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841 storiesHouthis say they struck targets across Saudi Arabia; coalition claims Red Sea gains
Yemen's Houthi movement said it fired missiles and drones at airports, oil and military sites across Saudi Arabia, naming Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and an Aramco refinery at Rabigh, and warned international airlines to stop…
USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after extended Middle East deployment
The USS Abraham Lincoln is coming home to San Diego after an extended deployment to the Middle East supporting operations against Iran, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcoming the crew. The deployment drew congressional and family scr…
Pentagon withdraws all bombers from UK's RAF Fairford after suspected terror plot
The Pentagon said all U.S. bombers deployed to Royal Air Force Fairford in England have returned to their home stations in the United States, after a suspected terror plot against the base; the New York Times reported the withdrawal followe…
Russia says it struck cargo ship near Odesa carrying military goods for Ukraine
Russia's defence ministry said its forces struck a cargo ship east of Odesa overnight with drones, saying the vessel was delivering military goods for Ukraine's armed forces. The ministry said strikes on Ukrainian port infrastructure and on…
Russia's defense ministry says overnight strikes hit data centers in major Ukrainian cities
Russia's defense ministry said Russian forces struck data centers in several major Ukrainian cities during overnight attacks, according to Russia's RIA Novosti news agency. The reports, carried by Chinese business outlets, gave no detail on…
Memphis council postpones data center moratorium vote as meeting erupts
The Memphis City Council voted 7-5 on Tuesday night to postpone a vote on a 12-month moratorium on new data centers and five related measures until October 20, prompting chaos at City Hall. Protesters chanted and were cleared from the chamb…
Trump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
Israel marks three years since Oct. 7 attack with memorials and protests
Israelis gathered on Wednesday to mark three years since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attack, which killed more than 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage, with ceremonies, memorials and protests at more than 400 locations. A national moment…
Russia says air defense downed 209 drones on Oct 2, 280 on Oct 4
Russia's Defense Ministry said air defense forces destroyed 209 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over 14 Russian regions and the Black Sea during the day on October 2, a figure Kommersant said covered 08:00 to 20:00 Moscow time. One person was k…
AMD's Lisa Su visits Korea, agrees AI chip cooperation with local firms
AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su visited Korea on Oct. 7, about seven months after her March trip, meeting Second Vice Minister Ryu Je-myeong of the Science and ICT Ministry and a roundtable of Korean AI semiconductor and infrastructure companies.…
Abu Dhabi launches AiNative programme to train 20,000 government employees in AI
Abu Dhabi's Department of Government Enablement launched AiNative, an AI training programme, at the Ai Everything conference in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The programme aims to train 20,000 government employees by the end of 2026 and is part o…
Two killed in Ukrainian drone attack on car in Kherson region, governor says
A Ukrainian drone struck a passenger car near Rykovo in the Genichesk district of Kherson region, killing local baker Alexander Kolotun and his 15-year-old daughter Anna, regional governor Vladimir Saldo said. The car was destroyed about 12…
Air raid alerts declared in Kyiv; sirens reported in six Ukrainian regions
Russian state media reported an air raid alert in Kyiv late on 3 October, with TASS saying explosions were heard in the city several times during the day. TASS later reported that sirens were also sounding in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Odesa…
Defense minister: arts, sports military service exemption to be cut and abolished
South Korea's defense minister said on Oct 7 that the goal is to gradually reduce the arts and sports military service exemption and ultimately abolish it, after controversy over remarks by Asian Games football gold medallists about the exe…
Explosions reported in Sumy; air raid alert in effect in Sumy region
Two Russian state outlets reported explosions in the city of Sumy on Sunday afternoon. TASS, which reported an explosion at 14:16 local time, said an air raid alert was in effect across the Sumy region; RIA Novosti reported explosions at 14…
Ransomware attack on SoftBank unit's cloud affects 495 firms, municipalities
IDC Frontier, a SoftBank subsidiary, said part of its IDCF Cloud service was hit by unauthorized access that caused an outage from around 03:40 on October 7. The affected area is the East Japan Region 1, served by a data center in Shirakawa…
FlyDubai co-pilot intended to crash jet into Ben Gurion, investigators say
Investigators believe the FlyDubai co-pilot who attacked his captain aboard a Dubai–Tel Aviv flight intended to crash the plane into Ben Gurion International Airport, according to NPR, Fox News and ABC News. The attacker was subdued by crew…
Meta adds iPad support to Muse AI agent as app tops iPhone charts
Meta released an iPad version of its Muse AI agent, about a month after the app debuted on iPhone, where it has spent several weeks as the top free app on Apple's U.S. App Store. The update adds connectors to software such as Canva, Dropbox…
Abu Dhabi's AI Everything opens with 400 exhibitors alongside Global Food Week
AI Everything 2026 opened on 6 October at the ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi and runs to 7 October, with WAM reporting 400 exhibitors and 180 speakers, and Economy Middle East reporting more than 400 companies, 200-plus investors managing about $10…
South Korea unveils 1,000 trillion won green transition plan to 2035
South Korea announced a “Korean-style Green Transition” (K-GX) strategy on Oct 7, pledging about 1,000 trillion won over ten years to 2035 — 200 trillion won in fiscal support and more than 790 trillion won in climate finance through five p…