Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was among tech leaders who raised concerns to senior Trump administration officials this week about security risks in Anthropic’s most advanced AI models, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.Jassy’s involvement sheds light on the extraordinary move by Anthropic on F»»»

RIYADH: It did not look like it for 94 minutes, but Qatar managed to secure a valuable and historic point against Switzerland to blow Group B at the 2026 FIFA World Cup wide open. It might not have been the showing Qatari fans desired after their disappointing campaign at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, b»»»

Doha Never say die! Qatar proved this brilliantly only to make history on Saturday claiming their first-ever FIFA World Cup point after Boualem Khoukhi's stoppage-time header secured a dramatic 1-1 draw against Switzerland in their opening Group B match of FIFA World Cup 2026 at San Francisco Bay A»»»

Doha Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani received a telephone call from Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait HE Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah. During the call, they discussed deepening and expanding cooperation »»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received a telephone call from Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait, HE Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. During the call, they discussed deepening and expanding coo»»»

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DOHA: Boualem Khoukhi headed home in the fourth minute of stoppage time as Qatar held Group B favourites Switzerland to a 1-1 draw and secured their first-ever World Cup point in Santa Clara on Saturday. Murat Yakin’s side dominated the match and took the lead after Breel Embolo converted a penalty»»»

A high level meeting between two senior American and Iranian officials is reportedly set for next week in Switzerland, BFMTV reports. The Pakistani foreign minister is planning to fly Switzerland soon to prepare for the talks, report says. President Trump previously stated that a final agreement wi»»»

The international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a pattern of abuse and sexual exploitation by some local and foreign staff working in Chad along the Sudanese border, in some cases targeting underage girls or trading food or jobs for sex with refugees, according to a confidential internal »»»

Tunis, June 13 (TAP) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti and South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola stressed the need to make use of available potential to develop...»»»

Qatar’s national football team began its FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Switzerland in their opening Group B match on Saturday at San Francisco Bay Arena. Al Annabi delivered a determined performance against the European side, earning a valuable point in a closely »»»

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Doha A remarkable Qatari presence filled the stands of San Francisco Bay Arena, creating an unforgettable atmosphere as they rallied behind Qatar’s national team in its FIFA World Cup 2026 match against Switzerland on Saturday. Thousands of Al Annabi supporters proudly waved Qatari flags and chante»»»

LONDON: A cache of previously undeclared chemical weapons from the Assad era has been uncovered by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons’ technical secretariat and Syria’s interim authorities, exposing a potential security threat should other remaining stockpiles fall into the wr»»»

Author: John Zeanah How does your community map out a long-term vision for the built environment? Most US cities and counties have long used the comprehensive plan for this purpose. While the plan was conceived to meet the existential issues of the 20th century, too often today’s plans fail to cons»»»

A woman was attacked Saturday at a beach in Australia. It's the fourth such attack within about five weeks. The others were fatal. File Photo by Bianca De Marchi/EPA June 13 (UPI) -- A woman is in critical condition after a shark attack at a popular Sydney beach Saturday, and she was saved by a nea»»»

For the first time, the chances of the US and Iran reaching an agreement are greater than 50%, despite Iran’s lingering distrust of Washington, Tehran-based Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi told RT. The comments come after Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Friday: “the Islamabad»»»

North Korea has condemned Washington’s approval of advanced air-to-air missile sales to South Korea as “war exports,” warning the move would deepen tensions on the Korean peninsula. In a statement carried by KCNA, a senior North Korean Foreign Ministry official accused Washington and Seoul of “syst»»»

LONDON: A UK judge has jailed four activists from the Palestine Action group for raiding an Israeli defense firm and causing over a million dollars in damage in “a terrorist act.” Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, and Fatema Rajwani had been found guilty last month of destroying equipment»»»

AI giant Anthropic said in a statement released Friday that it had disabled its most advanced AI models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after the US government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing unspecified national security concerns.  Anthr»»»

Manuel*, a Latin American asylum seeker, was snatched by ICE as he headed to a FIFA match in New Jersey with his sons last summer. He has now been separated from his wife and sons for almost a year. Detained at MetLife stadium in Newark, where the World Cup final will be held in mid-July, his exper»»»

Exactly one year ago, on June 13, 2025, the world entered a new reality. A new chapter was opened in the history of the Middle East, in the history of Iran, and in the long-running confrontation between Iran and Israel. What had spent decades unfolding as a covert, hybrid, and indirect struggle sud»»»

Over the past few years, I’ve grown fond of cozy, chaotic, cat-centric Japanese ‘healing-fiction’ books, which feel like a warm hug from our favorite feline creature. My latest snuggle read is the 2024 release, “The Blanket Cats” by Kiyoshi Shigematsu (translated into English by Jesse Kirkwood). It»»»

MAKKAH: Abdullah Al-Nashiri’s journey into agriculture began long before he planted his first mango tree. As a former teacher, with chalk in hand, he planted knowledge in the minds of his students, while his heart remained tied to a mango tree that had yet to be planted. When he decided to leave te»»»

BERLIN: Saudi Arabia’s climate envoy and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir met Germany’s Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Carsten Schneider in Berlin recently. The pair discussed ways to coordinate bilateral efforts on c»»»

RIYADH: Startups in the Middle East and North Africa raised $454.7 million across 33 deals in May, a 202 percent monthly increase and a 76 percent annual rise as funding activity showed signs of recovery. The increase was largely driven by debt financing, which accounted for 66 percent of total cap»»»

DALLAS: If Netherlands defender Jan Paul ‌van Hecke is to keep up family tradition, he will need to go all the way to the World Cup final. His uncle Jan Poortvliet ​played in defense for the Dutch in the 1978 final, where they lost the deciding game to hosts Argentina in extra time. Van Hecke is ex»»»

KANSAS CITY, USA: Harry Kane said England had enjoyed “great preparation” ahead of their World Cup campaign as the squad touched down in Kansas City — their base camp for the tournament. Thomas Tuchel’s men arrived in the Midwest on Saturday following a camp in Florida, where they played two friend»»»

The United Arab Emirates has expressed its solidarity with the Republic of India over the victims of an air force plane crash in Assam state, which resulted in the deaths of several soldiers. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to th»»»

Billionaire Elon Musk’s AI and aerospace giant SpaceX has banned investors from Hong Kong and mainland China from buying its shares as it goes public on Friday – a rarely seen restriction that shows just how geopolitically sensitive the world’s tangled financial markets have grown. But Chinese inve»»»

BOSTON: Haiti fans ‌brought their Carnival groove to downtown Boston on Saturday ahead of their team’s first World Cup match since 1974, competing with the bagpipes of Scotland’s Tartan Army which has set up camp in the city. A traditional rara band of bamboo trumpeters and thumping percussion play»»»

LONDON: More than 100 British lawmakers have called for an Israeli real estate event in London to be canceled, arguing that it could promote property linked to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. In a letter addressed to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, 101 parliamentarians from the House »»»

ROME: Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of the Italian capital in anti- and pro- migration demonstrations Saturday, after a far-right citizens’ initiative seeking sweeping measures against migrants garnered enough support to be brought to Parliament. A petition by the initiati»»»

NAIROBI: The war in Iran is driving up jet fuel prices and worsening supply strains for African airlines, forcing carriers to review routes and raising fresh concerns about the stability of the continent’s aviation network. The African Airlines Association says the crisis has exposed its heavy depe»»»

South Korea had a trilateral meeting with officials from the United States and Japan in Tokyo on North Korean affairs this week, the foreign ministry said Saturday. File Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI | License Photo June 13 (UPI) -- South Korea had a trilateral meeting with officials from the United »»»

Elon Musk, who has reportedly become the world’s first trillionaire following SpaceX’s blockbuster June 2026 IPO, continues to draw global attention for a striking contrast — his modest living arrangements in a 400-square-foot prefabricated Boxabl home in Texas. A compact base near SpaceX StarbaseA»»»

This video shows footage from the Islamic Resistance's downing of an Israeli enemy army drone, a "Heron 1" type, in the skies over the town of Nahla in Bekaa pic.twitter.com/JwObMtgwNd — Al-Manar English (@manarenglish) June 13, 2026 Islamic Resistance fighters confronted an “Israeli” Hermes 450 (Z»»»

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“Instead of hating, let us choose to understand others. In one city, we are all connected,” Sofia Mayor Vassil Terziev said, as quoted by the press centre of the Sofia Municipality. Terziev called for tolerance, mutual respect and overcoming division during a weekend marked by numerous large-scale »»»

JOHANNESBURG: A mass shooting in South Africa this week was the latest in a trend of killings in some of the country’s poorest areas that experts say is a symptom of organized crime gangs taking advantage of the failures and sometimes absence of police. The shooting carried out by multiple suspects»»»

CHATTANOOGA, USA: David Raya believes Spain “are in good hands” no matter who starts the World Cup in goal as he battles with Unai Simon and Joan Garcia to be Luis de la Fuente’s number one. Raya enjoyed an outstanding season at Arsenal, helping the Gunners to a first Premier League title in 22 yea»»»

Tunis, June 13 (TAP) – The current phase requires a radical transformation in the way storage and distribution centers operated by the Tunisian Trade Office (OCT) function, along with a qualitative leap in working methods and market analysis...»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his counterpart from Pakistan Muhammad Ishaq Dar spoke on the phone on Saturday, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the call, they discussed the latest regional developments and the efforts being made in this regard, SPA added. The tw»»»

Doha, Qatar: General Directorate of Civil Defense successfully brought a warehouse fire under control in the Al Wakrah area on Saturday, with no injuries reported, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) said. In a post on its official X account, the ministry said Civil Defense teams responded to the incide»»»

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New York, June.13 (SANA) Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ibrahim Olabi, met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres. During the meeting, Olabi delivered a written message from Syria’s Foreign and Expatriates Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani to the UN Secretary-General. O»»»

The March for the Family took place in Sofia on Saturday for a sixth consecutive year, drawing participants who expressed support for traditional family values. The event was organized by the Family Month Association, the Rod [Kin] Association and the Our Home is Bulgaria Foundation, with the suppo»»»

Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), expressed his condemnation and denunciation of the malicious media allegations and undocumented information circulating that target the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the State of Qatar, which seek to cast doubt on th»»»