Multiple Russian attacks causing casualties in various regions in Ukraine, US accuses Russia of using banned chemical weapons and riot control agents. [ more ]
Multiple Russian attacks causing casualties in various regions in Ukraine, US accuses Russia of using banned chemical weapons and riot control agents. [ more ]
Prominent AI leaders warn of 'risk of extinction' from new technology
(Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)
As artificial intelligence races toward everyday adoption, experts have come together - again - to express worry over technology's potential power to harm - or even end - human life.Months after Elon Musk and numerous others working in the field signed a letter in March seeking a pause in AI development, another group consisting of hundreds of AI-involved business leaders and academics signed on to a new statement from the Center for AI Safety that serves to "voice concerns about some of advanced AI's most severe risks."
Analysis | Abandoning the Middle East? Navy's AI Drone Fleet Says Otherwise
For more than a decade, Washington's Arab partners in the Persian Gulf have feared that the US is slowly abandoning the region.This view ignores strong evidence that the American security commitment remains high, even given the recent US-Saudi Arabia quarreling over oil prices.Nonetheless, the 50-year-old Carter Doctrine, the basis of the US security commitment in the Gulf region, needs to be updated and reaffirmed.
What the West Should Do If Putin Uses a Nuclear Weapon
As Vladimir Putin becomes more desperate in Ukraine, watching his killed-in-action tally rise weekly alongside the butcher's bill of destroyed equipment, his thoughts will turn to other options.We've already seen him launch a significant bombing campaign directed against critical Ukrainian infrastructureprimarily the electric gridjust in time to threaten civilians with blackouts and freezing home temperatures.
Prominent AI leaders warn of 'risk of extinction' from new technology
(Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)
As artificial intelligence races toward everyday adoption, experts have come together - again - to express worry over technology's potential power to harm - or even end - human life.Months after Elon Musk and numerous others working in the field signed a letter in March seeking a pause in AI development, another group consisting of hundreds of AI-involved business leaders and academics signed on to a new statement from the Center for AI Safety that serves to "voice concerns about some of advanced AI's most severe risks."
Analysis | Abandoning the Middle East? Navy's AI Drone Fleet Says Otherwise
For more than a decade, Washington's Arab partners in the Persian Gulf have feared that the US is slowly abandoning the region.This view ignores strong evidence that the American security commitment remains high, even given the recent US-Saudi Arabia quarreling over oil prices.Nonetheless, the 50-year-old Carter Doctrine, the basis of the US security commitment in the Gulf region, needs to be updated and reaffirmed.
What the West Should Do If Putin Uses a Nuclear Weapon
As Vladimir Putin becomes more desperate in Ukraine, watching his killed-in-action tally rise weekly alongside the butcher's bill of destroyed equipment, his thoughts will turn to other options.We've already seen him launch a significant bombing campaign directed against critical Ukrainian infrastructureprimarily the electric gridjust in time to threaten civilians with blackouts and freezing home temperatures.
Syria's Assad to Attend Arab League Summit After Yearslong Suspension
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria plans to attend a gathering of Arab leaders on Friday for the first time since he violently suppressed an anti-government uprising that morphed into a civil war, torturing and using chemical weapons on his own people.Syria's membership in the Arab League, suspended since 2011, was restored this month ahead of the leaders' summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq to justify Ukraine invasion DW 03/18/2023
Russia's invasion of Ukraine cannot be equated with the US-led invasion of Iraq, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the conflict that toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.Blair said Moscow's forces had invaded "a country that has a democratically elected president who, to my knowledge, has never started a regional conflict or committed any aggression against its neighbours."
New Earthquake Strikes Turkey, Rattling an Already Devastated Region
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, killing at least one person and trapping others in collapsed buildings three weeks after a devastating quake struck the same region, leaving more than 50,000 people dead in the country and in neighboring Syria.The latest quake struck just after noon on Monday, south of the city of Malatya, according to the United States Geological Survey.
On June 18, 1940, Churchill delivered his celebrated Finest Hour speech.The British Army had been evacuated from Dunkirk.France, under Petain, had decided to surrender.Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war, Churchill told the House of Commons.If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.
Biden warns of 'Armageddon' risk as Putin threatens to use nukes
Russian President Vladimir Putin has brought the world closer to nuclear Armageddon than at any point since the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Biden warned Thursday night.
Syria's Assad to Attend Arab League Summit After Yearslong Suspension
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria plans to attend a gathering of Arab leaders on Friday for the first time since he violently suppressed an anti-government uprising that morphed into a civil war, torturing and using chemical weapons on his own people.Syria's membership in the Arab League, suspended since 2011, was restored this month ahead of the leaders' summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq to justify Ukraine invasion DW 03/18/2023
Russia's invasion of Ukraine cannot be equated with the US-led invasion of Iraq, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the conflict that toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.Blair said Moscow's forces had invaded "a country that has a democratically elected president who, to my knowledge, has never started a regional conflict or committed any aggression against its neighbours."
New Earthquake Strikes Turkey, Rattling an Already Devastated Region
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, killing at least one person and trapping others in collapsed buildings three weeks after a devastating quake struck the same region, leaving more than 50,000 people dead in the country and in neighboring Syria.The latest quake struck just after noon on Monday, south of the city of Malatya, according to the United States Geological Survey.
On June 18, 1940, Churchill delivered his celebrated Finest Hour speech.The British Army had been evacuated from Dunkirk.France, under Petain, had decided to surrender.Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war, Churchill told the House of Commons.If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.
Biden warns of 'Armageddon' risk as Putin threatens to use nukes
Russian President Vladimir Putin has brought the world closer to nuclear Armageddon than at any point since the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Biden warned Thursday night.
The Thick of It was fuelled by my anger at the Iraq war and the way it left truth for dead | Armando Iannucci
Shortly before George W Bush and Tony Blair launched their war, the Arab League issued a statement declaring that invading Iraq would open the gates of hell.Of all the pieces of intelligence that the CIA and British agents were gathering at the time, this turned out to be the only accurate one.The invasion was launched on evidence about weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that consisted mostly of whatever it was Iraqi informants knew our intelligence agencies most wanted to hear and would happily pay for.
Live: Biden warns of the the risk of nuclear 'Armageddon'
HOUR BY HOUR 01:29 File photo: A member of the Ukrainian National Guard prepares a D-30 howitzer for a fire towards Russian troops in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2022.
Russia-Ukraine war latest: Joe Biden urges Vladimir Putin not to use tactical nuclear weapons after setbacks - live
Russia has reacted to its military setbacks in the past week by increasing its missile attacks on civilian infrastructure even if it does not have any military impact, according to the latest intelligence report from the British Ministry of Defence.
Analysis | Ukraine's Wins Make Russian War More Dangerous
Ukrainian forces have reconquered over 3,000 square kilometers of territory over the past week - more than all the territory Russia had added to its occupation in the six months since the start of the war.
The Thick of It was fuelled by my anger at the Iraq war and the way it left truth for dead | Armando Iannucci
Shortly before George W Bush and Tony Blair launched their war, the Arab League issued a statement declaring that invading Iraq would open the gates of hell.Of all the pieces of intelligence that the CIA and British agents were gathering at the time, this turned out to be the only accurate one.The invasion was launched on evidence about weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that consisted mostly of whatever it was Iraqi informants knew our intelligence agencies most wanted to hear and would happily pay for.
Live: Biden warns of the the risk of nuclear 'Armageddon'
HOUR BY HOUR 01:29 File photo: A member of the Ukrainian National Guard prepares a D-30 howitzer for a fire towards Russian troops in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2022.
Russia-Ukraine war latest: Joe Biden urges Vladimir Putin not to use tactical nuclear weapons after setbacks - live
Russia has reacted to its military setbacks in the past week by increasing its missile attacks on civilian infrastructure even if it does not have any military impact, according to the latest intelligence report from the British Ministry of Defence.
Analysis | Ukraine's Wins Make Russian War More Dangerous
Ukrainian forces have reconquered over 3,000 square kilometers of territory over the past week - more than all the territory Russia had added to its occupation in the six months since the start of the war.
Iran blacklists more European officials as tensions rise
The foreign ministry in Tehran blacklists three entities and 22 individuals from the EU as well as a think tank and eight officials in the UK.Tehran, Iran Tehran has introduced more sanctions on European officials and entities for supporting terrorism and fomenting unrest in Iran.Its Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday blacklisted three entities and 22 individuals from the European Union in addition to one entity and eight officials from the United Kingdom.
Analysis | All About the YPG, the Syrian Kurds Dividing Turkey and the US
For the US, the group was a critical ally in the campaign to defeat Islamic State in Syria and remains an important force keeping the jihadists from rising up again.Turkey, a US ally within NATO, views it as a terrorist threat.The group is the People's Protection Units, or YPG, a militia in Syria made up mostly of fighters representing the minority Kurdish community.
Iran blacklists more European officials as tensions rise
The foreign ministry in Tehran blacklists three entities and 22 individuals from the EU as well as a think tank and eight officials in the UK.Tehran, Iran Tehran has introduced more sanctions on European officials and entities for supporting terrorism and fomenting unrest in Iran.Its Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday blacklisted three entities and 22 individuals from the European Union in addition to one entity and eight officials from the United Kingdom.
Analysis | All About the YPG, the Syrian Kurds Dividing Turkey and the US
For the US, the group was a critical ally in the campaign to defeat Islamic State in Syria and remains an important force keeping the jihadists from rising up again.Turkey, a US ally within NATO, views it as a terrorist threat.The group is the People's Protection Units, or YPG, a militia in Syria made up mostly of fighters representing the minority Kurdish community.
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Pentagon spokesperson tamps down concerns over nuclear 'armageddon'
The US military's top spokesperson tamped down concerns of an imminent nuclear threat from Russia, days after Joe Biden warned of a potential nuclear "armageddon".
Biden calls the 'prospect of Armageddon' the highest since the Cuban missile crisis.
President Biden delivered a striking warning on Thursday night that recent threats from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia could devolve into a nuclear conflict, telling supporters at a fund-raiser in New York City that the risk of atomic war had not been so high since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Biden calls the 'prospect of Armageddon' the highest since the Cuban missile crisis.
President Biden delivered a striking warning on Thursday night that recent threats from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia could devolve into a nuclear conflict, telling supporters at a fund-raiser in New York City that the risk of atomic war had not been so high since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Putin blasts US 'hegemony,' predicts end to 'unipolar' world
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to encourage extended hostilities in Ukraine as part of what he described Tuesday as Washington's alleged efforts to maintain its global hegemony.
Pentagon spokesperson tamps down concerns over nuclear 'armageddon'
The US military's top spokesperson tamped down concerns of an imminent nuclear threat from Russia, days after Joe Biden warned of a potential nuclear "armageddon".
Biden calls the 'prospect of Armageddon' the highest since the Cuban missile crisis.
President Biden delivered a striking warning on Thursday night that recent threats from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia could devolve into a nuclear conflict, telling supporters at a fund-raiser in New York City that the risk of atomic war had not been so high since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Biden calls the 'prospect of Armageddon' the highest since the Cuban missile crisis.
President Biden delivered a striking warning on Thursday night that recent threats from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia could devolve into a nuclear conflict, telling supporters at a fund-raiser in New York City that the risk of atomic war had not been so high since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Putin blasts US 'hegemony,' predicts end to 'unipolar' world
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to encourage extended hostilities in Ukraine as part of what he described Tuesday as Washington's alleged efforts to maintain its global hegemony.