For the past three years, the dominant narrative around AI adoption has been straightforward: AI would automate white-collar work, eliminate millions of jobs, and dramatically reduce costs for businesses. Reality is proving more complicated. While...

Pakistan’s decades-old refusal to recognize Israel is once again under the spotlight after US President Donald Trump reportedly pushed for more Muslim-majority countries — including Pakistan — to join the Abraham Accords. But for Islamabad,...

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, better known as the QUAD, has announced a new maritime surveillance initiative aimed at expanding real-time monitoring across the Indo-Pacific—one of the world’s most strategically important and contested regions. The announcement,...

A British man’s death following a “detox” ritual involving frog venom has renewed scrutiny around alternative wellness practices marketed as spiritual cleansing treatments. Kristian Trend, a 40-year-old cancer survivor and wellbeing coach, reportedly became seriously...

Spain witnessed a politically charged weekend as two separate waves of protests swept through Madrid—one targeting corruption allegations surrounding Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and another focused on the country’s worsening housing crisis. Though driven by...

The fight between Big Tech companies and news publishers has entered a new phase, and this time the battlefield is not social media feeds or advertising revenue. It is the answer box itself. As companies...

For a few strange hours on May 22, typing a single word into Google Search produced something that looked less like a search engine and more like a confused AI assistant trapped in the wrong...

India’s meme-driven political internet has found a new rivalry. After the rapid rise of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), another online group—the Oggy Janata Party (OJP)—has emerged claiming to “expose” its political links and...

The US airport security system may be heading into one of its biggest operational shifts since the creation of the Transportation Security Administration after 9/11. A new initiative called TSA Gold+ will allow private contractors...

Most people know the Strait of Hormuz as one of the world’s most critical oil choke points. Now Iran is reminding governments and tech companies that the narrow waterway carries something else just as vital:...