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Pickaxe Mountain is located 220km south of Tehran and 2km from the Natanz nuclear complex A satellite view shows tunnel entrances at Pickaxe Mountain, of the Natanz nuclear facility, near Natanz, Iran, June 30, 2026. Vantor via Reuters US President Donald Trump has threatened to attack a site linked to Iran’s nuclear programme known as … Read more
Production house urges fans to rely only on official announcements after false re-release reports Vidhu Vinod Chopra Films has denied reports claiming that the 2009 blockbuster 3 Idiots will return to cinemas, urging fans to rely only on updates shared through its official channels. Originally released in 2009, 3 Idiots starred Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy trying to put out other fires when a student movement suddenly exploded. There are no easy solutions to the problems behind it.
US-Saudi nuclear deal faces a hurdle as Trump links it to Riyadh normalising ties with Israel Riyadh said the deal is a diplomatic victory. PHOTO: PEXELS A US-Saudi deal to establish a civilian nuclear programme in the Gulf country looked like a triumph for the kingdom, but just hours after its announcement, President Donald Trump … Read more
After Andrew and Tristan Tate, prominent leaders of the so-called manosphere, were arrested in Miami, many of their onetime allies on the American right pulled back support.
Karim Aïnouz’s feeble satire thrusts the incest taboo upon a comely cast but fails to stir any interest.
The vote in the House was 214-208 in favour of the War Powers Resolution, while the Senate voted 49 to 47 to block it US Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 19, 2026—REUTERS The Republican-led United States House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to … Read more
IPC says 67% of Gaza’s population faces crisis or worse conditions, with 212,000 people in emergency hunger levels Palestinians with children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, … Read more
Artisan restores rare handwoven textiles, from Ottoman palace carpets to Madinah’s rug used in Riazul Jannah Most remarkable feature of this carpet is that our ancestors combined silk with metal threads,’ Bayrakdar says, referring to 18th-century Ottoman carpet. PHOTO: Anadolu Agency In a small workshop in Istanbul’s historic carpet market, master restorer Ahmet Bayrakdar has … Read more
Videos verified by The New York Times show border crossings in southern Iraq becoming the latest target in the hostilities in the Middle East.