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Pakistan vows to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthis | AJ #shorts
Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif says Islamabad will make “whatever means” available to Saudi Arabia under a new mutual defence pact if Saudi faces threats from t…
North Korea rejects DMZ landmine findings as tensions with South Korea rise
Tensions are rising along the Korean peninsula's heavily fortified border after three South Korean soldiers were injured by suspected North Korean landmines last week. Seoul and t…
South African president orders action on femicide after killings
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new measures to combat femicide and gender-based violence in the country. Since July, the bodies of at least 11 women have b…
Democrats hope anger at Trump enough to get young people to vote | AJ #shorts
Political strategist Celinda Lake says that young voters don’t usually cast their ballots in midterm elections, but they’re ‘very unhappy about the war’ and the rising cost of liv…
AI firms cannot be trusted to 'police' themselves, analyst says
Nicol Turner Lee, Director of the Center for Technology Innovation and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. She says AI companies have a long way to g…
String of rapes in Delhi triggers social campaign for women’s safety | AJ #shorts
Women in India’s capital New Delhi have taken to the streets after a string of rape cases, using bold slogans to demand safer public spaces and challenge restrictions placed on th…
Trump, tech bosses sign voluntary pact pledging ‘robust’ AI safeguards
US President Donald Trump and some of the world's largest tech and AI leaders have signed what's been described as a morally binding accord to “self-police” artificial intelligenc…
Trump backs AI self-regulation at tech summit but is it enough? | AJ #shorts
US President Donald Trump and leading tech companies have signed a voluntary agreement to regulate AI that includes internal reviews and joint monitoring, but falls short of intro…
Protesters block Orange Order march in Northern Ireland | AJ #shorts
Protesters have blocked a route into a Catholic area of Northern Ireland to stop a Protestant-led parade. For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Protestant Orange Order has be…
King appoints Morocco’s first female prime minister
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named Marrakesh’s long-time mayor as the country’s first female prime minister after her party won last week’s parliamentary election. Fatima Ezzahr…
