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Why Cruise Ships Are Taking Tourists To A Place That Doesn't Exist On Maps
The spot has become popular online over the years because of GPS errors and mapping glitches.
"Aabar Dekha Hobe": Indian Envoy's Farewell Note As Dhaka Stint Ends
He added the cooperation between two countries is critical to address shared challenges like climate change and environmental sustainability.
Gerald Eddie Brown: Once A US Air Force Pilot, Now Accused Of Helping China
Gerald Eddie Brown, 63, was arrested in February after returning to the US from China.
The Curious Case Of An Award-Winning Story That Is Likely AI-Written
A short story that won one of the English-speaking world's most recognised literary prizes is now at the centre of an uncomfortable AI debate.
Bangladesh Puts AI In Driving Seat To Tackle Dhaka's Traffic Chaos
Despite repeated attempts to modernise traffic management, the city of more than 22 million people had remained reliant on manual control, with officers stretching ropes across roads before traffic lights turned green.
US Iran War Live Updates: Iran, US Play Down Hopes For Imminent Breakthrough In War
US Iran War Live Updates: Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Iran's armed forces had rebuilt their capabilities during the ceasefire.
Labour needs ‘system reset’ to tackle youth unemployment, report to say
Alan Milburn, who is leading review commissioned by government, says current strategy ‘going in wrong direction’Labour has failed to tackle soaring youth unemployment and must launch a “system reset” involving a fresh attempt to overhaul health and disability benefits, a report commissioned by the government is to warn.Alan Milburn, who is leading a review into why almost a million young people are not in education or work, said ministers had so far responded with a series of disjointed jobs programmes. Continue reading...
Pilgrims Kick Off Hajj As War's Trajectory Hangs In Balance
The start of the hajj came as US President Donald Trump continued to send mixed signals over a possible agreement to extend an uneasy ceasefire with Iran and a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran denies deal with US is imminent despite some progress
Tehran says ‘contradictory statements’ from US and Israeli interference hindering negotiationsMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran has poured cold water on suggestions that a deal with the US is imminent, pointing to the confusion in US positions and Israeli interference as key factors in why a complete agreement is proving difficult to secure.Speaking at the weekly foreign ministry press briefing, Esmail Baghaei, the spokesperson for Iran’s negotiating team, also said future management of the strait of Hormuz was a matter for Oman and Iran to reach agreement on, and that it was not tolls that were being proposed but “fees for navigational services”. Continue reading...
Oil prices fall below $100 a barrel on hopes of Iran peace deal
Brent crude futures down 6% to lowest level in two weeks and stock markets riseOil prices fell below $100 a barrel on Monday and stock markets rose on hopes that the US and Iran are inching closer to a peace deal.Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, were down 6% to $97.28 a barrel, the lowest level in two weeks, with hopes that an agreement to end the near three-month US-Israeli war on Iran can be struck. Continue reading...
Trump issues brazen ultimatum to his own Middle Eastern allies
Donald Trump issued a sweeping ultimatum to nearly a dozen Muslim-majority nations Monday morning, threatening to cut them out of his Iran deal entirely if they refuse to simultaneously sign the Abraham Accords — and he did it in a Truth Social post addressed directly to their heads of state."If they don't, they should not be part of this Deal in that it shows bad intention," Trump wrote, in a message that named Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain as countries he expects to sign the Israel normalization agreements as a condition of participating in any broader Iran settlement.The demand puts enormous pressure on nations that have long resisted formal normalization with Israel for domestic political reasons — particularly Saudi Arabia, whose leaders have said publicly that any normalization would require a credible path to Palestinian statehood, a condition the current Israeli government has flatly rejected.Perhaps most striking was the manner in which Trump chose to deliver the ultimatum. Rather than through traditional diplomatic channels, he issued the demands in a rambling Truth Social post — and then instructed his own representatives to act on it in real time. "By copy of this TRUTH," he wrote, "I am asking my Representatives to begin, and successfully complete, the process of signing these Countries into the already Historic Abraham Accords."In other words, Trump's diplomats learned of their new marching orders at the same moment as the rest of the world.The post also floated the idea of Iran itself eventually joining the Abraham Accords — agreements that are at their core about normalizing relations with Israel, a country Iran has repeatedly called for the destruction of. Trump called the prospect "something special" and said several regional leaders had told him they would be "honored" to have Iran join the coalition.Trump closed with characteristic grandiosity, declaring the potential agreement would be "the most important Deal that any of these Great, but always in Conflict Countries, will ever sign" and that "nothing in the past, or in the future, will surpass it."
Indian Sailors Risk Work At Sea As Iran War Grinds On: 'It's Well Paid Job'
India is one of the largest contributors of sailors on merchant shipping worldwide, with more than 320,000 active seafarers in 2025, according to the shipping ministry.
May 25, 2026