Tehran's threats themselves highlight Iran’s growing willingness to weaponise every layer of the Strait of Hormuz — not just oil shipping routes but also the hidden digital infrastructure beneath them.

Iran threatens internet cables beneath Hormuz

Tehran signals it could target subsea data routes linking Europe, Asia and the Gulf

UK: Starmer warns of party chaos amid leadership crisis

Resignations and union pressure fuel talk of Labour leadership contest

UK PM Starmer warns of party chaos amid speculation over leadership change

Russian scientists patent AI for rock mechanics

New Russian system automates crack and fault detection in drilling core samples

AI researchers at Tatarstan's Innopolis University have created software that automatically detects cracks, faults, veins, breccias, and other structures in drill core photos—boosting core analysis accuracy up to tenfold and accelerating geological modeling of mineral deposits.

Masdar, RWE get permit for 3GW offshore wind farm in UK

Offshore wind farms off northeast England promise jobs and growth in Yorkshire and Humber

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Can Starmer stop Labour turning on him?

Health secretary resigns as heavyweights position themselves for a possible contest

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BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meet to kick off in Delhi

Talks to focus on global governance reforms, multilateral cooperation

BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meet to kick off in Delhi. Delegates attending the summit are scheduled to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their visit to the national capital.

Inside Duterte's ICC detention centre

Spartan comforts and strict routines inside The Hague’s war crimes jail

Former president Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines is detained in a 9-sqm cell at the International Criminal Court (ICC) facility in The Hague, The Netherlands for alleged "crimes against humanity" over the alleged mass killings of drug suspects in the Philippines from 2016 to 2019.

Large air attack underway in Kyiv: AFP

Explosions rock Kyiv as air raid sirens sound and defences intercept fire

Smoke rises from a heavily damaged train station building in the town of Fastiv, Kyiv region, after an air attack, on December 6, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. File photo.

French widow, 85, caught in US immigration crackdown

Widow of US veteran says detention changed her view of America and its politics

Marie-Therese Ross-Mahe, an 85-year-old French widow of a U.S. military veteran, poses in Orvault, western France, during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Mathieu Pattier)

UAE President, VPs congratulate Bulgarian PM

Dubai and Abu Dhabi rulers join in greeting Bulgaria’s new government head

UAE President, VPs congratulate Bulgarian PM on taking constitutional oath

UK PM Starmer defiant as quit calls grow

More than 70 of Labour’s 403 members of parliament have called for Starmer to quit

UK PM Keir Starmer’s vow Monday to fight on and prove his doubters wrong has done little to calm clamour for his removal.

Keir Starmer: British PM fighting for political future

Low ratings and Reform surge fuel doubts over Labour’s direction under Starmer

Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, and Victoria Starmer, his wife, after he delivered the first speech of his premiership, following the general election, outside 10 Downing Street in London, UK, on Friday, July 5, 2024. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won the UK general election and is on course for a huge parliamentary majority with votes still being counted, a result that upends British politics after Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives imploded. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

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