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After Israel’s unprecedented use of artificial intelligence to select bombing targets in Gaza, experts are now sounding the alarm regarding what one analyst on Thursday called a lack of human supervision over Israeli AI targeting in Iran. “Similarities between Israel’s bombing of Gaza and Tehran are growing...

Middle East, Anthropic vs Pentagon, Block 2

That’s one unanswered question that lingers after the announcement Wednesday morning that an as-yet unidentified U.S. Navy submarine torpedoed an Iranian frigate that was 2,000 miles from its home port and that had just taken part in multinational exercises hosted...

Us-navy, Us-military, Iran

Hours before an Israeli attack in Tehran killed Ayatollah Khamenei, an account on the prediction market Polymarket made over half a million dollars wagering that Iran’s Supreme Leader would vacate office before 3/31. That account, named “Magamyman,” was not the...

National-security, Polymarket, Insider-betting

The launch of joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran could lead to economic and financial disruptions that ripple across the countries of the Global South with devastating effects. And while a quick end to the war could dampen these effects, Defense...

Iran, Gulf-states, Global-south

On February 16, a fortnight before the outbreak of the Iran war, US President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged having a “good conversation” with Chinese President Xi Jinping about a forthcoming US arms package for Taiwan. This statement came a few...

Opinion, China Invasion of Taiwan, Defense Priorities

Three Australian military personnel were on board an American submarine that sank an Iranian navy ship off Sri Lanka this week , Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday. The personnel were on the submarine as part of training arrangements...

MENA

If you haven’t heard about the fight between the AI company Anthropic and the US Department of War, you should read about it, because it could be critical for our future — as a nation, but also as a species....

Technology, AI Drone Swarms, Alex Karp

President Donald Trump has the authority to indefinitely suspend admissions of foreign nationals seeking to enter the United States under the US refugee resettlement program, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday, backing a key element of...

World

- - - - Rising government debt levels, especially in major rich countries including the US, are seen (rightly) as a threat to future prosperity, particularly in the context of aging demographics. But meanwhile, buoyant stock markets, Japan excepted, are...

Some people enter Ramadan with excitement, surrounded by community, family, and familiar rituals. Others enter it carrying fractures — the kind life leaves behind when responsibilities are heavy, relationships are strained, or the heart has been quietly breaking for far...

#Islam, featured, Featured Home

Morocco parted company with coach Walid Regragui on Thursday, three months before the World Cup , with the country's football federation naming Mohamed Ouahbi as his replacement. Regragui leaves despite having led the Atlas Lions to the World...

Sports

The admission this week by US secretary of state Marco Rubio, echoed by Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, that Israel forced Washington’s hand in attacking Iran has rightly caused consternation. Breathing life into something that would normally...

Uncategorized

American bombs are now falling on Tehran, and while Donald Trump ultimately pulled the trigger, administrations before him – Republican and Democrat alike – constructed the gun, and even loaded it. In 1995, US president Bill Clinton issued executive orders...

Uncategorized

Washington is reportedly moving missile defense platforms from South Korea to support the Israeli/US attack on Iran. As it does, Seoul is counting the increasing costs of the alliance. First, there is the obvious and headline grabbing financial costs. The...

Uncategorized

Ukraine says it will help the United States and its Middle East allies combat the Iranian drones that the Tehran regime is firing at the region. Russia has bombarded Ukrainian cities with these weapons for years, resulting in a series...

Long War Journal, News, Iran

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was not concerned about rising US gas prices driven by the widening Iran conflict , telling Reuters in an exclusive interview that the US military operation was his priority. "I...

Energy

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday "everything" must be done to prevent Lebanon "from once again being drawn into war", urging both Israel and Hezbollah to halt military operations. "I spoke today with Lebanon's highest authorities in order...

MENA

Iran-backed Iraqi militias claimed a series of drone and missile attacks against the “US presence” in the region on March 4 and 5, many targeting Iraqi Kurdistan, where significant American forces are located. US and Israeli forces are also likely...

Long War Journal, News, Iran

As the war in the Middle East spreads and intensifies, the one in Ukraine continues. While the two are geographically some 2,500km (1,600 miles) apart, the consequences of US president Donald Trump’s latest military adventure for the Russian war against...

Ukraine War, Ali Khamenei, Assassination

The US and Israel have launched a coordinated air campaign in recent days to destroy Iran’s missile capabilities and navy, curb its ability to develop nuclear weapons and eliminate its leadership. The strikes have been accompanied by calls from Donald...

Middle East, Air power, Block 4

US Special Operations forces captured Nicolás Maduro in a pre-dawn raid in Caracas on January 3rd. The mission reportedly utilized the military’s Maven Smart System, which is built by Palantir and has Anthropic’s Claude model embedded for data analysis and targeting. Claude is a powerful...

Opinion, AI Ethics, Anthropic

US President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security, the agency responsible for carrying out his sweeping immigration crackdown . According to multiple media reports, Trump was upset with Noem's...

World

Despite a DoD ban on Anthropic over its demands that its tech not be used for fully autonomous military targeting, its AI model, Claude, is enjoying prime time use in the U.S. war on Iran. Indeed, the U.S. military leveraged its...

Ai-military-targeting, Ai-war, Anthropic

WEST BANK, (PIC) A Palestinian man was wounded Thursday after Israeli forces opened fire at the Shufa military checkpoint near the city of Tulkarem in the northern occupied West Bank. In a brief statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medical...

News, Israeli crimes, Israeli violations

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the tents of a Palestinian resident in Khirbet Yarza, east of Tubas in the northern Jordan Valley, on Thursday evening, while Jewish settlers blocked an agricultural road leading to the area by...

News, Israeli crimes, Israeli violations

The German government backs the US and Israel in their war of aggression against Iran – contributing to a further collapse of international law. The murder of national leaders is becoming common practice in warfare. Read Article HERE This work...

Geopolitics, National Politics, German Foreign Policy

AL-KHALIL, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) informed the administration of the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil on Thursday that the site will be reopened to worshippers starting at dawn prayers on Friday, following a six-day closure imposed under what the Israeli...

News, Israeli crimes, Israeli violations

As the conflict in the Middle East engulfs more countries, recent media reports alleging that the CIA is planning to arm Kurdish ground troops to spark an uprising in Iran have been met with vehement denials by Iraqi Kurdish officials....

Shanaz-ibrahim-ahmed, Iraq, Iran

“That was meters away from us, that’s the Fairmont Hotel,” said white British fitness influencer Will Bailey in an Instagram video to his 122K followers, standing at the poolside in a crisp white shirt, club music pumping in...

Voices

The Shoah was possible because no one could imagine Auschwitz. Reality overwhelms our imagination. Emmanuel Todd is a French historian, anthropologist, demographer, sociologist and political scientist at the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris Cross-posted from Emmanuel Todd’s Substack...

EU politics, Geopolitics, National Politics

Weeks after suffering a major setback in Syria, the Kurds are again at the centre of another major crisis in the Middle East. Just days after the Trump administration began its war on Iran , reports emerged that...

Analysis

The semiconductor industry is entering a new era in system design. As traditional monolithic scaling approaches its economic and physical limits, multi-die architectures are emerging as a primary pathway for delivering continued improvements in performance, power efficiency, and integration density....

3D IC, Chiplet, EDA

Israel and the US launched missile strikes on Iran on 28 February following weeks of nuclear negotiations, in a move that triggered shockwaves across the region. The operation resulted in the killing of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali...

MENA

LENA PETROVA: Welcome, everybody. Thank you so much for joining us. I’m Lena Petrova with a new episode of World Affairs in Context. Today, I’m honored to be joined by Professor Michael Hudson, a renowned economist, distinguished research professor of...

Economics, Finance, Financial Institutions

Hezbollah and Iran's rocket and drone attacks on Israel on Wednesday were coordinated, Israeli officials believe, marking the first sign of direct collaboration in attacks since the outbreak of the latest conflict. Israeli security officials were cited by Israel's Kan...

MENA

In response to his sentencing following his conviction on 34 felonies in May 2024, President Trump stated that he had “won the election in a massive landslide, and the people of this country understand what’s gone on. This...

War & Peace, boat strikes, Venezuela

When Syrian forces moved into Kurdish-held territories in northeastern Syria in January, Turkish officials let out a sigh of relief. The “Kurdish question” seemed to be nearing resolution. For Turkey, armed Kurdish movements seeking cultural and political autonomy across Turkey,...

Egypt-Turkey relations, gulf, Gulf Cooperation Council
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