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Russian Strikes Wound 12 in Ukraine
Russian Strikes Wound 12 in Ukraine

Russian strikes targeting Ukraine overnight Saturday to Sunday wounded at least 12 people, according to local authorities, prompting Kyiv to renew calls for new air defense systems. Since its invasion in February 2022 Russia has launched near-nightly bombardments of Ukrainian towns and cities, sending barrages of drones and missiles against ...

Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Forces Killed 14, Including Children
Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Forces Killed 14, Including Children

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli air strikes and gunfire killed at least 14 people, including three children, in the war-stricken Palestinian territory on Sunday. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 13 people died in air strikes at four locations around the Gaza Strip and another from Israeli fire near an aid distribution ...

Netanyahu 'Must Go', Says Former Israeli PM Bennett
Netanyahu 'Must Go', Says Former Israeli PM Bennett

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must leave office, his predecessor Naftali Bennett has said in a televised interview, refusing to say whether he intends to challenge the country's longest-serving leader in an election. In an interview with Israel's Channel 12 that aired on Saturday, former prime minister Bennett said Netanyahu "has ...

Renewables and Diversification: The Gulf’s Strategy
SpotlightRenewables and Diversification: The Gulf’s Strategy

After decades of prosperity built on fossil fuels, the Gulf monarchies are increasingly turning toward green hydrogen, pursuing a dual goal: diversifying their economies and demonstrating a credible commitment to tackling climate change. As Karim Elgendy, an ecological transition specialist, told AFP, “The Gulf states want to lead the global ...

Morocco's Atlantic Gambit: Linking Restive Sahel to Ocean
Morocco's Atlantic Gambit: Linking Restive Sahel to Ocean

A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara. The "Atlantic Initiative" promises ocean access to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger through a new $1.3-billion port in the former Spanish colony ...

AI is Learning to Lie, Scheme, and Threaten its Creators
AI is Learning to Lie, Scheme, and Threaten its Creators

The world's most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviors - lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals. In one particularly jarring example, under threat of being unplugged, Anthropic's latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an engineer and threatened to reveal an extramarital ...

Trump Says ‘Not Going To Stand’ for Netanyahu’s Continued Prosecution
Trump Says ‘Not Going To Stand’ for Netanyahu’s Continued Prosecution

President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States was "not going to stand" for the continued prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges. "The United States of America spends Billions of Dollar a year, far more than on any other Nation, protecting and supporting Israel. We are not going to ...

IAEA Says Iran Could Again Enrich Uranium \
IAEA Says Iran Could Again Enrich Uranium "In Matter of Months"

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium "in a matter of months," despite damage to several nuclear facilities from US and Israeli attacks, CBS News said Saturday. Israel launched a bombing campaign on Iranian nuclear and military sites on June 13, saying it was aimed at ...

The Return of ISIS in Syria: Who’s Pulling the Strings?
ExplainerThe Return of ISIS in Syria: Who’s Pulling the Strings?

The deadly June 22 attack on the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, which killed at least 25 people, has brought back into focus a lingering threat: the Islamic State group, commonly known as ISIS (or Daesh). While the terrorist organization appeared weakened in recent years, a new affiliated jihadist faction, Saraya Ansar al-Sunna, claimed ...

Iran Extends Access to Airspace for Overflights after Ceasefire
Iran Extends Access to Airspace for Overflights after Ceasefire

Iran has expanded access to its airspace for international overflights following a ceasefire with Israel, though flight restrictions remain in place across much of the country, an official said Saturday. "In addition to the eastern half of the country's airspace being available for domestic, international and overflight operations, the airspace ...