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TOKYO — Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song ended a three-and-a-half-year rate freeze on Thursday, lifting the policy rate 25 basis points to 2.75% — the BOK’s first tightening move since January 2023. The timing makes this more than a...

Northeast Asia, AI Boom, AI Chips

UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the launch of the preliminary report from the UN Independent Panel on AI. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 2026 (IPS) As the international community continues to weigh the good, the bad and...

Artificial Intelligence, Global, Global Governance

This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. According to Chinese media reports, at 12:01 pm on July 6, a People’s Liberation Army Navy strategic nuclear-powered submarine successfully launched a submarine-launched strategic missile...

Military, Block 2, Chinese Missiles

The US State Department said Wednesday it has approved the sale of an estimated $1.96 billion in weapons to bolster Saudi Arabia's air defenses, as the war ramps up in the Middle East. "This proposed sale will support the foreign policy...

News

The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early on July 16, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated with...

World

The Syrian Chambers of Commerce Federation and the Beirut and Mount Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture signed a memorandum of cooperation on Wednesday, 15 July, to develop trade, economic and industrial relations between the two countries. The agreement was...

MENA

Welcome, Here are the key updates of the day: - The US military launched another attack on Iran, for the fifth night in a row, with Iranian media reporting explosions on Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas and Chabahar. Meanwhile, Iran said it carried...

MENA

There is a version of development work that looks responsible but accomplishes very little. It moves cautiously, funds what is already proven and prioritizes institutional comfort over urgency. As a region of staggering diversity, rapid change and compounding crises, Asia...

Opinion, Artificial Intelligence, Clean Energy Transition

On 17 June 2026, the European Parliament approved new EU-wide rules aimed at speeding up the return of "non-EU nationals who no longer have the right to remain in the bloc." Passing with 418 votes in favour, 218 against, and 30...

Society

Chinese users of AI-powered companion bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their virtual buddies as national regulations took effect Wednesday aimed at curbing the risk of emotional dependency. File photo: Pexels. The phenomenon of artificial intelligence boyfriends and girlfriends is growing worldwide,...

China, Law & Crime, Science & Technology

In mid-June, Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa spent two days in Beijing and flew home with more than pleasantries. China’s finance ministry and the People’s Bank of China pledged to fast-track approval of Indonesia’s debut panda bond, a renminbi-denominated...

Finance, Asian Currencies, Asian Development Bank

Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targets A former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including...

Morocco, World news, Africa

On Monday July 13, airstrikes hit the runway at Sanaa International Airport shortly after a Houthi delegation returned from the funeral in Iran for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Yemen’s Defense Minister Gen. Taher al-Aqili said on X that the...

Larry C. Johnson

Over the past week, the U.S. resumed heavy airstrikes on Iran, hitting over 300 targets in the first three nights alone, according to U.S. Central Command. The strikes killed more than 30 civilians and wounded more than 260, according to...

World-cup, Nato, Iran

Even as the Pentagon mulls culling its combatant commands to reduce its bureaucratic bloat, lawmakers are itching to prop up another one — based on robots and AI. Combatant commands like CENTCOM (Central Command) and AFRICOM (Africa Command) — sprawling military...

Combatant-commands, Generals, Autonomous-weapon

The US economy is continuing to grow faster and generate more new jobs than Europe. Annual national income growth over the past five years has averaged 3.3% in the US against 2.6% in the EU. In the first quarter of...

United States, Artificial Intelligence, Block 2

Serious hostilities between the US and Iran have resumed. On July 8, Donald Trump said that the ceasefire agreed to by the two countries in June was “over.” Since then, he has ordered the US military to carry out intensive...

Middle East, Block 3, Donald Trump

Adaptation to frightening new normal and reducing emissions further and faster is critical, scientists warn Dozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when floods struck the coasts of west Africa last month. Now scientists have concluded...

Extreme weather, Flooding, Africa

Allies and clients have frequently entangled their great power patrons in needless geopolitical crises and sometimes even bloody wars. The tragic events leading to World War I in 1914 are a classic example. Serbia helped drag Czarist Russia into that...

Uncategorized

The ceasefire was supposed to mark the beginning of the end of a crisis. Instead, it quickly became a symbol of strategic failure. With renewed clashes in the Strait of Hormuz, fresh U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets, and Tehran’s...

Uncategorized

The Iran ceasefire is dead. FDD Research Analyst Janatan Sayeh and Bill Roggio discuss whether Europe may finally be turning on Tehran, whether Israel will rejoin the active fight, and whether the weakened Islamic Regime survives by unleashing its terror...

Generation Jihad, Long War Journal, Iran

- - - - Singapore officials have extended their unbeaten streak in domestic libel and contempt of court cases against the international press and local opposition leaders stemming from the 1980s with a decision by High Court Justice Audrey Lim, who on July 14...

News

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to block an amendment to the National Security and State Department appropriations bill that would have struck $3.3 billion in aid to Israel. The amendment, introduced by outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), was never expected...

Israel, Israel-aid, Congressional-democrats

Discover the beauty and power of tahajjud, the voluntary night prayer. Learn its virtues, rewards, and practical steps to make this intimate act of worship part of your life. A Special Invitation What if I were to tell you that there is...

#Islam, featured, Featured Home

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday elicited instant ridicule after he unveiled a new plan to offer military personnel testosterone injections. In a video announcement, Hegseth said he was authorizing a screening program to ensure US soldiers “have the...

Military, Block 4, gender affirming care

Donald Trump's reported call urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to withdraw from occupied areas of southern Syria reflects growing frustration within the White House over Israel's regional policies, an expert has told The New Arab . Speaking to TNA ,...

MENA

The forthcoming Miss Kathi: Saving Lives in North Korea is a book-length account in English by an aid worker operating on the ground amid the tensions and threat of conflict perpetually looming over the Korean peninsula. For many North Koreans,...

Northeast Asia, Books, Hong Kong

Kamala Harris’s reported outreach to pro-Palestinian activists should not be mistaken for moral courage. It is not a late conversion born of the ruins of Gaza, nor an act of repentance for the Biden administration’s complicity in Israel’s genocidal war....

Voices

Congress returned to Washington DC this week after its July 4 recess. With President Donald Trump having recently declared the memorandum of understanding with Iran “ over ” and with the two countries exchanging attacks, the war has predictably taken...

Congressional-democrats, Pentagon-budget, Iran-war

Since the unexpected success of his complex and wildly splintered “Memento” in 2000, Christopher Nolan has earned a reputation as one of the most intelligent and literate filmmakers in Hollywood, as well as one who dares to break Hollywood’s cardinal...

Arts & Culture, Books, Column

The United States launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, after it reimposed a naval blockade in a return to war between the two countries . Nearly a month after they signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending...

MENA

A coalition of 17 UK charities has urged incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham to impose sanctions on Israel and end UK complicity in Israeli violations of international law, with campaigners telling The New Arab that Palestinians are paying the price...

World

Perforce delivers a DevOps Tech Stack for teams building and running high-stakes software systems and revenue-critical applications, where failure is not an option. As a trusted partner helping organizations govern software delivery for AI, Perforce solutions enforce guardrails across code...

EDA, Perforce, devops

Perforce delivers a DevOps Tech Stack for teams building and running high-stakes software systems and revenue-critical applications, where failure is not an option. As a trusted partner helping organizations govern software delivery for AI, Perforce solutions enforce guardrails across code...

EDA, Perforce, devops

What is really occurring concerning the Chinese Economy Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Photo: Wikimedia Commons China’s second quarter GDP growth saw a significant deceleration, down to 4.3% year...

Economics, Finance, Article

Shipping companies are avoiding using a U.S. military-guided transit scheme through the Strait of Hormuz after a wave of Iranian attacks on vessels sparked safety concerns , seven maritime security and shipping industry sources said. For decades ships sailed into and...

MENA
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