Ex-US Ambassador Pleads Not Guilty in South Korean Defamation Trial
Morse Tan, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large barred from leaving South Korea since May, pleaded not guilty on Friday as his criminal defamation trial opened...
Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips
After drawing acquisition interest earlier this year, the Nvidia challenger raised $1.5 billion to remain independent.Read More
Beheaded body of Rwandan government critic found in Uganda
A former Rwandan soldier living in Uganda, where he had become a vocal critic of his government back home, was found decapitated near the...
US adds ‘wrongful detention’ warning for Americans travelling to China
The US State Department has added a “wrongful detention” warning to its travel advisory for China, alerting Americans to the risk of being detained...
‘Islamist’ bomb threats sent to hundreds of schools in UK, Hungary, Serbia
Published: 2:04am, 20 Oct 2026Updated: 3:00am, 20 Oct 2026 Hundreds of schools in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Hungary and Serbia were sent bomb threats on...
Rubio pitches US business in Central Asia, says China ties need not suffer
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that Washington wanted to compete for business in Central Asia without asking countries to stop...
Homeland Security bans DeepSeek use in federal civilian agencies
The decision comes a couple of days after the release of the company’s latest AI model.
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Rubio Meets Counterparts From 5 Central Asian Nations in Uzbekistan
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with counterparts from five Central Asian nations during a visit to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Oct. 19, a...
Rubio Attends US–Uzbekistan Business and Investment Council Dinner
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends the U.S.–Uzbekistan Business and Investment Council Dinner in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Oct. 19. …