AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators
In one particularly jarring example, under threat of being unplugged, Anthropic's latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an...Technology Geostrategy Investigations
Putin says Russia, Ukraine peace proposals “absolute contradictory”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia and Ukraine's demands for peace were "absolutely contradictory", after two rounds of...Geostrategy
First Palestinian ambassador to Spain submits credentials
The head of state welcomed Housni Abdel Wahed to the royal palace in Madrid for the traditional ceremony for newly...The first Palestinian ambassador to Spain presented his credentials to Spanish King Felipe VI
Madrid in May formally recognized a Palestinian state
Yemeni rebel missile hits central Israel in rare attack
Jerusalem, Undefined - A missile launched by Yemen's Hamas-aligned Houthi rebels hit central Israel on Sunday, a rare incident which caused...Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Iran-backed Houthis will pay a "heavy price" for the attack, which started a fire and caused some damage near Tel Aviv
Palestinian group Hamas, whose October 7 attack triggered the war, praised the missile launch, vowing that Israel "will not enjoy security unless it ceases its brutal aggression."
Trump safe after apparent assassination attempt, person in custody
The incident came amid heightened tensions in the knife-edge presidential race, and concern for the safety of both candidates. "There...The US Secret Service confirmed one or more of its agents "opened fire on a gunman" located near the boundary of Trump's golf course
The unnerving incident appears to mark the second time in as many months that Trump has been the target of an assassination attempt
US blames Iran-linked group for attack on Iraq diplomatic compound
The US embassy in Baghdad said in a statement issued on Friday that the attack was "initiated by Iran-aligned militia...An explosion rocked the compound located within the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport late Tuesday night
The attack occurred amid rising regional tensions over the Gaza war and shortly ahead of a visit by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to Iraq
Raided West Bank city holds funerals after Israeli army withdraws
On Friday morning, hundreds of people walked through the streets of Tubas alongside the four bodies hoisted on stretchers and...The Israeli military said that its forces were engaged in a "counter-terrorism operation" in the area of Tubas
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the military withdrew Thursday evening
North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site
North Korea for the first time showed images of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs on Friday,...North Korea is believed to have several sites for enriching uranium
The country may have produced enough fissile material to build up to 90 nuclear warheads: July report
US releases $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt
The United States, Egypt and Qatar are parties to the negotiations for the release of the hostages held by Hamas...Last year, the United States had made the release of part of this annual aid conditional on progress being made on respecting human rights in Egypt
This year, however, the State Department said Egypt had made "progress" in certain areas of human rights, and mentioned Cairo's help in mediating between Israel and Hamas
EU’s top diplomat urges de-escalation at Lebanon-Israel border
As war has raged in the Gaza Strip following Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah has traded near-daily..."We need to de-escalate military tensions," Borrell told
"We have to continue pushing for a comprehensive peace in the region," he said
UN chief says six colleagues killed in Israel strike on Gaza school
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said late Wednesday that Israeli air strikes on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza killed six staffers...UNRWA called it the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident
Rescuers said the strike killed 18 people, including UN staffers
Israel strike on Lebanon kills Hezbollah commander
Mohammad Qassem al-Shaer, "a field commander" in the group's elite Radwan Force, "was targeted in an Israeli strike on a...Hezbollah earlier announced Shaer had been killed by Israeli fire, but did not refer to him as a commander
The Israeli military said its air force had "eliminated the terrorist Mohammad Qassem al-Shaer" in the Bekaa Valley
