Author: MediaLine Pakistan

Jeddah: Microsoft’s Azure cloud services have been disrupted by undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, the US tech giant says. Users of Azure, one of the world’s leading cloud computing platforms, would experience delays due to problems with internet traffic moving through the Middle East, the company noted.

According to BBC, Microsoft did not clarify the cause of the damage to the undersea cables, but mentioned that it had managed to reroute traffic through alternative paths. It emphasized that traffic “that does not traverse through the Middle East is n…

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Jeddah: Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the incident. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign by Houthis, which the group describes as an effort to pressure Israel to end its genocidal war on Gaza. However, the Houthis have denied attacking the lines in the past. It blamed failures affecting the SMW4 and IMEWE cable systems near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

According to TRTworld.com, the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 cable is run by Tata Communications, part of the Indian conglomerate, while the India-Middle East-Western Europe cable is run by another consortium overseen by Alcatel-Lucent. …

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Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense as the “Department of War”, reverting to a title it held until after World War II. The switch was a signal that the department was “a force to be reckoned with”, said Trump after months of complaining that the original name was “woke”. After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump sent a sharply different message on Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

According to France24.com, Trump stated that the change was intended to send a message of strength and victory to the world, asserting that the United States is a formidable force. He criticized the Department of Defense’s name as “woke”, and emphasiz…

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Brussels: The EU announced an additional £14 million in support to the people of Afghanistan, boosting its partnership with the United Nations. This new funding will expand the Afghanistan Community Resilience Programme (ACRP), which is implemented by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will now also join the program. In addition, the EU’s partnership with UN Women will be further reinforced.

According to European Union, with a further £6 million committed, the EU’s total support for the ACRP now reaches £21 million. This significant investment comes at a time of foreign aid cuts amidst multiple intersecting crises including the worsening …

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Washington: Donald Trump has been accused of inadvertently drawing BRICS nations—a grouping of some of the world’s fastest-growing emerging economies—closer together by imposing higher tariffs on them than on other countries. China, the largest BRICS member, still faces the prospect of a 145% tariff if it cannot reach a deal with Trump, while Brazil and India have been slapped with a 50% rate, half of India’s penalty being for buying discounted Russian oil. South Africa was given a 30% levy, and even newer members like Egypt could see their tariffs rise due to their participation in BRICS.

According to Deutsche Welle, Trump has repeatedly warned during the first seven months of his second term of additional punitive measures against any nation aligning with what he calls “anti-American policies”—a pointed reference to the BRICS growing …

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Cummins to Take Rehab Risks to Be Fit for Ashes

Perth: Australia captain Pat Cummins is willing to be “aggressive” and “take risks” with his rehabilitation from a back injury in order to be fit for the first Ashes Test against England this winter. Cummins has been ruled out of Australia’s upcoming …

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