The Gulf accounts for around 23% of global, non-China aluminum production, most of which is sold overseas.

Gulf aluminum output tumbles on Iran war

By Jemima Denham and George Abbott April 2 (Reuters) - Three paintings by French masters Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse stolen from ‌a museum in northern Italy last week were probably not ‌insured, according to market sources. One fine art underwriter told the Reuters publication The Insurer that ​the paintings, estimated to be worth around $10 million, had previously failed to secure insurance cover due to the cost.

Stolen Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse were probably uninsured, market sources say

The conflict with Iran has slowed but not stopped progress on autonomous transport in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Riyadh.

Gulf countries roll out more autonomous taxis

Government forces in Burkina Faso killed over twice as many civilians as militant jihadist groups over a two-year period, according to a study by Human Rights Watch, which accused both sides of war crimes and crimes against humanity.  According to the report, of the 1,837 civilians killed in the country between January 2023 and August 2025, more than 1,200 were the result of government forces.  Over 2 million people are estimated to have been displaced since the conflict began, according to the

Burkina Faso forces killed twice as many civilians as jihadists, rights group says

Those driven by both heart and mind help the most people, even far beyond their own circle.

Empathy and reasoning aren’t rivals – new research shows they work together to drive people to help more

A humpback whale that got stranded in shallow coastal waters in the Baltic Sea has swum free again, and experts hope that they won't have to make another rescue attempt.  The whale, which is 12-15 meters (39-49 feet) long, swam free late Monday from the spot near the German port of Wismar where it had been stuck since the weekend, regional officials said.  The whale was sighted again off Wismar on Tuesday morning and wasn't stuck, the Ocean Museum Germany said.

Whale stranded in the Baltic Sea swims free again. It still faces a tough task

Surging fuel prices caused by the war in the Middle East has many Malaysians concerned about paying more at the pump, but social media posts claiming petrol prices will increase sharply in fact share fabricated graphics. Local broadcaster TV3 and the Finance Ministry both denied publishing the circulating graphics, which feature inaccurate prices of petrol and diesel.

False fuel prices in fabricated graphics circulate in Malaysia as Iran war continues

Native culinary customs are an embroidery of flavors, procedures, and stories that have been gone down through ages. They reflect


Find the Native Culinary Customs: Local Flavors


The ship, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker named Talara, is not the first ship the IRGC has hijacked, but it had stepped back from such threats recently. Iran has taken credit for seizing a ship on Friday that was off the coast of the UAE near the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran defends ship seizure as a legal action, but tensions continue in the Gulf

Notwithstanding the steadily developing innovation and headways of today, the human soul of investigation stays an immortal trademark. From old times


Experience Is standing by: History's Most noteworthy Travelers


The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual Arctic report card shows how rapidly and profoundly climate change is warming and altering the region.

Arctic is again the hottest it's been in 125 years, with record-low sea ice, NOAA report says

Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates emphasized the "urgent need to refrain from measures" that risk further inflaming tensions on the ground. Eight Muslim-majority countries "strongly condemned" Israel's move to pass a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinian terrorists convicted in military courts, a joint statement released by Pakistan said on Thursday.

Eight Muslim nations condemn Israel's 'dangerous' new death penalty law

Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, and Slovenia refuse to participate in next year’s event after calling for Israel to be bann

Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel’s inclusion

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has not said he would announce electricity tariff hikes as war in the Middle East continues to roil oil and gas markets, contrary to a false claim shared in an altered news graphic circulating on social media. Local broadcaster Astro Awani branded the graphic a "fake", while the government said it was committed to shielding consumers from fluctuating energy costs.

Malaysian broadcaster rejects altered graphic about electricity rate hike

We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year. But there were a number of failures as well, some of them quite dramatic.

12 times rockets and spacecraft crashed and burned in 2025

Israeli company, Navitas Petroleum, has recently announced that it will undertake activities near the Falkland Islands, a project the Argentinian government decried as "unilateral and illegitimate. " Argentina is reportedly delaying moving its embassy to Jerusalem due to bilateral tensions relating to an Israeli company’s plans to drill oil from a field near the Falkland Islands.

Argentina reportedly delaying embassy move over Israeli company's oil project near Falklands

In the domain of valuable metal speculations, gold possesses its very own lofty position, shining with the tradition of a


Figure out How to Store Your Gold Ventures: A Thorough Aide safely


Jersey's wellbeing score is below UK and France in survey of data from 41 countries.

Jersey's wellbeing score is below UK and France

Harrison Schmitt, now 90, was on the Apollo 17 mission — the last time humans visited the moon. On Wednesday, NASA's Artemis II mission aims to kickstart a return.

He walked on the moon in 1972. This is his advice for the Artemis II astronauts.

Plus, a special treat in honor of a fan-favorite supernatural feline.

McDonald's is bringing two 'KPop Demon Hunters' meals to McDonald's. Here's what they include and when they launch.

The Danish drugmaker said it's cutting the price of Wegovy and Ozempic from $499 to $349 per month for some customers who buy the drugs directly.

Novo Nordisk slashes prices of popular weight loss and diabetes drugs

A humpback whale stranded for days off Germany's Baltic coast has gotten stuck on another sandbank, a Greenpeace spokeswoman told dpa on Saturday. The unlucky animal has garnered massive media attention since it ran aground on a sandbank early on Monday off Germany's Timmendorfer Strand resort, near the city of Lübeck.

Whale stranded off Germany for days found stuck again

The ascent and fall of realms enrapture our creative mind, advising us that nothing in this world is timeless. Indeed how do


Revealing the Incomparable Realms: An Excursion through Power and Inheritance


As climate extremes intensify, adaptation debates favor new technologies. Terraces in the Philippines and Morocco show how people modified their landscapes to respond to past climate shifts.

How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty

Given the Lego Group's multi-year partnership with the Pokémon Company, which was initially announced last March, fans expect that even more Pokémon sets will become available.

Lego's $650 Pokémon set is already sold out as demand, preorders surge

There are courtroom dramas, and then there are courtroom dramas involving two of Germany’s most powerful automotive names. This one falls firmly into the latter category. In a case that tried to fast-track the end ... Read more

Activists Took BMW and Mercedes to Court Over Gas Cars. It Didn’t Stick

A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it’s not causing more severe disease – in kids or in adults.

Kids may be more likely to get the new ‘Cicada’ variant of Covid-19, scientists say. Here’s what to know about BA.3.2

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - NASA sent four astronauts on the world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century on Wednesday, in preparation for a first-ever manned landing on

Factbox-China's crewed lunar programme eyes astronaut landing by 2030

The deepening energy crisis triggered by the US-Israel war with Iran has thrust energy security back onto the political stage in European countries.

Energy security rifts widen in Europe

The Israeli military said on Thursday it has killed more than 40 members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon in the last 24 hours. Sources within Hezbollah also reported that dozens of fighters had been killed in close combat with Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon.

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