Trump says Iran faces ‘bad, bad things’ if no nuclear deal after Tehran responds to a letter from him
"I sent them a letter just recently, and I said: you have to make a decision, one way or the...Geostrategy
Firms and researchers at odds over superhuman AI
The belief that human-or-better intelligence -- often called "artificial general intelligence" (AGI) -- will emerge from current machine-learning techniques fuels...Technology Geostrategy
Saudi Arabia offers to mediate between Russia and Ukraine
Prince Mohammed bin Salman called for a "political solution" after the Russian invasion and also reiterated his support for the...Arab countries in the Gulf, including Saudi Arabia, have mostly refrained from criticizing the invasion by Russia
On Wednesday, however, they voted for a UN General Assembly resolution urging Russia to withdraw from Ukraine
US says Iran nuclear deal ‘close’ but not certain
Negotiators meeting in Vienna to try and salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, which is meant to prevent Tehran from acquiring...The agreement was between Iran on one side and Germany, China, the United States, France, Britain, and Russia on the other
It unraveled when former US president Donald Trump, with Israeli encouragement, unilaterally withdrew from it in 2018
Fire at Ukrainian nuclear plant after Russian forces attack
Russian troops attacked Europe's largest nuclear plant on Friday, starting a fire at the Ukrainian facility, with the country's leader...President Volodymr Zelensky accused Moscow of trying to "repeat" the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Images on a live feed from the site earlier showed blasts lighting up the night sky and sending up plumes of smoke
Israel could be ‘potential ally’ for Saudi Arabia: Crown Prince
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said Israel could be a "potential ally" of Riyadh, in remarks published Thursday....Saudi Arabia does not have diplomatic relations with Israel.
But in 2020 two of its main Gulf allies -- Bahrain and the UAE -- normalized ties with Israel, becoming the third and fourth Arab states to do so after Egypt and Jordan.
France says worst yet to come in Russia-Ukraine conflict
France on Thursday expressed fear that the worst phase of Russia's war on Ukraine could be yet to start, with...France Foreign Minister said that Ukraine's resistance against Russian invasion could lead to cities being targeted
The minister warned Kharkiv in the east, Mariupol in the south and Kyiv itself were at risk of encirclement by Russia
Libya PM-in-waiting accuses rival of blocking swearing-in
The Libyan parliament's pick for prime minister has accused his rival in Tripoli of blocking ministers-in-waiting from traveling to the...Former interior minister Fathi Bashagha was appointed last month by the war-torn country's parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk
Libya's parliament has been based in the eastern city of Tobruk, hundreds of miles (kilometers) east of Tripoli, since an east-west schism in 2014
UAE and US are facing a stress test: Ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba
The UAE and the US are facing a "stress test" in their relationship, a senior Emirati diplomat said Thursday, as...Yousef al-Otaiba, the UAE ambassador to the US, was speaking days after it abstained in a UN Security Council vote on a resolution demanding a Russian withdrawal from Ukraine
The UAE, which currently holds the UN Security Council presidency, on Friday abstained from voting on a US-Albanian draft resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Biden to hold virtual summit with Japan, Australia, India leaders Thursday: Delhi
The statement from India's foreign ministry came a day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir...The statement from India's foreign ministry came a day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin
The grouping is seen as a bulwark against China, and there have been concerns in India and elsewhere that the Ukraine crisis would distract Washington from the region
Russian forces capture Ukrainian city of Kherson
"The (Russian) occupiers are in all parts of the city and are very dangerous," Gennady Lakhuta, head of the regional..."The (Russian) occupiers are in all parts of the city and are very dangerous," Gennady Lakhuta, head of the regional administration, wrote on messaging service Telegram
The strategic port city of 290,000 people near the Black Sea came under siege as Russian forces pressed ahead with their offensive across other urban centres
UN General Assembly demands Russia withdraw from Ukraine
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that "demands" Russia "immediately" withdraw from Ukraine, in a powerful..."The world is rejecting Russia’s lies," US President Joe Biden said in a statement later Wednesday
China was among the 35 countries which abstained, while just five -- Eritrea, North Korea, Syria, Belarus and of course Russia -- voted against it
