Reuters

Alibaba partners with NVIDIA, launches trillion-parameter Qwen3-Max, and expands global AI data centers amid U.S.–China tensions.

The World Bank says Pakistan’s progress in reducing poverty has stopped, with many families still living on the edge. Floods, inflation, and a weak economy have pushed more people back into hardship, though the government promises more support programs.

At UN sidelines, Trump to present Gaza governance proposal to muslim leaders

Portugal says it will recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday, making it the latest Western nation preparing to shift policy as the war in the Gaza Strip shows no sign of stopping.

Pact declares any attack on Saudi Arabia or Pakistan an attack on both, deepening shared security alliance.

European factories face slowdowns as China restricts rare-earth exports, threatening car, chip, and defense production.

Trump announced a tentative deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S., with ByteDance set to transfer majority ownership to American investors while retaining a minority stake.

US President Donald Trump has said he would sue the New York Times for $15bn (£11bn) over what the US president calls defamation and libel.