According to Steven Runciman, Saladin was a chivalrous yet "formidable adversary" who "earned the respect—and sometimes the admiration—of his enemies for his strategic brilliance, his reputation for mercy, fairness in negotiations, his generosity toward captives, and his skillful

Pakistan hails the Chinese weapons systems it deployed during its four-day clash with India in May as performing "exceptionally well" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"A crooked tree lives its own life, but a straight tree is turned into wood." —Chinese Proverb

You need to know about Mir Khusho who runs Hunza's only hippie kitchen. You can't order meals. It's just one meal for lunch and dinner each. Take it or leave it 💥 Having a conversation with him is more than a treat. Thank you Ozair arts for the documentary

The Dunning-Kruger effect

Marie Curie and her daughter Irène Joliot-Curie both transformed science – and made history as the only mother and daughter to each receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. We will soon be announcing the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry. Watch live on our social channels, YouTube and

Well done The Guardian for having the guts to publish this Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

Regulatory T cells, the immune cells at the centre of Monday's Nobel Prize, are showing promise as a treatment for autoimmune diseases, cancer, and even organ transplants go.nature.com/3WqNNab

We need community spaces more than ever, and British Council’s restoration of the 109-year old Khaliq Dina Hall in Karachi was a treat to visit. The Cultural Protection Fund helps these spaces come alive again!

The 3D Fish Pond Mosaic, which has won numerous art awards, by Gary Drostle in London.

Oxford University's Blavatnik School of Government and Clooney Foundation for Justice have launched the Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice, the first global initiative dedicated to harnessing the power of AI for justice. Read more ⬇️

The chemistry laureate who built a whole new field of chemistry – Richard Robson. Read more about Robson's prize-awarded research: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the-m…

More than 33,000 women and girls have been killed since the start of the war on #Gaza. This is the deadliest war for women in Gaza's history. We continue to demand full humanitarian access, the release of all hostages, and an immediate ceasefire. #ForAllWomenAndGirls

Congratulations to Oxford University Alumni's Prof Richard Robson (BA 1959, DPhil 1962) 👏 #NobelPrize

A resident of North Pole, Alaska, had the privilege of admiring a magnificent spectacle from his doorstep.

The World University Rankings 2026 have just been published. The performance of Asia’s top universities has stalled for the first time in 14 years, while the US continues to decline. Analysis of the results: ow.ly/uERv50X8Bez #THEUniRankings

NEW: We’re honoured to be ranked number one in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the tenth consecutive year. 👏

“Nobody works harder than a person who does not like asking people for anything.”

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