This account of the Islamic Republic and its discontents told via six contrasting lives should be required reading It’s difficult in 2026 to talk about Iran without confronting a lot of crude certainty. The average non-Iranian gets their information in snippets, filtered by algorithms. The Iranian diaspora is too fractured and ...
Watch: Residents flee as cars and houses burn in BelfastWatch: Residents flee as cars and houses burn in Belfast
Police and firefighters help families leave their homes amid disorder following a knife attack. ...
Illegal mini-marts to shut for up to 12 months under law change prompted by BBCIllegal mini-marts to shut for up to 12 months under law change prompted by BBC
Under current rules, shops breaking the law can only be closed for up to six months in England and Wales. ...
US strikes Iran in response to downing of military helicopterUS strikes Iran in response to downing of military helicopter
President Donald Trump earlier accused Iran of shooting down the US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond. ...
Bowen: Trump and Netanyahu wanted to reshape the Middle East – now they risk a permacrisisBowen: Trump and Netanyahu wanted to reshape the Middle East – now they risk a permacrisis
The US and Israeli leaders have lost control of the consequences after miscalculating the Iran war. ...
Middle East crisis live: Iran launches broad retaliatory attacks after US strikes over downed helicopterMiddle East crisis live: Iran launches broad retaliatory attacks after US strikes over downed helicopter
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps says it has targeted an airbase in Jordan hosting US forces, as well as Kuwait and Bahrain, in response to US strikes Trump launches strikes against Iran after downing of US army helicopter Welcome to our live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. Iran ...
China tech on display at World CupChina tech on display at World Cup
China’s soccer team didn’t qualify for the FIFA men’s World Cup, which kicks off this week, but its tech is front and center at the tournament. Qingdao-based Hisense is the official display partner for the video assistant referee systems, while Lenovo, as FIFA’s “Official Technology Partner,” is deploying servers in ...
The case for space data centersThe case for space data centers
Building data centers in space could be cost-effective by around 2040, analysis suggested. Launch costs mean orbital compute is roughly four times the price of terrestrial, SemiAnalysis wrote, and its purported advantages such as easy cooling and constant solar power are overstated. But by the early 2030s, space data centers ...
India still waiting for US trade dealIndia still waiting for US trade deal
A US probe into India’s trade practices is holding up the countries’ long-awaited trade deal as New Delhi’s economic woes pile up. India is pushing the US for preferential tariffs, but the countries’ relationship has worsened during Donald Trump’s second term, compounding New Delhi’s challenges: The Iran war has driven ...
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The News President Donald Trump hasn’t committed to naming a permanent director of national intelligence to quell bipartisan outrage over his interim choice, but there’s already a quiet competition among more conventional hopefuls in case he wants to fill the job. Trump shocked Washington when he announced last week that ...