Updated: Apr 14th, 2026 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home has been targeted again, just two days after a Molotov cocktail attack. Two men were arrested with a suspected firearm discharge on Sunday in San Francisco’s affluent Russian Hill neighbourhood, as per the local police department. A car reportedly slowed outside Altman’s San Francisco property, which...
The US Department of the Treasury has intensified its pressure campaign on Iran, warning global financial institutions of strict enforcement measures and confirming that a key authorisation for Iranian oil sales will not be extended beyond April 19. In an official statement, the Treasury emphasised that it is deploying the “full range of available tools...
Updated: Apr 15th, 2026 The United States convened a rare, high-level direct meeting between Israel and Lebanon. The first such engagement in over three decades set the stage for direct negotiations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who hosted the talks at the State Department, called it “a historic opportunity” and said the effort aimed beyond...
Updated: Apr 14th, 2026 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday reportedly proposed a four-point roadmap to promote lasting peace in the Middle East during talks with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as regional tensions continue to escalate. As per local reports, Xi’s proposal emphasised peaceful coexistence, respect...
A former student opened fire at a high school in Siverek, south east Turkey, wounding 16 people before killing himself, as per reports. The 18-year-old attacker was reportedly armed with a shotgun, firing randomly at a vocational high school before hiding inside the building. He proceeded to kill himself with the same shotgun. Reports...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a test-firing of strategic cruise and anti-warship missiles from the destroyer Choe Hyon, stressing the country’s top priority is to bolster a nuclear war deterrent ‘without limit,’ state media reported Tuesday. North Korea conducted the launches of two strategic cruise missiles and three anti-warship missiles from the naval...
Updated: Apr 14th, 2026 A US-sanctioned tanker linked to China has reportedly crossed the Strait of Hormuz, becoming one of the first vessels to transit the strategic waterway after Washington initiated a naval blockade targeting Iranian ports, according to maritime tracking data. As per reports, the vessel, ‘Rich Starry’, was seen entering the Gulf of...
Updated: Apr 14th, 2026 China has reportedly warned the United States against enforcing a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and cautioned Washington not to interfere in its bilateral relations with Iran, as tensions escalate in the region. As per reports, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said Beijing expects its economic and energy ties...
The Iran Embassy in Ghana on Monday criticised US President Donald Trump for calling Pope Leo XIV “weak”” after he prayed for peace. In a post on X, the embassy mentioned that Trump paid hush money to a porn star while his wife was pregnant and got convicted for it. “The Pope prayed for peace....
Updated: Apr 14th, 2026 Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has vowed to use new military capabilities if the war with the United States and Israel continues, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. “We have not yet used our capabilities, and if the war continues, we will unveil capabilities that the enemy has no idea...