The alerts, including the first one issued in Makkah since the Middle East war began, were quickly lifted

China unveiled the new rules in July, saying they ​targeted violations of export controls or technology import and ​export rules in a way that may endanger ⁠industrial or technological security.

Around 100,000 children still die from measles each year

Public alarm about the potential danger posed by AI is growing, after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said last week he had resigned, in part because the "people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade."

The Houthis have been engaged in renewed fighting with Saudi-backed government forces since Yemen's civil war reignited in July, when the group declared a maritime blockade on Riyadh and began targeting its ships in the Red Sea.

Only two of the six conservative justices on the nine-member panel offered a dissent.

The preliminary injunction came a day before the new visa rules from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were scheduled to take effect

Middle East diplomacy appeared to stall yesterday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Gulf powers over the Strait of Hormuz, while attacks around the region’s two most important oil transit routes deepened concerns over global energy supplies.

Thailand’s Election Commission yesterday accused 26 sitting senators of colluding to rig the last Senate election, an alleged vote-buying scandal that has sparked protests and could see them jailed.

President Donald Trump said yesterday that the US already has guardrails in place to regulate and prosecute AI companies, appearing to play down concerns expressed by industry leaders over the weekend about misuse of artificial intelligence.

India has approved export of power to Nepal for 18 hours a day until December 31 after a devastating flood in the Himalayan nation last month wiped out about a tenth of its generation capacity, neighbour India’s power ministry said yesterday.

Beijing will ban the possession of drones within city limits under new rules from November, further tightening regulations that already prohibited the sale of the devices.

One person died and 25 remained missing after a boat filled with migrants sank off the Greek island of Gavdos, near Crete, the coast guard told AFP yesterday.

The Kremlin said yesterday that the leaders of China and India had told President Vladimir Putin that they stood ready to help end the conflict in Ukraine and that Putin had reacted very positively to the suggestion.

Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented by 2029 in the 21 states where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the NDA are in power, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah said in Mumbai on Sunday.

Sweden’s centre-left opposition yesterday looked set to form the next government as preliminary election results projected a narrow three-seat lead over the right-wing ruling parties with most votes counted after Sunday’s election.

The Himalayas are approaching a tipping point as glaciers melt faster than a decade ago, threatening water security as the region approaches “peak water” by mid-century, according to a study released this month.

The US and China are the two major driving forces of frontier AI development and the technology's global adoption

The findings come after the collapse of a Himalayan glacier in late August along the Nepal-Tibet border, which caused cascading landslides and flash floods in the valleys below.

The US has imposed sanctions on some smaller Chinese entities that buy or facilitate shipments of Iranian oil but has stopped short of the most punishing measures that could have repercussions on the global economy.