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Will Trump attack Yemen’s Houthis? 5 big questions

Riyadh airport attacks raise prospect of US strikes as Red Sea tensions escalate

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US President Donald Trump says Washington could decide quickly whether to join military strikes against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis.

Scientists reveal how brain shapes memories, win Nobel

Breakthrough uses light to reveal how brain cells shape memories, feelings and behaviour

Nobel Committee Secretary General Thomas Perlmann ) speaks to the media in front of a screen displaying the names of this year's laureates (from left) Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel during the announcement of the winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 5, 2026.

He paid $30 for a painting. It just sold for $1.35m

Tiny signature leads collector to a long-lost masterpiece unseen for 75 years

The work was Alderman Merriam’s Shells, painted in 1951 and unseen publicly for about 75 years.

Cornell president vows review after alleged gang rape

Criminal probe reopened as university faces questions over handling of 2024 case

Students walking through campus at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Tennessee set to execute woman for 1st time in 200 yrs

Inmate says she is not afraid to die as victim’s mother prepares to witness execution

This undated photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows Christa Pike.

UK airbase bomb scare: What we know about the threat

Five released on bail as police probe suspected explosives and possible Iran link

Armed police man a roadblock while posted at an entrance to RAF Fairford base in Fairford, south-west England on September 27, 2026, as UK counter-terrorism police investigate an incident near the base in the village of Whelford.

Andhra-origin student, 14, scores perfect 1600 on SAT

Georgia ninth-grader aces US college admissions test after five months’ prep

“When I saw that 1600, you know, I had to wipe my eyes a couple of times,” Ashrit said.

Delhi-born ‘Sid’ Jawahar’s rise and $35m Ponzi fall

Philanthropist moved in celebrity circles before $35m Ponzi scam landed him in US prison

Combo photo: Siddharth ‘Sid’ Jawahar with former US president Bill Clinton (left); NFL star Travis Kelce, one of the investors victimised in Jawahar’s Ponzi scheme, with wife Taylor Swift.

Iran drone seizure claim: How underwater ROVs wage war

How unmanned underwater vehicles spy, map the seabed, hunt mines and operate without GPS

IRGC repeats US drone seizure claim, identifies earlier vehicle as ‘Mk 18 Kingfish’

Iran played its Hormuz card. Here’s why Trump said no

US escorts and oil flows have eased pressure on Washington to accept Tehran’s terms

Commercial vessels anchored amid haze in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026.

US talks put FM in firing line. Who speaks for Iran?

Move against Araghchi deepens questions over who has authority to negotiate with US

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives for meetings in New York during the UN General Assembly.

Trump tells Arab leaders Iran deal gaining momentum

US president signals growing hopes of a deal as Washington keeps pressure on Tehran

Trump attends a multilateral meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council during the United Nations General Assembly, on September 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters.

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