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Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei said the company disputes the legal basis of the action

Deemed a supply chain risk

Anthropic vows court fight in Pentagon row

Hungary's tax authority says it is conducting 'criminal proceedings on suspicion of money laundering'

Threats and accusations

Hungary has not returned cash seized from bank workers, Kyiv says

Infographic with map showing the Strait of Hormuz, locating floating objects (generally boats) captured by the Sentinel-1 radar satellite, before and after the announcement of the blockade of the strait by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, according to an AFP analysis

Amid rising fuel prices

Only nine commercial ships detected crossing Hormuz Strait since Monday

Trump has repeatedly said that he believes the Cuban regime is ripe for collapse

'Gonna fall pretty soon'

Cuba 'next' on agenda, after Iran: Trump

Dimorphos' egg-like shape and craggy, boulder-dotted surface came into clear view in the last few moments before DART's impact

'Notable step forward'

NASA defense test kicked asteroid off course -- and changed its orbit around the sun

Barack Obama smiled and said 'I love you back' as he received a rapturous welcome from the gathered mourners before paying tribute to Jesse Jackson

Speaks of assaults on democratic institutions

'Harder path': Obama attacks Trump at Jesse Jackson memorial

US President Donald Trump, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and other officials attend a ceremony marking the return of the bodies of three Americans killed in Syria

Died in Iranian attack on Kuwait

Trump to attend return of six US troops killed in Iran war

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the conflict in the Middle East is causing tremendous suffering and harm to civilians throughout the region

Escalating conflict

UN chief slams 'unlawful attacks', says Mideast could spiral out of control

Smoke rises from the site of air strikes in the Iranian capital

Analyst's thoughts

Middle East war a new shock for financial markets

President Claudia Sheinbaum unveiled the Mexico's World Cup security plan less than two weeks after an explosion of violence in Guadalajara, which will host four games

Mexico unveils 100,000-strong security deployment for World Cup

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable in Washington, DC on March 4, 2026

'Direct threats'

Trump's Iran war violates international law, experts say

Sanchez described the US war on Iran as 'an extraordinary mistake'

Amid Iran war tensions

Spanish PM says 'cooperation' with US should prevail over 'confrontation'

Switzerland is sticking with its F-35A fighter jet order but wants to reduce the number from 36 to around 30

Swiss eyeing fewer F-35 fighters, reshaping defence set-up

The UK is investigating a raft of sexual assault and human trafficking allegations involving late business magnate Mohamed Al-Fayed

'Human trafficking'

UK police question three women in Al-Fayed probe

The announcement follows a drawn-out pursuit of The Telegraph, which is 170 years old

Germany's Axel Springer swoops for British newspaper The Telegraph

Smoke rises over Tehran on March 5

Life under bombardment

Voices from Iran: protests, fear and scarcity

Ukraine has built up an industry developing interceptors that can down drones like those used by Iran against the Gulf states

Expert heading to Gulf

This is how Ukraine has countered Russia's Iran-designed drones

Residents stand amid the debris of a building following air strikes in central Tehran

Millions affected

Sleepless Iranians count cost of war as damage mounts

Planet Labs normally makes satellite images, such as this one of Tehran from Wedneday, available to clients almost immediately

Potential enemy fears

Leading satellite firm to hold back Gulf state images

Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir said the time was now right to put the question to the Icelandic people

After long negotiations

Iceland proposes August 29 referendum on resuming EU membership talks

This undated photo from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows Donald Trump (L), flanked by Epstein (C), talking to an unidentified woman

US releases Epstein files with uncorroborated Trump allegations

US payroll employment rose by 584,000 jobs in 2025, significantly lower than the 2.0 million rise in 2024, government data showed

Ahead of midterm elections

US sheds jobs in February in warning sign for Trump's economy

A view of the Strait of Hormuz from the United Arab Emirates

Securing shipping lane from Mideast war 'challenging', say experts

India's Jasprit Bumrah waves to fans after the semi-final victory against England in Mumbai

India's Bumrah only 'human' says Phillips ahead of T20 World Cup final

Analysts attributed some of the depressed retail activity to severe winter storms that battered the United States in January

Economy slowing

US retail sales decline as consumer pullback deepens

price increases are already evident for fuels such as petrol

War in Middle East raises stagflation fears in Europe and beyond

Lebanese authorities say Israeli air strikes in the country this week have left dozens dead

Compliance with international law

UN demands swift probe into Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Israel has achieved air superiority over Iran thanks to decades of focus on its air force

Strategic thinking

Elite pilots and US support drive Israel's air power

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