19+ hour, 40+ min ago   (249+ words) Elon Musk and OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman have backed a call by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for a slower approach to artificial intelligence development, amid growing concerns over the speed at which increasingly capable AI systems are advancing. Amodei…...

20+ hour, 31+ min ago   (313+ words) Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for increased air defence support for Ukraine and the unfreezing of Russian assets after he was evacuated from a train following a Russian drone strike near the Polish border. Johnson was travelling…...

20+ hour, 43+ min ago   (709+ words) China is stepping up efforts to shape a new security order in the Middle East as Egypt and Gulf states reassess their dependence on the US amid continuing conflict and disruption to regional trade routes. The shift became apparent after…...

22+ hour, 18+ min ago   (580+ words) Iraq has dismissed senior security officials in the southern province of Maysan following a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's East-West Crude Oil Pipeline, increasing pressure on Baghdad to curb Iran-backed militias operating from its territory. Saudi Arabia announced on September…...

22+ hour, 18+ min ago   (257+ words) Boris Johnson and European officials were briefly evacuated from a privately chartered train travelling from Kyiv towards Poland after a drone attack threat halted the train near the Polish border, German newspaper Der Spiegel reported. The train, carrying former British…...

22+ hour, 24+ min ago   (341+ words) Fresh strikes in Saudi Arabia and attacks on vessels in the Gulf have heightened fears of further disruption to global energy supplies, as tensions around key oil and shipping routes intensified on Sunday. Oil traders are bracing for higher prices…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (173+ words) About 130 passengers and crew members are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in rough seas in Indonesia's Java Sea, rescuers said. At least 107 people have been rescued, while the bodies of six passengers have been recovered as…...

23+ hour, 47+ min ago   (533+ words) A fire broke out at a petrol station and near several parked trucks early Sunday after debris from a Russian drone fell close to the Yahodyn border crossing between Ukraine and Poland, Ukrainian officials said. The incident occurred during a…...

23+ hour, 56+ min ago   (292+ words) Vilnius Airport was temporarily closed on Sunday after authorities detected what was initially believed to be a drone in Lithuanian airspace, prompting NATO to scramble a fighter jet. The alert was later lifted after the object was visually identified as…...

1+ day, 29+ min ago   (372+ words) An Iranian commercial vessel was reportedly struck in the Strait of Hormuz late on Saturday, killing one person and injuring four others, according to Iranian state media, as tensions continue to rise around the strategically vital waterway. Iran's state broadcaster…...