Gulf Arab states increasingly view Israel as the main obstacle to progress on the peace plan – and may hope for an opening ...

On 9 January, Bloomberg reported that Turkey was ‘likely’ to join the defence pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and that talks to do so were in an ‘advanced’ stage. Later that month Pakistan’s ...

On 26 August, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a new resolution on global AI governance. Resolution A/79/325 sets up two new governance mechanisms: an Independent International Scientific Panel ...

Chinese AI company DeepSeek’s breakthrough model tanked US tech stocks this week, as it became clear that it rivals the performance of Western models like ChatGPT – but was reportedly developed at a ...

Eight candidates are vying to succeed António Guterres, but if the next United Nations’ chief can’t reassert its role in ...

Host countries that allow those in ‘protracted displacement’ to work boost their economies and improve refugees’ ability to ...

Hear from Catherine Raw at BHP, the world’s largest mining company by market capitalization, on the forces reshaping global ...

Daily power cuts, fuel shortages and empty shop shelves are part of everyday life for Cubans as they struggle with the worst ...

Iran and its allies can now exert pressure on two strategic maritime chokepoints, with global implications. A more coherent ...

Anthropic’s warning should be taken seriously – but not as cover for entrenching US labs or escalating rivalry with Beijing.

The administration’s efforts to undermine confidence in the US electoral system could spark a political crisis in November – ...

China absorbed the shock by drawing on stockpiles and a decade of electrification. Europe needs electrification for security, ...