Six Flags retires X2 after lawsuits allege severe brain injuries A popular California roller coaster is being permanently shut down after dozens of people claimed to have suffered brain damage while riding it. The X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain features precipitous drops and jarring twists that hav»»»

Bangkok: Thailand's economy remained broadly unchanged in August on a monthly basis, as higher private investment and a slight rise in private consumption offset declines in manufacturing output and service-sector activity, the central bank said on Wednesday. According to the Bank of Thailand, merc»»»

CHICAGO: The US can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque — an outspoken advocate of Palestinian rights — on the grounds that he is a threat to national security, an immigration judge ruled Wednesday. Salah Sarsour was detained in Milwaukee in March by US Immigration and Customs Enforceme»»»

Swiss glaciers lose 20% of ice in five years amid record heat and low snowfall Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20 percent of their mass in five years, experts said Thursday, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record. Sw»»»

San Francisco, United States: Google on Wednesday said it would withhold its most powerful artificial intelligence model from the public for now, releasing Gemini 4 Argon only to a vetted group of cybersecurity experts to avoid misuse by hackers. “Safely releasing frontier capabilities at this leve»»»

Les Diablerets, Switzerland: Switzerland’s glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20 percent of their mass in five years, experts said Thursday, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record. Swiss glaciers saw 5.5 percent of their volume melt »»»

Tech giants embrace voluntary safeguards amid fears of AI-powered cyberattacks Google on Wednesday said it would withhold its most powerful artificial intelligence model from the public for now, releasing Gemini 4 Argon only to a vetted group of cybersecurity experts to avoid misuse by hackers. "Sa»»»

QUANTICO, Virginia: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced some major changes to the US military on Wednesday in what he called his “State of the Force” address, including establishing a new drone command and cutting 20 percent of the nation’s generals and admirals. The Pentagon also will launch »»»

QUANTICO, Virginia: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced some major changes to the US military on Wednesday in what he called his “State of the Force” address, including establishing a new drone command and cutting 20 percent of the nation’s generals and admirals. The Pentagon also will launch »»»

DAMASCUS: A shooting attack on a bus in central Syria on Wednesday killed seven people and left four others wounded, state media reported. The perpetrators of the shooting in Homs province have not yet been identified, the official Sana news agency added. A security source who requested anonymity h»»»

New trainsets bring 147-km rail closer to rollout, linking Manila to industrial hubs MANILA: The Philippines has taken another step toward launching one of its biggest railway projects, with the delivery of the third North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) trainset and the arrival of a fourth train in »»»

Police find no explosives as UK suspects Iranian hand in RAF Fairford security scare British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday said there were "strong indications" Iran was involved in suspicious activity at a UK airbase that triggered a major security incident this weekend. "There are stron»»»

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Doha Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC), founded by Qatar Foundation, on Wednesday concluded the seventh and largest edition of Career Village, which welcomed more than 3,240 secondary school students from 160 public, private, and international schools for three days of han»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The National Planning Council hosted HE Eng Ali bin Mohammed Al Ali, undersecretary of the Ministry of Municipality (MoM), for the fifth episode of Podcast AlTanmiya. The episode discussed the ministry’s efforts to strengthen the country’s food security system and supply c»»»

QNA Doha Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting held at the Amiri Diwan on Wednesday. After the meeting, Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi sa»»»

LONDON: Children are going to bed hungry in at least one in five households in Lebanon, and a similar proportion does not have enough safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Wednesday. Prolonged conflict and displacement are inflicting deep and lasting harm on youngsters in the»»»

Kuala Lumpur: The capital of Malaysia and neighbouring Singapore occupied both first and third rank globally in a pollution ranking. Kuala Lumpur was the world's most polluted major city early on Wednesday, according to Swiss monitor IQAir, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 166. Singapore »»»

MILWAUKEE: The United States is pushing for action against excess industrial capacity that drives prices down unfairly, Washington’s top trade envoy said Wednesday on the sidelines of a G20 meeting, with some countries — excluding China — agreeing to a plan that includes reducing subsidies. The dev»»»

LONDON: Authorities paid tribute to a “brave” Indian pilot credited with averting a catastrophe when he was attacked by a colleague in the cockpit of a FlyDubai passenger jet on Wednesday. The Indian Embassy in Riyadh said the injured captain, Smit Machchhar, was in a stable condition in a hospital»»»

More than 170 passengers have arrived safely in Israel after a FlyDubai airliner went into a death-dive over Saudi Arabia following an alleged attempted hijacking on board. The Boeing 737 was reportedly carrying 174 passengers, including 27 children. About two hours into the flight, the aircraft tr»»»

LONDON: A “brave” Indian pilot who was attacked by his colleague in the cockpit of a FlyDubai passenger jet on Wednesday is in a stable condition in hospital in Saudi Arabia. The Indian Embassy in Riyadh confirmed that the injured captain is Smit Machchhar and that he is being treated in Tabuk. The»»»

WASHINGTON: Ukraine will present the Trump administration and Congress this week with a wish list of Russian companies, vessels and individuals it would like to see hit with US sanctions under a new law signed by President Donald Trump this month, according to a senior Ukrainian diplomat. Denys Sie»»»

After contagion in the Arabian Peninsula, should the entire Horn of Africa fear a domino effect? Just as Donald Trump’s decision to invade Iran drew the Saudis back to Yemen: did threats over the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb light the fuse in Ethiopia, where last week, unresolved issues between the gove»»»

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday insisted that there were "strong indications" that Tehran was involved in a security incident on Sunday near an airbase in England that the US military uses in its war against Iran. The British government has still not explained the nature of the incident»»»

LONDON: In May 1993, the French journalist Anne Sinclair sat opposite King Hassan II on the television program “7 sur 7” and asked whether Morocco would one day have a female prime minister. The King answered with characteristic pragmatism. Nothing in the constitution or in Islamic jurisprudence st»»»

LONDON: Several Palestinians were treated for tear gas inhalation Wednesday evening after Israeli forces raided the town of Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron, according to Palestinian media. The forces fired volleys of tear gas canisters at residents during the raid, causing several people to suffer breat»»»

LONDON: Children are going to bed hungry in at least one in five households in Lebanon, while a similar share of families lack enough safe drinking water, the UN children’s agency said on Wednesday, warning that prolonged conflict and displacement are inflicting deep and lasting harm. UNICEF said t»»»

Harare: Six people were killed in a helicopter crash in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East Province Wednesday afternoon said government spokesperson Nick Mangwana. Mangwana said that the helicopter was carrying a prominent businessman, three other passengers and two pilots, all of whom died in the crash. »»»

WASHINGTON: Human rights advocates asked a United Nations panel to intervene Wednesday to help end a new US government practice of withholding from families and lawyers the whereabouts of thousands of detainees facing deportation. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed the names of detainee»»»

A US appeals court ordered a "short stay of execution" for death row inmate Christa Pike, less than two hours before she was scheduled to be the first woman put to death in the state in more than two centuries. The court halted the execution to give it time to consider Pike's claims that her histor»»»

AMMAN: Israeli passengers on the FlyDubai jet forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia spoke of his gratitude to the Kingdom and its people on Wednesday. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said one of the pilots on the flight from the UAE to Israel stabbed his co-pilot and attemp»»»

Airline says suspension will remain while authorities investigate the incident Dubai: Dubai-based airline flydubai said on Wednesday it was suspending flights to and from Israel following an incident involving flight FZ1073, as authorities investigate what happened. The suspension will remain in pl»»»

LONDON: A gas pipeline explosion on Wednesday at the Tishreen Thermal Power Plant in the Damascus countryside has forced three major power plants out of service, Syrian authorities said. The blast in the Harran Al-Awamid area, near Damascus International Airport, cut the gas supplies required to op»»»

DOHA: Qatar and the UAE played out a 1-1 draw at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah on Wednesday, with the UAE finishing top of Group B in the Gulf Cup. Almoez Ali put Qatar ahead in the 33rd minute before Ali Saleh equalised in first-half added time. Both teams finished on seven points, w»»»

Quantico announcement marks sweeping reduction in senior military leadership Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday the United States has slashed the number of generals and admirals in the US military by 20 per cent in a move he said is aimed at "accountability." "The number-crunchers s»»»

Rome: Italy has extended for another 15 days the checks at its air and maritime borders with Spain due to the continuing situation in Ceuta, local media reported Wednesday. According to Corriere della Sera, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi decided to extend the checks after a meeting of »»»

NASHVILLE, USA: Tennessee’s execution of Christa Gail Pike for a murder she committed at age 18 was halted Wednesday about an hour before it was set to begin, as a federal appeals court sought to review whether her allegations of childhood sexual abuse and rape were fully considered at her sentenci»»»

HARARE: A helicopter with six people on board crashed in a rural part of Zimbabwe on Wednesday and it appears there were no survivors, officials said. The helicopter crashed in the Marondera district, southeast of the capital, Harare, police said. Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana posted on X t»»»

Officials say criminals are using AI to deceive victims and move illicit funds. Dubai: The UAE is stepping up its fight against increasingly sophisticated cybercrime, with authorities warning that artificial intelligence is giving fraudsters new ways to deceive victims, steal data, hijack accounts »»»

LONDON: A gas pipeline explosion on Wednesday at the Tishreen Thermal Power Plant in the Damascus countryside forced three major Syrian power plants out of service, authorities said. The blast in the Harran Al-Awamid area, near Damascus International Airport, cut gas supplies needed to operate the »»»

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, September 30: The Cornell University gang rape investigation reopens. But first: students and prisoners protest in Iran "in a rare show of dissent". Journalist Evan Gershkovich speaks about his 16 months in a Russian prison. Bonus: what can we do to be less lonely? Fi»»»

Abdullah bin Zayed checks on passengers after flydubai security incident Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen them during a telephone call with Gideon Sa’ar, Ministe»»»

Speaking alongside Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said that it would be "a good decision" if the UK decided to rejoin the European Union. The two leaders met at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on the second day of Macron's two-day state visit to Spa»»»

A British-French agreement aimed at reducing the number of people trying to cross the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, London said Wednesday. The pilot programme was intended to break the business model of "people smugglers" by exchanging undocumented migrants who had made the cros»»»

LONDON: A dozen Impressionist and post-Impressionist artworks collectively valued at almost half a billion dollars are going up for auction after sitting unseen for decades in a fabled private collection in South America. Sotheby’s auction house said Wednesday that works by Vincent van Gogh and Pau»»»

Abdullah bin Zayed checks on passengers after flydubai security incident Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen them during a telephone call with Gideon Sa’ar, Ministe»»»

Presidential candidate and Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov said that, above all, Bulgaria’s president should be Bulgarian, put the national interest first and look exclusively after the interests of Bulgarian citizens. He made the remarks at an election campaign meeting with supporters in Ak»»»

Divorce filing follows questions over alleged affair and fallout from protest deaths Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her husband of 34 years. Noem, who was tasked with leading US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown from January 2025»»»

A 15-meter-high bronze memorial towers over the Amur River embankment: a Soviet soldier swings his rifle butt, smashing a Japanese border marker bearing the Imperial Chrysanthemum emblem – a symbol held sacred in Japan. On September 4 – the day following Victory Day over Militaristic Japan and the »»»

GAZA: Israeli strikes killed at least seven Palestinians in two separate attacks in the Gaza Strip ​on Wednesday, the territory’s health officials said. In Gaza City, an Israeli airstrike on an apartment killed one woman, wounded her husband and several others, medics said. The Israeli military sai»»»