Syria’s transitional leadership has located remnants of former president Bashar al-Assad’s clandestine chemical weapons programme, including raw materials and munitions similar to those used in deadly gas attacks during the country’s civil war.Mohamad Katoub, Syria’s permanent representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, was quoted by Reuters as saying on Tuesday that…

Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former chief technology officer (CTO) who also briefly served as the company’s CEO in 2023 , testified in court that Sam Altman created distrust and confusion among senior leaders at the company. Her testimony came during the ongoing lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against OpenAI, where Musk has accused the company of…

Nasa’s Artemis II crew achieved a historic milestone on Monday near the Moon as their Orion capsule reached its maximum distance from Earth and entered a rare solar eclipse phase during a lunar flyby.The spacecraft traveled 252,756 miles (406,771 km) from Earth, surpassing the previous human distance record of 248,655 miles set by Apollo 13…

Lindsey Graham (AP photo) Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has once again questioned Pakistan’s credibility as a “mediator” between the United States and Iran in ongoing ceasefire parley, pointing to Islamabad’s long-standing hostility towards Israel and calling its role “problematic”.The remarks came after Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif rejected US President Donald Trump’s appeal for…

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty plunged sharply on Monday, tracking a brutal global sell-off as the Middle East war deepened into its fourth week, with rising crude prices, persistent foreign fund outflows and a record-low rupee worsening investor nerves.The 30-share BSE Sensex slumped 1,836.57 points, or 2.46 per cent, to close at 72,696.39, after…