World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
20 hours agoGulf states rethink security in light of US-Israel war on Iran
Gulf nations seek new security partnerships to counter Iran's influence and ensure trade flow through the Strait of Hormuz.
Retired Army Special Forces officer Mike Nelson criticized Hegseth's rhetoric, stating, 'That's a necessary end to achieve goals through military force - you have to kill people to achieve them. That's not the end. It's a weird obsession with death for the sake of it.'
The attacks forced a reckoning with one of the most consequential design flaws in global digital infrastructure: the concentration of military and civilian data on the same physical servers, in facilities that could become military targets the moment a conflict begins.
World Athletics has postponed its season-opening event in Qatar's capital, Doha, due to concerns for player and spectator safety as the US-Israel war on Iran continues to affect the Middle East.
In the early hours of March 1, an Amazon data center in the UAE was struck by a drone, the company reported. Shortly afterward, another center belonging to the American tech giant suffered a direct hit. And a short time later, a third, this time in Bahrain, was damaged by another drone strike. Since Amazon is the preferred partner of many companies and governments in the region, the attacks caused immediate disruptions.