Year: 2026

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Tuesday it intercepted two missiles launched by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis ​towards Riyadh, a ballistic missile fired towards the kingdom’s southern region and a drone ‌over its oil-rich Eastern Province, in a night of heightened military activity across Saudi Arabia. The latest launches come amid an escalation in hostilities between the Houthis and the coalition backing Yemen’s internationally recognised government after the group ​advanced in September towards the Bab El Mandeb Strait, a strategic shipping chokepoint at the ​southern entrance to the Red Sea.…

Air pollution and dust continued to blanket Lahore on Tuesday, with the city retaining its position as the world’s most polluted city despite a slight improvement in its overall Air Quality Index (AQI). The city’s overall AQI was recorded at 289, although pollution levels varied in several neighbourhoods. Canal Road recorded the highest level of air pollution, with the AQI reaching 647. Other affected areas included Burki Road at 370, Allama Iqbal Town at 342, Gulberg at 324 and Bedian at 318. The AQI was recorded at 303 at Lower…

British author M. John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize for his dystopian novel The End of Everything, becoming the oldest recipient in the prestigious literary award’s history at the age of 81. Harrison received the £50,000 prize at a ceremony held at Old Billingsgate in London on Monday. Last year’s winner, David Szalay, presented him with the award. The victory marks Harrison’s first Booker Prize nomination and makes him the first author whose work is primarily associated with science fiction to win the award, according to the Booker…

US President Donald Trump said on Monday the FBI was looking into Nvidia CEO ‌Jensen Huang’s affair with a Chinese businesswoman alleged to be a spy for Beijing. Trump said he “was amazed” by allegations about Huang, among the president’s closest allies in Silicon Valley. Trump said he had spoken to the CEO, who told him that he had no idea that the woman was a spy. “I know the FBI is looking into it,” Trump said. “I think that he’ll be in good shape,” he added. Nvidia shares closed…

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth calls himself the secretary of war, part of his effort to rebrand a military he said was too weak and “woke” ​when he took office last year. Now, with an expected House impeachment vote this week, he could soon share something in common with an actual secretary of war. William Belknap, who ‌held that title in 1876, became the first, and to date the only, civilian leader of the US military to be impeached by Congress. US Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, introduced eight…