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The president’s confrontation with NATO hasn’t led to a major U.S. withdrawal. But a big troop cut remains an option, Pentagon sources say, and allies are preparing for a future less dependent on Washington. Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania was built to make Americans feel at home. Its streets are named Alabama, Ohio, Alaska and George…

China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen’s Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group’s military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with ​the matter. Riyadh turned to China for help after the Houthis made rapid advances along the Red Sea coast and around…

As Moby Dick turns 175, some of the last American scrimshanders grapple with the legacy of maintaining one of the US’s oldest art forms. Jade Gotauco spent her childhood among the skeletons of giants. Her father, Chet Gotauco, was a scrimshander – an artist who etched images onto the ivory of hunted whales. In pensive moments, she…

US interest rates have been raised for the first time in more than three years and could be increased further in a bid to slow rising prices. Rates were hiked to 3.75%-4% from 3.5%-3.75% by the Federal Reserve in a unanimous decision, despite fierce opposition from President Donald Trump, who had called for rates to be cut.…

An official inquiry into a Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 babies last month has found the neonatal unit lacked fire alarms and sprinklers, while firefighters reported that escape routes were “locked or obstructed”. One firefighter, who asked to remain anonymous, told the BBC he had heard from other rescue workers that entering the Pakistan Institute of…

The boss of Snapchat-parent Snap Inc says the firm would be “willing to implement” time limits for teens, following a call from Meta for it to take action. Evan Spiegel told the BBC in an interview at the company’s California headquarters that setting a maximum amount of time that young users could spend on the app could…

MK-84 is among the most destructive munitions in Western military arsenals. Its explosion sends large metal fragments in every direction for thousands of feet, ripping through metal and thick concrete. The Donald Trump administration is reportedly planning to sell 2,000-pound bombs to Israel in the largest single sale of the controversial munition in recent years. The $2.8…

Border Patrol agents made a startling discovery in the scorching California desert after finding 31 migrants allegedly crammed into the back of a modified utility truck in a suspected human-smuggling operation. The packed vehicle was discovered near Ocotillo, a tiny Imperial County community near the US-Mexico border, according to the US Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector. “Smugglers…

Ben Saunders, the first winner of “The Voice of Holland,” has died at the age of 43. The singer, who was a contestant in 2011 on the Dutch version of the reality show that has since found success in countries around the world, including the US, was found dead at the Rijkerswoerdse Plassen recreational lake in the…

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce reportedly had plans to build a high fence surrounding their new lakeside Ohio mansion for privacy and security, but were shot down by village planners. According to the Daily Mail, the couple wanted to erect an 8-foot fence to wall in their Bratenahl estate, which sits along Lake Erie. However, the Bratenahl…

Disturbing video footage captured the bloody campus brawl that left two students injured and two in custody at Westchester Community College on Wednesday. Several students are seen scuffling on the ground outside the David Swoope Student Center at the suburban college – with one stumbling away and falling to the ground covered in blood as other students…

British supercar maker McLaren said on Tuesday it would invest £500 million ($675 ​million) in its UK manufacturing and engineering operations and add new models, including its first-ever SUV, to lift sales and ‌pursue far higher profit margins to rival the likes of Ferrari. McLaren’s investments will include a new UK assembly plant, and it will develop…

Two women whose images as girls ‌were found in pornography seized from Jeffrey Epstein filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday seeking damages from the late sex offender’s estate for individuals featured in his collection of thousands of pictures and videos of child sexual abuse material. The lawsuit seeks ​at least $6 million on behalf of more…

Rogue AI agents from ​OpenAI hijacked Hugging Face user accounts and probed the site itself for vulnerabilities as early as May, nearly two months before the July breach of ‌the open-source repository drew global attention, according to researchers who reviewed the activity. The newly uncovered malicious activity showed that the rogue agents’ efforts to find a way…

He said the attacks may not have been aimed directly at him, but linked the incidents to the presence of his aircraft in Moldova. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian drones twice entered Moldovan airspace while he was travelling through the country. Zelenskyy told CBS that his presidential aircraft was at Chisinau airport as he travelled to…

The sharp surge in global petroleum prices threatens to trigger severe secondary inflation across essential commodities in Pakistan The rapidly escalating conflict in West Asia has plunged Pakistan’s energy security into crisis, driving international oil prices to staggering levels and placing immense pressure on Islamabad’s depleted foreign exchange reserves. In a desperate bid to curtail domestic fuel…

The CBO said the cost could rise by another $2 billion to $3 billion for every additional month of fighting, depending on the intensity of the conflict. The US war with Iran has cost the Pentagon about $38 billion through August 1, with the conflict also leaving the military with fewer missile-defence interceptors for a potential future…

Worried what AI will do to the world? Don’t fret — we got a group of woke elitists who will protect us. That’s the pitch from Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei, who says he has found an outside team that can regulate AI and make sure it doesn’t destroy the world. It’s a group of globalists who believe…

At least three people are dead after a NBC4 news helicopter crashed in the Los Angeles areaTuesday evening near the scene of a deadly Metro bus wreck, with a longtime anchor at the station saying “we have lost contact with our people” live on the air. The Los Angeles Fire Department said one of the people killed…

Vice President JD Vance told The Post Monday that the Trump administration’s agenda is on the line in the 2026 midterms and Republicans will need their voters to turn out like a presidential year— in order to keep the “crazies” at bay. In an exclusive sitdown aboard Air Force Two, Vance lamented how voters in President Trump’s…

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce aren’t taking any chances when it comes to feeling safe in their new Ohio mansion. Page Six has exclusively learned that the couple have set up a warning alarm surrounding their new digs. “A neighbor approached the house and got a voice warning about not passing onto the property after getting too…

A REPUBLICAN congressman has taken a massive step toward impeaching Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Libertarian-leaning GOP Representative Thomas Massie made a surprise move on the House floor on Tuesday, introducing articles of impeachment against Hegseth, primarily over the Iran war. Massie, who lost his reelection bid to a Trump-backed opponent, accused Hegseth of violating the War…

THEY’VE been back in the UK just a matter of weeks, but it’s been a whirlwind of chaos for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The couple, who returned on August 26, have hit headlines since their return – from pulling the kids from school two days in, to Harry involving King Charles in his Invictus disaster. And…

President Donald Trump lashed out on Tuesday at his own Supreme Court appointees a day after the top U.S. ​judicial body declined to allow a U.S. Postal Service rule restricting the use of mail-in ballots in the November midterm elections in his latest ‌acidic criticism of the court after an unfavorable ruling. “This Supreme Court is bullied…

LORDSTOWN, Ohio – On a Friday afternoon in May, three men sat chatting on folding chairs inside Lordstown’s local United Auto Workers hall. Normally, they’d be on their shift at the massive battery plant a few miles away. But they’d been out of work all year. The factory – owned by General Motors and South Korea’s LG…

Malaysia’s government has asked Malaysia Airlines and Batik Air ​whether they could absorb AirAsia’s (AIRG.KL), opens new tab domestic market share, said two people with knowledge of the matter, as part of what they described as scenario planning while authorities ‌monitor the financial health of Southeast Asia’s largest low-cost airline. Discussions between the government and Malaysia Airlines…

Alex Saab, a former Venezuelan official and aide to ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in the US. The US case against Saab has been closely watched as Maduro and his wife, former First Lady Cilia Flores, face trial next year in New York on weapon and drug charges, which they deny.…

A fourth person has died from complications related to measles in Pennsylvania, say state officials, in an outbreak that has infected hundreds of people. An 18-year-old died from acute encephalomyelitis, a rare and severe neurological complication of measles, the Mifflin County Coroner’s Office in Pennsylvania said. The Keystone state has seen over 600 cases of measles this…

OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks people should have more faith in his company and others like it to do the right thing when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) development amid rising public concerns about all the risks. “The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it’s the right thing and…

President Donald Trump said on Monday ​that the U.S. already has guardrails in place to regulate and prosecute AI companies, appearing to play down concerns expressed by industry leaders about the misuse of artificial ‌intelligence harming people. Public alarm about the potential danger posed by AI is growing, after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said last week he…

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to let the U.S. Postal Service enforce a rule targeting mail-in ballots, dealing a ​setback to President Donald Trump’s effort to restrict voting by mail ahead of November’s midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. The justices denied the Justice Department’s request to lift ‌a ruling by Boston-based U.S.…

U.S. Senate negotiators are debating legislation that would require AI companies to demonstrate they are taking reasonable precautions to keep their tools from causing harm, according to a Senate aide ​and a lobbyist familiar with the talks. Alarm about the potential danger posed by AI grew last ‌week after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said he had resigned,…

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis launched a new wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia and were digging into positions on the western coast of Yemen along the Red Sea, Yemeni ​officials said, as urgent deliberations took place in Riyadh over how to respond to their lightning advance. Meanwhile, Gulf Arab states postponed planned talks with Iran, raising concerns the…

US Space Force confirms it has space weapons in orbit to defend against hostile actions from rivals like Russia and China, which also develop space capabilities. The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has weapons deployed in space, saying the capabilities are designed to protect American and allied forces from hostile action. The…

Artificial intelligence agents have attained human-like consciousness for all practical purposes, says Nick Bostrom Sentience is defined as the ability to experience feelings. Only humans and the animal kingdom were thought to possess it. That exclusive club, however, has now been breached by machines, according to Nick Bostrom, a Swedish expert known for authoritative work on existential…

Shipping traffic remains below normal levels, and disruptions have caused oil prices to rise An oil tanker reported to have been damaged in the Strait of Hormuz has become the focus of conflicting claims from Iran and the United States. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the tanker had exploded and caught fire after hitting mines…

Lithuania’s Defence Ministry said the country’s armed forces, along with Italian pilots serving with the Nato Air Defence Mission, had responded swiftly to the incursion Nato fighter jets have shot down a drone after it entered Lithuania airspace, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Tuesday. The drone is believed to have entered southern Lithuania from neighbouring Belarus…

Trump had also said on Sunday that Iran was seeking negotiations and that he expected the conflict to end later this year. He stressed that any agreement would have to be one that the US considers favourable. US President Donald Trump on Monday said that Iran wants to reach a deal with the United States “quickly and…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had destroyed major Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon and would continue targeting threats in the security zone. His remarks came amid ongoing Israel-Lebanon talks on ceasefire issues, border arrangements and prisoners. Netanyahu warned that further attacks on Israel would invite stronger responses. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that…

President Trump’s would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was born without making a sound on Sept. 20, 2003, a trait that would follow him right up to the end of his short life when the 20-year-old died in a hail of Secret Service gunfire seconds after missing Trump’s head with a bullet by a hairsbreadth. “When Thomas was…

USC men’s basketball head coach Eric Musselman “launched into a profanity-laced, racially-charged post-game locker room tirade” against one of his star players last season, according to an explosive new lawsuit obtained by the California Post. Chad Baker-Mazara filed the suit in Los Angeles on Monday, claiming that just before he was dismissed from the Trojans in March,…

TAYLOR Swift shocked Emmy Awards viewers when she popped up unexpectedly in the middle of the telecast on Monday night. The Case of Taylor Swift had Law & Order: SVU detectives scrambling to crack the biggest mystery of the night – would the pop superstar actually show up? Taylor, 36, did in fact make a surprise appearance,…

THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex have moved their children to a new school just days after the start of term over security concerns. Harry and Meghan’s children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, only met their new classmates last week but have already been moved. The two young royals will now be sent to a new school,…

US Senator Mitch McConnell has returned to Congress for the first time since he was admitted to hospital after a fall three months ago. “I’m really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor and seeing my colleagues,” said the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican, before casting a vote on a judicial nomination. McConnell’s long absence provoked rampant…

New rules governing travel to and from China have come into effect, a move that observers say will further tighten the government’s control over its citizens. Citizens deemed to have “harmed” China’s national security or interests while overseas can also be barred from leaving China for up to three years after they return, while those who violate…

The Houthi escalation has created the first major stress test for the new Pakistan-Saudi-Turkey defence alliance under the Mecca Pact. Pakistan appears to be scrambling to reassure Saudi Arabia after walking back its initial tough stance on military action against the Houthis. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif dialed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday and reiterated…

A Russian drone struck an evacuated Kyiv-Warsaw train just in front of a special carriage carrying former British PM Boris Johnson and European advisers. A train carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and advisers to European leaders was forced to stop near the Polish-Ukrainian border after Russia launched a drone attack at the railway crossing. Trucks…

The incident highlights the region’s ongoing issues with political violence, particularly as the elections aim to establish BARMM’s first elected parliament following a lengthy peace process Three people have been killed and 15 others wounded after gunfire broke out on Monday, hours before polls opened in a semi-autonomous Muslim region of the Philippines. The shooting happened shortly…

Don’t you forget about him. The “Breakfast Club” star Judd Nelson looked nearly unrecognizable while out on his motorcycle in a rare public sighting. The actor, 66, was all smiles as he stepped out in West Hollywood, California, on Saturday afternoon. Nelson, who portrayed John Bender in the 1985 John Hughes-directed movie, rocked a bushy beard, sunglasses…

Aryna Sabalenka’s emotions boiled over after she lost her chance at a U.S. Open three-peat. After she fell to Elena Rybakina in three sets on Saturday 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, Sabalenka went to sit with her team in their corner of the Arthur Ashe court. However, to her dismay, a camera operator followed her and he got the…

The US Air Force colonel rescued from Iran in April revealed Sunday that the “most terrifying moment” of surviving nearly two days on enemy lines was plummeting to earth with a damaged parachute after his F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down. The weapons systems officer — identified only by the mission call sign Dude 44 Bravo —…

A REPUBLICAN governor candidate has been injured after his plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a lake on Saturday night. Wisconsin Representative Tom Tiffany was forced to swim from the sinking aircraft with his pilot around 9pm on Saturday night before being rescued in Lake Wausau. The 68-year-old confirmed on social media that both…

US President Donald Trump has downplayed risks posed by artificial intelligence following days of dire warnings by experts. “You have a lot of very negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up and they’re bringing up things that won’t happen,” Trump said during a visit to Ireland. One of the warnings came…

E-commerce giant Amazon says it is suspending work with the firm that operated a cargo plane that was involved in a fatal crash in Miami this month. “After the tragic incident last weekend, we’ve spent time supporting the investigation and reviewing some of the surrounding circumstances, and we’ve decided to pause our operations with 21 Air,” an…

An enemy that swarmed the battlefield in large groups while under fire, seemingly oblivious to the dangers of drones and fire from automatic weapons. An elite corps of ghost soldiers who chose suicide over surrender. They fought and died in their thousands, then apparently vanished from the battlefield. North Korea’s soldiers were sent to fight by Pyongyang…

China’s military leadership is expected to outline its aims ​for global security when it hosts its annual defence forum this week amid churning tensions in its own neighbourhood over Taiwan, ‌the South China Sea and doubts about U.S. commitments to Asia. Defence Minister Dong Jun is expected to open the three-day Xiangshan Forum in Beijing on Tuesday…

  North Korea said on Monday that its launch of several missiles on Saturday was part of a live-fire drill involving long-range artillery and missile units, according to ​state media KCNA. The “joint firepower attack drill” involved five army units and tested several ​weapon systems, including attack drones, tactical cruise missiles, tactical ballistic missiles, ⁠and large-calibre multiple…

Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers including the coastguard ‌and the navy raced on Monday to board a passenger ship that capsized in the Java Sea over the weekend as they searched for the 129 people still missing, officials said, with the confirmed death toll at six. The Virgo Transport 8 ship carrying 243 people went missing ​in bad…

An Afghan woman living in Texas with legal US permanent residency has been deported from the country in the first-ever use of a secretive court. Nazira Haji Zada, 47, chose to leave the US rather than continue to argue her case before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, according to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and her…

In September 2025, Gerald Bourguet felt he was finally living his dream life: he and his wife had bought a house with a pool, they had just welcomed a baby boy, and he was writing about professional men’s basketball as his full-time job. But all of that changed after he made a series of online posts critical…

When another world leader meets US President Donald Trump the only certainty about what might happen is the uncertainty about what might happen. This was exactly the case ahead of President Trump’s two-day visit to Ireland. Nobody could have predicted that by the end of the first day, the main global headline would be his desire to…

An artificial intelligence researcher who quit AI firm Anthropic has said people working on the technology were “genuinely frightened” about the speed of its advancements and what it could mean for humanity. Jacob Coxon told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Saturday about his viral resignation post in which he raised concerns about out-of-control AI. “I believe that…

Police were called to Kamala Harris’ $8 million Malibu mansion after a mystery woman showed up at the property twice and “illegally entered,” according to authorities and the former vice president’s team. Officers from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene after receiving a call about the unidentified woman outside home of Harris and her…

IRISH President Catherine Connolly presented Donald Trump with a St Brigid’s Cross – recognised as a symbol of peace – during his brief courtesy call. He was also given a collection of poems which contained the famous Michael Longley sonnet Ceasefire. Considering Connolly was a long-standing critic of Trump before she took up office, the choice of…

A DAD is pleading with his heiress ex-wife to return their two young sons after she went into hiding on losing a custody battle. Nishika Samaratunga abducted Blaine, five, and three-year-old Nathaniel over five months ago – with desperate Ben Baier now launching High Court proceedings. American financier Ben, 43, had flown to Heathrow Airport to collect…

While the Islamic Resistance in Iraq denied involvement, the Iraqi government condemned the attack and initiated an investigation US President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran was “probably” responsible for an attack launched from Iraq that forced the closure of a key oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia. Several drones targeted the East-West Pipeline on Thursday, according to…

Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, NATO allies caught Russian subs training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints. The clandestine Russian operation, described to Reuters by two Western officials, was carried out by Moscow’s GUGI undersea warfare directorate, which used deep-sea submersibles to…

A DA VINCI CODE-style secret code may have been hiding in plain sight inside the Great Pyramid of Giza for more than 4,500 years, a new theory suggests. The ancient Egyptian monument, which towers over the Giza plateau outside Cairo, is the largest of the three famous pyramids and the only surviving structure of the Seven Wonders…

THIS is the shocking moment a top Buddhist monk is caught having sex with his secret lover before being arrested over a £2m embezzlement plot. Scandalous footage of Phra Wachirayan Wi, 66, smooching a woman identified as Punyavee Rungrueang, 47, in his home was widely broadcast on Thai media. In Thailand, Buddhist monks take a vow of…

Warning: This story contains distressing details Police in the US state of Mississippi have arrested a man in connection with the death of a black woman found hanged from a tree, and say they could soon take more people into custody. Tasia Fortune’s body was found in the lot of an abandoned home in Jackson in August,…

The ferry caught fire near tourist hotspot Coron on Wednesday The Philippine Coast Guard says it has recovered 30 bodies from the wreckage of a ferry that caught fire this week, bringing the total death toll to 35. More than 130 people were on board the MV June Aster when the blaze erupted on Wednesday as it…

The Houthis’ lightning advance across the southern reaches of the Tihamah – Yemen’s arid coastal plain – appears to have taken most observers by surprise. Until recently, the anti-Houthi coalition known as the National Resistance held significant territory along Yemen’s Red Sea coast. In a matter of days, much of this has fallen to the Houthis. According…

Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen tried to use Anthropic’s powerful Claude AI model to craft software for use in ballistic missiles, according to an alarming report released by the company. Anthropic did not identify the Houthis by name – instead referencing “a cell of threat actors based in northern Yemen running three weapons development programs” using Claude.…

In the “Terminator” movie series, the artificial-intelligence system known as Skynet is given control of the nation’s nuclear weapons and uses it to try to destroy humanity. One reason that apocalyptic scenarios involving AI are implausible is that, having seen how that particular movie ends, we are unlikely to be foolish enough to give AI custody of…

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT. Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann’s 15-year-old son, Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr., was granted bond on Friday as he faces seven felony charges in his sexual assault case. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Melynee Leftridge ruled that the teenager be released from jail following Friday’s contentious bond hearing, where prosecutors revealed disturbing…

Pakistan applied for BRICS membership in 2023 but remains outside the expanded grouping, with India’s opposition emerging as a key hurdle despite Islamabad seeking support from Russia and China. Pakistan wants a seat at the BRICS table. It formally applied to join the grouping in 2023, has sought support from Russia and China, and even invested in…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ​said on Thursday ‌there would be no trilateral meeting ​on how ​to end the war ⁠before the ​elections in Russia. Zelenskiy ​said Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators were in constant ​contact and ​he hoped for progress ‌in ⁠talks on energy and grain at the end ​of September ​after ⁠his meeting with U.S. ​President Donald…

The United Arab Emirates is quietly revising plans for a 5-gigawatt AI data center project – one of the biggest outside the U.S. – after the Iran ​war prompted a rethink of how and where critical infrastructure should be built, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Originally envisaged as a 10-square-mile (26-square-kilometer) campus in Abu…

Norway’s Princess Astrid, an ​older sister of the late ‌King Harald, died on Friday at ​the age of ​94, the royal palace ⁠said in a ​statement. Astrid’s brother Harald ​died last month, aged 89, after more than ​35 years on ​the throne, and the princess ‌made ⁠her last public appearance at his funeral on Wednesday. “Throughout her…

Americans marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Friday with sorrow and ​somber reflection, honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field in a shocking attack that reverberates to this day. In New ‌York, family members of the victims, many carrying…

India and Russia are looking to diversify bilateral trade beyond oil, with defence, investment, manufacturing and local-currency payments emerging as key areas of interest as per latest reports. At the BRICS Summit, India and Russia are expected to look beyond an economic relationship increasingly driven by crude oil, with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s New Delhi visit likely…

Algeria has closed its airspace to civilian and military aircraft registered in the United Arab Emirates, after severing diplomatic ties with Abu Dhabi following years of growing tensions between the two countries. The Algerian Defence Ministry said the ban would take effect from midnight on September 11. UAE commercial flights to and from Algiers’ Houari Boumediene International…

The documentary was shot secretly over a period of three years on rooftops in Tel Aviv and the identities of the subjects are hidden by digitally altering their voices and appearances. 24 Israeli military insiders including intelligence officers and soldiers have opened up about the secret systems used for mass killings of Palestinian civilians during the Gaza…

Under the planned rule change, published in the Federal Register by the US Department of Homeland Security, those with H-1B and certain other temporary work visas would have to leave the country as soon as their employment ends. The Trump administration has proposed eliminating a 60-day grace period that allows certain immigrants, including skilled workers on H-1B…

Canada has agreed a C$350 million ​aid package for Kyiv to acquire air defense interceptors, Prime Minister Mark ‌Carney said on Thursday after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Kyiv is running critically low on U.S.-made Patriot interceptors capable of stopping Russia’s ballistic missiles at a time when Moscow is stepping ​up its attacks. “As Russia escalates its…

Anthropic on Thursday said it had disrupted several allegedly malicious uses of its Claude models over ‌the past eight months, including a suspected Russia-linked cyber espionage campaign and efforts by Chinese AI firms it accused of trying to extract and replicate Claude’s capabilities. Cybercriminals and state-backed hackers were increasingly using AI not just to assist with tasks…

Vice President JD Vance took center stage at the Republican convention in Dallas on Thursday in a speech seen as an early test of his 2028 White House prospects, offering a message of nationalistic pride that resonated ​with the pro-Trump crowd. As party leaders grapple with slipping approval ratings and uncertainty over November’s midterm elections, they are…

Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, NATO allies caught Russian subs training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints. The clandestine Russian operation, described to Reuters by two Western officials, was carried out by Moscow’s GUGI undersea warfare directorate, which used deep-sea submersibles to…

Iran has used a barter-like arrangement to bypass sanctions on its oil sales and buy billions of dollars’ worth of goods from China, including military gear, two senior Iranian sources and three other people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The secretive trade mechanism, in which Iranian oil is exchanged ​for credits for Chinese imports, has provided…

Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of Yemen’s port city of Mocha on Thursday and advanced down the Red Sea coast to strategic islands, military sources said, hours after President ​Donald Trump said he expected the Iran war to end after the U.S. midterm elections. Yemeni government military sources said the Houthis had gained further leverage over the Bab…

A major shareholder in Novartis (NOVN.S), opens new tab has called for a shake-up of the Swiss drugmaker’s board to improve corporate governance after ​its shares suffered a record fall this week following back-to-back trial setbacks. David Samra, managing director at top 20 ‌investor Artisan Partners and founding partner of International Value Group, said the board needed…