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AI agents going rogue and ever-louder doomsday warnings have led many in Europe to wonder: are the EU's artificial intelligence rules enough to protect against the potential dangers? The European Union insists that, yes, its…

The last century rewarded nations that produced energy. The next will reward those that produce intelligence.For decades, barrels of oil were more than a commodity. They represented economic output, industrial capacity and national competitiveness. They fueled factories, transportation and global growth.Today, a new economic output is emerging: tokens.Every interaction with an AI model, whether answering…

RIYADH — History remembers King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud as the founder who unified Saudi Arabia. His children remembered another side of him.They remembered a father.Their recollections, preserved by the King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives, known as Darah, offer a rare view inside the royal household and reveal the values King Abdulaziz…

FIFA’s current crisis spotlights the need for governance reforms and transparent systems to protect human rights, the Sport & Rights Alliance said today. Though Gianni Infantino’s FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal has been rightly withdrawn, the growing calls for further measures should also address the deeper human rights crisis that, if ignored, risks yet another…

DUBAI: Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee has refused an invitation to attend an upcoming literary festival in Israel and has criticized the country’s actions in Gaza in a strongly worded letter to organizers. Writing ahead of the Jerusalem International Writers Festival, Coetzee said: “It will take many years for Israel to clear its name.”

Economic strength is no longer measured solely by GDP growth rates, the size of foreign reserves, or the ability to attract investment during prosperous times. In a world increasingly exposed to successive shocks, ranging from…

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping healthcare, but Peter Skillman believes the technology should never become the destination. In an interview at LEAP in Riyadh, the Global Head of Design at Royal Philips said its true value lies in solving tangible problems: reducing the administrative burden on healthcare professionals, improving clinical workflows, enabling patients to return…

RIYADH — Every reign has faced a different Saudi Arabia.The Kingdom inherited by King Saud was not the country governed decades later by King Fahd. The Saudi Arabia of King Abdullah had entered another stage of development, while the reign of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has coincided with another period of…

COA- Wars are fought twice. The first battle is fought with missiles, bombers and soldiers. The second is fought with headlines, television studios, think tanks and official briefings. The first destroys cities. The second constructs memory. For decades the West has excelled at winning both. Military superiority was reinforced by informational dominance. Washington and its…

Dario Amodei says he is not part of it. But the Anthropic chief's personal and professional circle is entwined with Effective Altruism (EA), a philanthropic movement that has become one of the most contested ideas…

Saudi Arabia’s transformation is moving at a pace that is difficult to appreciate from a distance. Across the Kingdom, organizations are digitizing services, adopting AI, modernizing infrastructure, expanding cloud-enabled operations, and building new customer experiences at remarkable speed. This is not simply technology modernization. It is part of a wider national shift: a more diversified,…

RIYADH — In 1932, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia entered the world under a new name.Its institutions were young. Modern healthcare and education systems were still taking shape. Communications between distant regions remained difficult, and the country's transport infrastructure bore little resemblance to the networks that connect its cities today.Nearly a century later, the scale…

If the world withdraws, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will believe it has a green light to purge society of all who resist its vision. The post Iran needs an insurgency – opinion appeared first on World Israel News .

Pope Leo XIV on Monday warned concerns about artificial intelligence "should be taken seriously" but added he was not in "panic mode". "If someone were to ask me, am I in panic mode? No, I'm…

RIYADH — Nations are not built in a single moment.They are built layer by layer: through institutions capable of governing, schools capable of educating, healthcare systems capable of protecting people, communications capable of overcoming distance and generations prepared to build upon what came before them.Saudi Arabia's modern story illustrates that progression.Under King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman…

Sobh-e-No presented its view on America’s need to accept Iran’s conditions and exit the current crisis. Iran’s position regarding the Strait of Hormuz crisis is clear and non-negotiable: “Accepting Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait is the condition for a ceasefire and any kind of agreement.” This condition is not a maximalist demand but arises from…

Europe needs to view artificial intelligence with more optimism -- despite growing warnings about its dangers -- or risk falling further behind, the head of a leading European AI start-up warned. "I think the mindset…

On Saudi National Day, Riyadh’s transformation shows how the ambitions of Vision 2030 are becoming part of everyday lifeSaudi National Day invites us to celebrate the Kingdom’s history and identity while looking with confidence toward its future. This year’s theme, “Our Pride Lies in Our Nature,” speaks to the courage, generosity, determination and ambition that…

TEHRAN -The joint US-Saudi aerial aggression against Iraqi territory, launched in the early hours of Wednesday, marks not a display of strength but a profound strategic miscalculation. It underscores the unraveling of American military credibility and the steady ascent of Iranian power across the region.

The Vatican warned about the risk of an apocalypse spurred by artificial intelligence years before major American firms sounded the alarm at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday - a concern that Pope Leo…

RIYADH — Saudi media must prioritize the core journalistic values of accuracy, responsibility and objectivity over the race to publish first, particularly while reporting security-related issues, said Editor-in-Chief of Okaz and Supervisor General of Saudi Gazette Jameel Altheyabi.Addressing the Security and History Dialogue 2026 conference in Riyadh on Monday, Altheyabi said the rapid expansion of…

At the beginning of Donald Trump’s first term as U.S. President in 2017, a senior White House official commented off-the-record to OilPrice.com that: “We’re not going to put up with any more crap from the Saudis.” The comment had followed the end of the 2014-2016 Oil Price War that had seen the Kingdom rally its…

Prince Harry warned Wednesday at the Clinton Global Initiative that artificial intelligence chatbots designed to provide companionship are even more dangerous to young people than social media. “The technology is more persuasive, more intimate, and…

MAKKAH — Advisor at the Royal Court, member of the Council of Senior Scholars, and Imam and Preacher of the Grand Mosque Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid affirmed that Saudi Arabia’s Hajj experience represents a global model for serving pilgrims in line with sustainable humanitarian and national values. He noted that this is reflected…

Iran’s enemies have yet to find an effective antidote to the IRGC’s ability to infiltrate and hollow out neighboring countries’ political systems. The post Iran’s grip on its Arab proxies remains powerful – opinion appeared first on World Israel News .

By Bandar Bin Abdulrahman Bin Moamar Saudi Arabia was built neither on the ruins of another state nor on institutions left by a colonial power. Its founding three centuries ago was an achievement without precedent…

Iran's aggression is steadily eroding whatever sympathy it once enjoyed among many Arabs. The post Iran’s war on the Arabs: Time for the Gulf to stand with Israel appeared first on World Israel News .

A recent directive by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, based on a proposal by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to name the Saudi Electronic University after Prince Musaid bin Abdulrahman…

The stigma associated with foreign powers sponsoring separatist movements still overshadows political discourse 80 years on. The post There’s one move that could keep Iran’s hated regime in power—and Washington insiders keep pushing for it appeared first on World Israel News .

One hundred prominent Israeli thinkers, researchers and former officials have warned that Israel faces a critical choice: become a major power or risk collapse, arguing that while the country has the potential to achieve greater…

The letdown after Saudi Arabia's World Cup run has naturally led to a lot of discussion. A big part of the talk has been about the coach's decisions, who was picked to play, the team's strategy, and how individual players did. But these are just a few pieces of a much bigger puzzle. There's more…

As artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities expand, so do the questions that technology alone cannot answer: Where does human responsibility begin and end? Who bears the consequences of decisions made by algorithms? And how can we…

Mamdani also referred to AIPAC as "monsters" and referred to Israel's military actions as 'genocide.' The post Mamdani reaffirms opposition to Israel as a Jewish state in ABC interview appeared first on World Israel News .

The Canadian computer scientist considered one of the founders of AI, Yoshua Bengio, told AFP that humanity is "losing control" of the technology and the world needs guardrails similar to nuclear arms controls. Fears about…

By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT, June 24 (Reuters) - The biggest casualty of the U.S.-Iran deal may not be Israel's Iran strategy, but the political brand Benjamin Netanyahu spent decades constructing as the Israeli leader who could uniquely bend Washington to his will on Iran, analysts, former U.S. officials and diplomats say.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and other activists have called out British superstar Ed Sheeran after rapper Macklemore was dropped from his tour for making pro-Palestinian comments while performing. Sheeran has denied being behind the decision…

'The Iranian regime will now receive more money from this deal in a single year than Israel receives in 10 years,' wrote Mark Levin. The post Levin: Israel aid critics suddenly silent on billions for Iran appeared first on World Israel News .

No government in the world is ready for the changes artificial intelligence will bring to society, Bill Gates said in an interview with Reuters, as he warned of the risks ahead. The Microsoft co-founder and…

There is a particular irony — the kind that history savors — in the fact that the United States set out in February 2026 to destroy Iran as a regional power and instead ended up cementing its dominance. This is not a paradox – it is a pattern. Anyone who has paid attention to American…

Perhaps all that remains of the Oslo Accords, signed 33 years ago between the Palestinians and Israelis, is an authority without real authority in the West Bank, widespread chaos, destruction and bloodshed in the Gaza…

ISLAMABAD - The official 14-point memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States does not read like the document Washington and Tel Aviv said they were fighting to impose. It does not announce regime change in Tehran. It does not place Iran’s missile program on the table.

New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity’s survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing…

Earlier this week, the United States Department of War restored the US Indo-Pacific Command’s name to the US Pacific Command, reversing an eight-year-old title change and restoring operational clarity. The announcement comes in the same week that a growing chorus of commentators is arguing that America just lost the war in Iran: ● The Atlantic…

Stark warnings from artificial intelligence researchers that advanced forms of the technology could wipe out humanity have raised questions over whether governments are moving fast enough to regulate it. What are the potential dangers of…

The 2026 G7 summit, in Evian, France, marks India’s 13th participation as a guest nation and Prime Minister Modi’s seventh appearance as India’s representative since 2019. These repeated invitations highlight a central reality: India is too important to be excluded from major global conversations, even though it remains outside the world’s most exclusive club of…

Social media algorithms are a powerful feature of online life, serving up content to users based on their browsing habits or personal data. Australia could soon give citizens the choice to opt out of them…

The QME must rest less on American political moods and more on Israeli industrial sovereignty, technology leverage, and regional security architecture. The post Israel’s qualitative military edge must be Israeli appeared first on World Israel News .

Recent cyberattacks carried out autonomously by two rogue OpenAI artificial intelligence models raises an untested legal question: who is responsible when AI acts on its own? On Friday, Clement Delangue, head of the Hugging Face…