Saudi Arabia warns of ‘red line’ after Houthi drone intercepted close to holy city of Mecca

Iran-aligned group rejects claim it targeted Mecca, while Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemns attack

Saudi Arabia has claimed its air defences intercepted and destroyed a ⁠Houthi drone attempting to fly over the holy city of Mecca, as Saudi warplanes continued to pound Yemen, raising fears of the conflict spreading further across the Middle East.

The Saudi-led military coalition said the security of Mecca – home to Islam’s two holiest sites – was a “red line” and that it would take necessary measures against the ⁠Houthis.

Human remains found in Arizona after deadly Grand Canyon flash floods

Hiker Timothy Smith, 53, missing after late-August floods but officials decline to identify remains

Human remains have been discovered near Arizona’s Crystal Rapids, over two weeks after a flash flood tore through the Grand Canyon, leaving two people dead and one person missing.

National Park Service personnel recovered the remains, before transferring them to the Coconino county medical examiner’s office, the agency confirmed over email.

Russia plotting to kill Ukraine allies in US and Europe, FBI says

Intelligence services allegedly attempted to pay people to surveil and kill people perceived to be aligned with Ukraine

Russia’s intelligence services are plotting to carry out targeted killings in the United States and in European nations supporting Ukraine, federal authorities said Tuesday as they announced charges against five people who remain at large.

An indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court said a network of the intelligence services had paid and attempted to pay individuals in the United States and in other countries to surveil targets to be killed with plans to then kill them.

Trump Defended A.I. Data Centers on Truth Social, and Commenters Clapped Back

The president’s posts about artificial intelligence on the social media platform he founded were met with an unusual volume of criticism.

The women saving Borneo: battling fire, patriarchy and super El Niño on Indonesia’s peatland frontlines

Fire threatens Kalimantan’s rainforests. On the peatland frontlines, a group of local mothers is defending their community. Words and Photography: Garry Lotulung

Irma puts on her heavy rubber boots as she prepares for a volunteer firefighting shift in her village of Sungai Putri, on the Indonesian side of Borneo island.

Dressed in full safety gear she heads into fire zones on her motorbike, the air thick with toxic smoke.

US set to deliver 2,000lb bombs to Israel as part of vast arms deal

Powerful bombs prompted such concern about mass deaths in Gaza that Biden officials paused delivery two years ago

The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000lb bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal, weapons that prompted such concerns about the possibility of mass casualties in Gaza that the Biden administration paused their delivery two years ago.

The $2.8bn package includes 40,000 bombs, made up of 20,000 MK-84s and 20,000 BLU-117s, according to two US officials and a person familiar with the plan who spoke on Tuesday on condition of anonymity to discuss the package, which is not yet final.

Trump, the Supreme Court and the Postal Service: A History of Mail Voting

The mail system took on new prominence during the Civil War by enabling soldiers to vote from afar. On Monday, the Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s effort to give it a new role in elections.

Two U.S. service members talked over their absentee ballots outside a bunker in Korea in 1952.

Pentagon Inspector General Details U.S. Losses and Challenges in Iran War

Helicopters for evacuating casualties were pulled from four countries, and hundreds of military facilities were destroyed, according to a new report.

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attending a dignified transfer in July for U.S. Army soldiers killed in action while deployed to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.

Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown

On social media, Meta’s chief executive appeared to jab at Anthropic by saying that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.

Mark Zuckerberg in July. In a social media post on Tuesday, he said that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.

Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs

The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.

Smoke rising after an Israeli bombardment of Gaza last year. Israel’s use of 2,000-pound bombs in the crowded enclave has caused widespread civilian harm.

Trump Plans Blitz of $138 Million and Counting to Save Midterm Republicans

His powerful super PAC is suddenly spending heavily on some races, after drawing fire from some Republicans that the group might not throw its weight behind the party’s candidates.

President Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., has amassed more than $400 million.

Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort

As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.

The federal civilian work force has shrunk by about 12 percent since President Trump returned to office.

Aumento dos combustíveis: Montenegro não vai fazer nada?

O Governo está a demorar a reagir a uma escala de preços nos combustíveis que não tem fim à vista.

Trump May Not Be Entirely Wrong About A.I.

Has A.I. become death, destroyer of worlds?

Os alunos não estão a aprender o que a escola tem de ensinar

As escolas não estão a conseguir cumprir a sua missão de ensinar um número muito elevado e diverso de alunos. Opinião de Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues

Lemos mais, mas lemos menos

Estou convencida de que a chave deste paradoxo está no “esforço”, que, voltando à escola, é um valor que tem de ser ensinado e treinado. Opinião de Ana Rita Bessa

Mais de 1500 cineastas e ONG israelitas mostram apoio aos autores de <em>NAZA</em>

Os realizadores do documentário sobre Gaza têm sido ameaçados com a retirada da sua cidadania.

Scrutiny of Jury May Complicate Future of Lindsay Clancy Case

The intense public focus on the jurors whose deadlock led to a mistrial could complicate any attempt to retry the case, and to seat jurors in other high-profile cases.

Kevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer, could try to argue that the lone holdout juror who caused the hung jury would never have been seated if a past criminal accusation against him had been known.

A geopolítica do PISA

O que parece evidente é uma deslocação das competências do Ocidente para os países asiáticos. Mas enquanto os EUA detêm outras potencialidades, a Europa só acrescenta vulnerabilidades. Opinião de Nuno Severiano Teixeira

A polémica Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld tem todo o direito de separar a sua arte das posições políticas que assume fora do palco, tal como os outros têm o direito de não querer rir com quem apoia essas posições. Opinião de Pedro Abreu

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