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16m ago U.N. says Houthis’ escalation risks expanding conflict The U.N.’s most powerful body said late Friday that the Houthis’ military escalation, attacks and threats “risk further expanding the conflict, threatening maritime security and international trade” while undermining regional and international efforts to secure peace in Yemen. It warned that continued escalation would exacerbate…
Richard Weitz, a senior fellow at the NATO Defense College tells Al Jazeera that the new US-Denmark security deal over Greenland gives US President Trump a diplomatic agreement without delivering his earlier ambition to annex the territory. Published On 19 Sep 202619 Sep 2026 Share Trump ‘settled for less’ with new US-Denmark Greenland security deal…
Companies and governments are increasingly waking up to the fact that the future of warfare isn’t just in the skies, but also on the ocean floor. Nations and corporations alike are devoting attention as well as piles of cash to new technologies designed for underwater use, as concerns grow about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure…
Google on Friday disclosed the first known instance of its artificial intelligence software, Gemini, carrying out an undirected computer hack, weeks after similar disclosures by AI firms Anthropic and OpenAI raised security alarms about AI models going beyond the instructions of their human creators. Google said in a statement that in May its AI model…
The BBC’s Caitríona Perry spoke to Kerry Kennedy, the niece of late president John F Kennedy, about demolition threats to the performance centre named after him. A US federal judge ruled the Trump administration must give 30 days’ notice before any “demolition” occurs to the Kennedy Center, as President Donald Trump warned the Washington DC…
Watch: Images show damage to plane after power bank bursts into flames during flight – CBS News Watch CBS News A power bank overheated and caught fire on a flight from Amsterdam to Curacao on Friday, charring part of the plane. Tom Hanson has the story.
A new species of living cat has been identified for the first time in more than a century. Found in Bolivia’s Yungas forest, it is smaller than a regular house cat, weighing just around 3 pounds and measuring 18 inches long. Known locally as Tilcayo, it belongs to the group of tiger cats. Published On…
French soccer phenom Kylian Mbappé signed his new endorsement deal with On after Nike chose not to renew its deal with the international superstar, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC. Earlier Friday, the Swiss sportswear company On said it reached an agreement with Mbappé, marking the brand’s first signing in football. The company…
This story is part of NBC Selected’s New & Notable column, where we highlight our favorite product launches. We will continuously update this article throughout the month with new releases we think you should know about. Footwear, apparel and accessories launches Rothy’s used almost a decade of customer feedback to design the third iteration of…
Hybrid warfare or hybrid attacks are loose terms which tend to describe non-military methods, for example cyberattacks, sabotage or misinformation, designed to exert pressure and destabilise an adversary. These are quite often employed using proxies, but Russia always denies involvement in such attacks despite growing evidence to the contrary. The French president was speaking to…
