What next for the struggling rural mothers in China who helped to build AI?
Before autonomous driving freed up the hands of Beijing’s middle class, thousands of workers some 1,500km (930 miles) away in China’s southwestern Guizhou province...
China’s growing North Africa presence a structural challenge for Europe
China’s investments in North Africa have intensified in 2026, building on long-standing Belt and Road Initiative frameworks while accelerating amid the US-Israeli war with...
US commits nearly all of stealthy long-range missiles to Iran war
The next steps in the US military campaign against Iran will commit nearly its entire inventory of stealthy JASSM-ER cruise missiles, drawing them from...
US arrests niece and grandniece of slain Iran general Qassem Soleimani
The Trump administration has revoked the green cards or US visas of at least four Iranian nationals connected to the current or former Iranian...
Student in controversial Hong Kong documentary hits out at planned Italian screening
A student who featured in a controversial Hong Kong documentary has said she did not give her consent to it being shown at an...
Russia, Ukraine strikes kill 10 as Zelensky travels to Turkey for talks
Russia and Ukraine traded deadly strikes overnight and on Saturday morning, killing 10 people and wounding several dozen more, officials on both sides said...
Iran has 48 hours to make a deal, says Trump, or US will unleash ‘hell’
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran had 48 hours left to make a deal on opening the vital Strait of Hormuz or...
Chinese surveillance tech rolled out in Africa with ZTE, Hikvision and Huawei at the helm
Across major African cities such as Nairobi, Lusaka, and Abuja, governments are using surveillance technologies and credit lines from China to monitor public spaces...
Iran war: Senegal limits foreign visits for ministers as fallout from conflict deepens
The Senegalese government has banned all but essential foreign trips for government ministers as part of cost-saving measures triggered by the energy crisis linked...