudi Arabia’s and Britain’s foreign ministers discussed regional developments and ways to strengthen shipping security in regional waterways during a phone call. According to a report by Mehr News Agency, citing Akhbar 24, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (309+ words) A U.S. federal judge has overturned the Donald Trump administration’s policy of halting the issuance of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, ruling that it conflicts with U.S. federal immigration law. Reuters reported that Janet Vargas, a federal judge…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (179+ words) US Vice President JD Vance has claimed that Iran has few options left and that a deal with Tehran could be reached if Donald Trump decides to pursue one. According to Al Jazeera, citing US officials, Vance also claimed that…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (351+ words) خبرگزاری اطلس Ahead of the Sept 16 UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, a media outlet close to the Taliban administration has written that Kabul wants a review of how Afghanistan’s situation is assessed and how international bodies, especially UNAMA,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (358+ words) Nicholas Burns, former US ambassador to NATO, said Washington’s 20-year presence in Afghanistan gradually obscured the original purpose of the US mission. He added that at the outset of the intervention in Afghanistan, US officials did not expect the deployment…...