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CNN, Politico, MS NOW to sue Trump administration over White House ban 

21 September 2026

News|Media Leading news outlets CNN, Politico and MS NOW have said they intend to sue the ⁠administration of United St...

Inside Kazakhstan’s push to become a regional AI centre 

21 September 2026

A young woman in a sleek bun and a jacket with Kazakh patterns smiles from the screen at a directors’ meeting of Samru...

What’s the US–China AI ‘hotline’ that Trump plans to pitch to Xi Jinping? 

21 September 2026

The United States wants a new “notification mechanism” with China to warn each other when an artificial intelligence...

How oil, gas losses have shrunk Iran’s GDP by 10 percent during war 

21 September 2026

Amid the US-Israel war on Iran, the country’s economy has suffered a sharp contraction, with its crucial oil and gas s...

Why do Sudan’s humanitarian truces keep failing and who is to blame? 

21 September 2026

Efforts to bring about truces in Sudan are continuing to hit a dead end, with fighting continuing and worsening the coun...

Do Israelis feel any safer now than they did on October 6, 2023? 

21 September 2026

Israel’s upcoming general election coincides with the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attacks, and the issues...

A simple guide to the Yemen conflict 

21 September 2026

Yemen is back in the global spotlight after the Iran-aligned Houthi group earlier this month made military gains against...

Three South Korean officers wounded in border explosion 

21 September 2026

Three South Korean military officers have been wounded in an explosion in the western sector of the Demilitarized Zone (...

Russia election results show Putin’s party winning: What we know 

21 September 2026

Early results emerging from Russia’s first parliamentary elections since the launch of the full-fledged war on Ukraine...

Afghanistan says three killed in Pakistani air attacks 

21 September 2026

News|Border Disputes At least three people have been killed in northeastern Afghanistan in Pakistani air raids, Afghan o...