Iran’s acting Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, Brigadier General Majid Ibn al-Reza, has highlighted the growing involvement of women in the country’s defense industry, saying their contribution is becoming an important part of Iran’s scientific and technological development. Speaking at a meeting with women......
Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are expected to attend a White House state dinner hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Chinese leader’s upcoming visit to Washington. The event is scheduled for September 24 and is expected to bring together......
Asian food markets are facing mounting pressure as climate disruptions linked to El Niño coincide with the economic and supply-chain effects of conflicts in the Middle East. The combination is raising concerns over food prices, agricultural costs and the potential impact on food security across several major Asian economies. Risk consultancy......
Google has announced its largest carbon removal purchase to date through a new partnership with climate technology company Terradot, supporting a large-scale project aimed at tackling both methane emissions from rice farming and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The initiative covers more than 200,000 hectares of rice farmland in Brazil’s......
Some of the artificial intelligence industry's most prominent leaders are increasingly acknowledging the need to slow the development of advanced AI, but turning that emerging consensus into concrete action could prove far more difficult. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SpaceX and xAI founder Elon Musk and other technology......
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has declined sharply, raising renewed concerns about the stability of one of the world’s most important energy corridors and the potential impact on global oil and gas supplies. Shipping data released Wednesday showed that only four vessels passed through the strategic waterway on Tuesday,......
Meta has postponed the release of its new Muse artificial intelligence models by several months, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying the additional time will be used to address safety and security concerns surrounding advanced AI systems. In a post on X on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said AI companies and research laboratories have a responsibility......
Israeli military operations and strikes continued in several parts of the Gaza Strip, while the collapse of a war-damaged residential building in Gaza City left at least 21 Palestinians dead and 14 others injured, according to Palestinian health officials and international media reports. The seven-storey building in western Gaza City had......
Morocco is set to receive $150 million in development financing from the OPEC Fund for International Development to support projects aimed at strengthening the country's water security and climate resilience. The financing is part of a new package approved by the OPEC Fund's Governing Board for development projects in several countries.......
Global freshwater resources continued to face growing pressure in 2025, with river flows, inland water reserves and glaciers showing signs of persistent disruption, according to the latest report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The annual assessment points to an increasingly unstable global water cycle, marked by prolonged......
The Atlantic Ocean is experiencing an extraordinary hurricane drought in 2026, breaking a record dating back six decades, according to meteorologists. No hurricane has formed in the Atlantic basin so far this year, marking an unusually long period of inactivity during the modern era of storm tracking, which began in the mid-1960s. According......
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said she plans to remain in office until the end of the current parliamentary term, rejecting speculation that her government could call an early general election. Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Meloni said she wanted to complete the legislature's full mandate and......
Morocco has highlighted its experience in managing radioactive waste during a side event held on the margins of the 70th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, taking place from September 14 to 18, 2026. The event brought together Moroccan institutions and international partners to discuss safe and sustainable......
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has announced his resignation after the centre-left opposition secured a narrow majority in the country’s parliamentary election, bringing his term in office to an end and opening the way for negotiations over a new government. The final count showed that the four opposition parties won 176 of......
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has rejected international efforts to discuss the denuclearization of Pyongyang, insisting that her country’s status as a nuclear-armed state is permanent and cannot be reversed. In remarks carried by North Korean state media, Kim criticized discussions at the International......