Playbook for Hard Times Lands Two American Economists a Nobel Prize
American economists Robert Hall and Michael Woodford have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for building the theoretical scaffolding that governments and...
Trump Warns Houthis, Accuses Group of Trying to Spike Oil Prices Before Midterms
U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels of deliberately seeking to drive up oil prices ahead of November 3 midterm elections, warning...
How a Houthi Cell Tried to Use AI for Missile Development
Last month Anthropic, the company behind the Claude artificial intelligence models, published a detailed threat-intelligence report. Buried in its pages was one of the...
IMF Cuts Middle East Growth Forecast, Raises Global Outlook Amid AI, Debt and Energy...
The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecast for the Middle East and Central Asia, projecting a contraction this year as the US-Iran...
Why Were There No Public Alerts Before the Deadly Strikes on Riyadh Airport?
Riyadh’s main international airport has become a repeated target in the escalating conflict with Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Over the past week, four separate attacks...
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White House, Tech Giants Back ‘Morally Binding’ Safety Framework Amid AI Pace Concerns
The White House and leading technology executives had reached a “morally binding” agreement outlining principles for the development of artificial intelligence, with industry leaders...
Nvidia Says It Has Developed Software to Rein In Rogue AI Agents
Responding to growing concerns over the risks posed by autonomous artificial-intelligence systems, U.S. technology company Nvidia has launched a software platform designed to help...
Tech Leaders Warn UN of Severe Risks from Unbridled AI Development
The heads of OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face have warned the United Nations that the rapid pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development is creating...
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Bangladesh to ‘Definitely Positively’ Consider Joining Makkah Defense Pact
In a major strategic development, Bangladesh has said it would “positively” consider joining the Makkah Pact if it receives an invitation from its founding...
US Warns Americans in Middle East to Consider Leaving Amid Risk...
The United States has warned Americans across the Middle East to consider leaving the region or be prepared to depart if security conditions deteriorate,...
US Inflation Climbs to Three-Year High as Energy Costs Squeeze Consumers
U.S. inflation accelerated to its highest level in three years in May, driven largely by a sharp rise in energy prices that is increasing...
