International Desk | May 3, 2026An Iranian supertanker carrying approximately 1.9 million barrels of crude oil, valued at nearly $220 million, has successfully reached a Far Eastern port after evading US maritime surveillance and sanctions enforcement, according to media reports.Sources indicate the vessel disabled its Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponder and took an alternative route…
KARACHI — A brutal heatwave has swept across multiple districts of Pakistan’s Sindh province, pushing temperatures to dangerous levels and prompting emergency relief measures.The provincial capital Karachi recorded a scorching 44°C, while the heat index — the “feels like” temperature — soared to 47°C in Hyderabad and 45°C in Sukkur, making outdoor activity life-threatening for…
Trump’s strikes on Iran, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have driven oil prices up, with a barrel of Brent crude, a major oil benchmark, hitting a four-year high of $126 on Thursday. It has since fallen back to $111 but it was trading at around $73 before the war broke out…
While a Shahed can cost between $80,000 and $130,000 (£59,500 and £95,500), Zelensky says it can be intercepted with systems costing as little as $10,000 (£7,400). That’s far cheaper than traditional air defence missiles which cost millions of dollars.
The executive director for the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights, Roya Boroumand, says that an information vacuum in Iran “allows the state to broadcast its narrative, ie portray protesters as violent actors or foreign agents, while its victims, including those sentenced to death, and informed sources are silenced”.
Online violence has doubled since 2020, with deepfakes and AI-generated content making harassment more severe and damagingNew York/United Nations, May 2, 2026 — A new report by UN Women reveals a sharp rise in online violence against women journalists, exacerbated by artificial intelligence tools such as deepfakes and manipulated media. The findings, released ahead of…
Washington, May 2, 2026 — The economic shockwaves of the US-Iran military conflict have claimed their first major corporate victim. Spirit Airlines, America’s most prominent ultra-low-cost carrier, has officially announced the cessation of all operations, marking a grim milestone in the unfolding global economic crisis triggered by the war.Industry analysts are describing Spirit’s collapse as…
On 30 April, the US embassy in Beirut suggested a meeting between Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would give Lebanon “the chance to secure concrete guarantees on full sovereignty, territorial integrity, secure borders, humanitarian and reconstruction support, and the complete restoration of Lebanese state authority over every inch of its…
