As China accelerates construction at its secretive nuclear facilities deep inside Sichuan, what is emerging is not just a story of military modernisation but a larger geopolitical puzzle, one that directly impacts India, exposes gaps in global nuclear governance, and raises concerns of a renewed arms race.Satellite imagery, and assessments point to a scale of […]
UAE residents turn to land corridors, ‘departure assistance’ to find way home as Iran and US–Israel war disrupts air travel The escalating conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel is increasingly reshaping daily life across the Middle East, with thousands of travellers and expatriates in the Gulf facing unprecedented travel disruptions. As airspace closures […]
In a significant breach of trust, ex-US Navy sailor Jinchao Wei has received a sentence exceeding 16 years behind bars. Wei engaged in espionage by selling critical military information, including intricate technical manuals and operational specifics on US Navy vessels, to a Chinese intelligence agent, pocketing over $12,000 in the process. A former US Navy […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s alleged secret daughter, Luiza Rozova, apologised for the Ukraine war when Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Sviatnenko confronted her on the streets of Paris.Sviatnenko’s brother, drone pilot Volodymyr, had been killed in a Russian airstrike in November, and the reporter demanded Rozova speak to her alleged father and urge him to end the […]
President Donald Trump waves after arriving off Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a trilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his covert trip to Moscow this week, in a bid […]
In 1997, artist and preservationist Karen Groebli walked into a boarded-up, condemned Victorian mansion in San Diego’s Bankers Hill neighborhood and saw potential where others saw only ruin. As she later told Homes.com, the plaster was hanging from the walls, original gas lines dangled from the ceiling, broken windows littered the floors and the interior […]
Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate hopeful from Maine, expressed regret over getting a tattoo that appears similar to a Nazi symbol nearly two decades ago and posted it on Reddit, which has resurfaced. Platner said that he planned to remove the tattoo after questions were raised, including from a former top campaign staffer, about how […]
Russia is reported to send explosives and drone parts to Iran via the Caspian Sea, report (representative photo) Reports suggest that Russia has been sending explosives, drone components and ammunition to Iran through the Caspian Sea as Tehran works to replenish military stocks depleted during its war with the US and Israel, according to a […]
An ordinary hillside in Oregon transforms into something extraordinary every autumn, revealing a giant smiling face that appears almost as if nature decided to create its own work of art. The seasonal spectacle is not the result of digital editing or a natural quirk but a carefully planned reforestation project carried out in 2011. Foresters […]
Code-named “Operation Ajax,” the joint CIA-MI6 covert operation successfully orchestrated the overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh (Representational AI photo) The United States and Iran are once again caught in a dangerous military confrontation. The hostility between the two countries did not begin with the latest strikes and goes back long. For […]
