US-Iran-Israel crisis: who are the main players?
The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Saturday following failed negotiations and a crackdown on mass protests against the Islamic republic....
MWC 2026: Alibaba to launch new smart glasses powered by Qwen AI assistant
Alibaba Group Holding plans to launch new smart glasses powered by its artificial intelligence assistant Qwen at the coming MWC Barcelona trade show. On...
Cruise ship calls in Hong Kong may top 200 this year, tourism minister says
Cruise ship calls in Hong Kong may exceed 200 this year, the city’s tourism minister has said, as she revealed that authorities will consider...
Why Japan should push back on Trump’s investment demands
Ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s scheduled summit next month with US President Donald Trump, the message from Tokyo appears to be that...
From EVs to steel, how China’s price-setting deals are easing trade tensions
China and South Korea have resolved a trade dispute over hot-rolled steel coils through a price-undertaking deal, mirroring the solution used in China’s electric...
Pakistan-Taliban showdown risks becoming a protracted war of attrition
Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities are locked in a widening tit-for-tat confrontation that neither side seems willing to defuse, analysts said, warning the exchanges...
Israel launches ‘preemptive’ strike against Iran, saying it seeks ‘to remove threats’
Israel launched a “preemptive” strike against Iran on Saturday morning “to remove threats to Israel,” the Israeli Defence Ministry said in a statement. Sirens...
Meet Habibi – the Chinese AI uniting 20 Arabic dialects in a Middle East first
Chinese researchers have released the world’s first open-source text-to-speech (TTS) model that unifies more than 20 Arabic dialects in an AI framework, a move...
India’s AI superpower dream lands US$200 billion – now comes the hard part
As tech titans and world leaders descended on New Delhi for the India AI Impact Summit in February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set out...