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United Flight Diverts After Passenger Allegedly Threatens To "Hijack" Plane

An airplane passenger was arrested for allegedly writing a message while midair that he was going to "hijack" the plane, forcing the United flight to be diverted back to Las Vegas shortly after takeoff Saturday.

Las Vegas police said they detained the man after a report of a person making "terroristic threats".
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Trump Pledges $1 Million For Information Leading To Vote Fraud Conviction

US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a $1 million reward for information about voter fraud, in a fresh bid to sow doubt ahead of the US midterms and push his false claim about winning the 2020 election.

Donald Trump gave no details of how the reward would be funded or administered.
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Iran Says "Very Good Discussions" Held With Mecca Pact Countries

Iran's security chief said Monday he held "very good discussions" with the three member countries of the Mecca defence pact, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, after their first meeting in capital Tehran.

Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaei said the discussions in the capital Tehran were "very good".
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Trump Slams Brazil Election As "Rigged" And "Corrupt" After Lula Wins

US President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that Brazil's elections were "rigged" and "so corrupt" after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva beat Trump's right-wing ally Flavio Bolsonaro.

Donald Trump claimed on Monday that Brazil's elections were "rigged" and "so corrupt".
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Democrats Demand Special Counsel To Probe Trump's Ties To Jeffrey Epstein

In a 53-page report, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee revived allegations of sexual misconduct made against Trump, a one-time close friend of the disgraced financier.

Epstein died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving minors.
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Microsoft Offers Exit Packages To 60,000 Staff As Company Pours Money Into AI

Staff on select teams in the United States, Canada, India and Britain at vice president level and below will be eligible, a Microsoft spokesperson said, while some groups of employees, including some working on data centres, sales and marketing, are excluded.

Microsoft had 223,000 employees globally at the end of June, down from 228,000 at the end of 2025.
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As Anthropic Files For IPO, A Look At Its Mounting Losses, Debt

Anthropic's early focus on training its models for coding tasks propelled the company to the forefront of the AI race and helped it draw a steady stream of enterprise customers.

Over the past three years, Anthropic's compute and infrastructure expenses have dwarfed its revenue.
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In Anthropic's Historic IPO Filing, A Mention Of AI's "Existential Risks"

The company behind Claude expects to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ANT, a filing Monday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission showed. Anthropic filed confidentially in June for a listing.

Anthropic had an $80.7 billion net loss on revenue of $16.3 billion in the first six months of 2026.
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Anthropic Unveils Blockbuster IPO Plan As First-Half Losses Hit $80 Billion

Anthropic was co-founded in January 2021 by Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei and several former OpenAI employees. They left the Sam Altman-led organisation because of fundamental differences in vision over how AI safety should be scaled.

The listing will be watched closely, as it is likely to show how Wall Street values leading AI companies.
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How Houthis Found An Unlikely Weapon Against Saudis In Epstein Files

Houthies are projecting themselves as defenders of Islam against corrupt foreign influences, even Saudi Arabia, where the holiest site of Islam is situated.

Houthi supporters hold placards showing the Kaaba and reading "For it, we willingly offer our souls"
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UK PM Burnham Seeks "Honest Discussion" On Restoring EU Free Movement

Andy Burnham, who has even touted the possibility of Britain applying to rejoin the EU one day, said the country should have an "honest discussion" about how immigration to the UK has changed since Brexit.

Andy Burnham has promised to lay out different options for closer relations with Europe
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