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NileSat’s Net Profit Falls 24.3% in H1 2026 Despite Improved Operating Margins

Nilesat’s first-half 2026 financial results suggest that profitability is becoming increasingly disconnected from revenu...

AI billionaires could drive African aid surge

AI firms’ record-breaking IPOs could generate a pool of philanthropic wealth potentially worth up to $100 billion a year...

Reactor technology selection process progresses in Netherlands

EDF and Westinghouse have been awarded contracts by the Nuclear Energy Organisation of the Netherlands - the state-owned...

How Taiwan Became Singapore’s Largest Trading Partner 

Economic ties are increasingly important, but Singapore cannot, and will not, become a defender of Taiwan's internationa...

Interpol Operation Jackal IV Identifies 263 Cybercrime Suspects

Interpol operation leads to 58 arrests and identifies 263 suspects across 22 countries

Abu Dhabi’s M42 partners with Botswana health ministry, marking Africa entry

The 10-year contract with the government of Botswana includes a national genomics program and will digitize health recor...

Four in Five AI Tools Run with No IT Oversight, New Research Finds

Reco report reveals growing shadow AI problem and surge in vulnerability disclosures

Beyond the Blue Line: Tackling Climate, Peace, and Security Challenges in Abyei

Abyei, a disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan, faces interconnected climate, peace and security challenges that a...

The South China Sea and the Philippines’ Defense Strategies 

Insights from Su Mon and Tomas Buenaventura.

South African platinum miner Northam courts bidders

A takeover of the company would mark a major shake-up in the country’s mining sector.

Telecoms giant MTN seeks banking licenses across Africa

The strategy ramps up competition among Africa’s financial institutions for a growing customer base.

American diplomats return to the Middle East

The US is restaffing diplomatic posts across the Middle East after diplomats were evacuated because of the Iran war, sou...

The Iran War Is Disrupting Trade Connectivity Across Eurasia

Central Asia aims to benefit from Iranian ports and railroads have been disrupted by the ongoing conflict.

JASDF Fighter Jets to Visit India for First Time

Three F-2A fighters will fly to India via Okinawa and Thailand for Veer Guardian 26, with the U.S. Air Force providing s...

Would Wartime Elections Save Democracy or End It?

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum,...

Average Cyber Insurance Losses Increase Despite Fewer Claims

Chubb reported that growing privacy litigation has contributed to surging cyber claim costs in the US

'NovaCookies' Kit Steals Microsoft 365 Sessions for $320 a Month

The adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing service lowers the barrier to entry for actors to create attacks and steal m...

Rosatom and Egypt discussing more potential units

Egypt's Ministry of Energy and Russia's Rosatom have held talks to review progress on El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant's con...

DR Congo president warns $8.3B funding backlog undermines credibility

Administrative delays and weak project management have been blamed for causing delays in disbursing the funding.

Starlink Narrows the Gap to Under 13,000 as Nigeria’s ISP Market Fragments Further in Q2 2026

Starlink closed the second quarter of 2026 with 98,642 active subscribers in Nigeria, adding 6,651 subscribers since Q4 ...

Beijing looks to cutting-edge technology to revive flagging growth

Several metrics have shown that China’s domestic economy is slowing, potentially to below Beijing’s official growth targ...

Global trade tensions grow with no reprieve in sight

The US is weighing imposing yet more penalties on goods and services from Canada.

Markets eye Nvidia earnings for insight into tech sector

The semiconductor firm faces challenges, ranging from the increased cost of memory chips to customer concentration.

Piero Cipollone: From vision to delivery: building Europe’s tokenised financial market

Exploits and vulnerabilities in Q2 2026

This report covers statistics on vulnerabilities, exploits, and C2 frameworks in Q2 2026. For the first time ever, we ag...

Niger awards Arlit uranium mining permit to state-owned company

Niger's Council of Ministers has awarded a mining permit previously held by Orano to the state-owned company set up earl...

Second EPR site authorised for site preparations

The French government has given EDF the go-ahead to start site preparation work for the second pair of new EPR2 reactors...

Linux Foundation Introduces TRACE Standard for AI Runtime Evidence

This new open standard offers hardware-attested runtime and compliance evidence for AI agents

DDoS Attack Hits Norwegian Government Services

A coordinated DDoS campaign has caused disruption among Norwegian government services

Interpol's Jackal IV Disrupts West African Crime Infrastructure

The international law enforcement operation focused on disrupting crime-as-a-service networks and infrastructure behind ...

Nigeria Looks to Sovereign Cloud for Cyber, National Security

The West African nation launched financing, procurement, and infrastructure policies to boost its sovereign cloud initia...

US issues pause on visa appointments for applicants worldwide

President Donald Trump's administration has ​issued a pause on visa appointments for applicants around the world during ...

From Hormuz to the Caucasus: The New Geography of Energy Security

Every crisis in the Middle East returns the world’s attention to the same stretch of water. When tankers are seized, or ...

Russian checkpoint by North Korea car bridge 65% completed: authorities

Russia is nearing the completion of a border checkpoint next to its newly built road bridge to North Korea, according to...

Foreign AI is unavoidable. Australia’s challenge is in application

When discussions turn to Australia’s artificial intelligence future, the debate quickly becomes one of technological sov...

Israel's Lobby 2.0: What Walt & Mearsheimer didn't anticipate

In March 2006, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denounced the essay by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, "The Israel Lo...

Trump wants to stabilize Libya. Militants have other plans.

A series of crises have roiled Libya over the last month, undermining a U.S.-led initiative to resolve the country’s pro...

America Doesn’t Need More Nuclear Weapons

Expanding the stockpile could weaken deterrence.

The Future of Ukraine’s Drone Democracy

Transforming the military has changed the war—and upended politics.

Starbase, Louisiana: The Largest Private Spaceport in the World

SpaceX has unveiled plans for “Starbase, Louisiana,” described as the largest private spaceport in the… The post Starbas...