US and Iran Reach Deal to Reopen Hormuz

Australian girl dies after Pakistani police ‘mistakenly’ shoots family, officer arrested

Police shot and killed an Australian child in eastern Pakistan, authorities said, with Canberra calling on Monday for an investigation into the incident that also wounded two of the girl’s family members. Police in Pakistan’s most populous eastern province, Punjab, said that officers responding to a robbery exchanged fire with the suspects who were holding the passengers of a family’s car at gunpoint on Wednesday. “In the ensuing chaos, the officer involved mistakenly assessed that the...

The US-Iran deal has bought time, but what remains to be achieved?

The United States, Iran and their mediator Pakistan each announced on Sunday that Washington and Tehran had reached an agreement intended to end the conflict between them that has lasted more than 100 days. Writing on social media on Sunday, US President Donald Trump stated, “This Great Deal will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region”. Representatives for the warring countries said they would formally sign a document in Switzerland on Friday that Iran’s Supreme National Security...

Putin’s paranoia: AI espionage pushes Kremlin to reinforce security measures

Putin’s paranoia: AI espionage pushes Kremlin to reinforce security measures Russia’s security services temporarily disconnected a special surveillance system protecting Putin and his close circle in the wake of the US-Israeli killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Financial Times reported. The alleged incident highlights the heightened security threat of AI video analysis for the Russian leadership, said Ksenia Ermoshina, an expert on surveillance and censorship...

World leaders welcome news that the Strait of Hormuz could soon reopen.