Red Sea shipping slows after Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia, data shows
Data shows 11 commodity vessels pass through the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Sunday, the lowest level in months
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US, Tehran having ‘good talks’ as drones hit Iran’s neighbors – Trump
Iran’s foreign ministry says messages are still being passed between the sides through mediators and Iran has not forsaken diplomacy, but reports that it requested negotiations are ‘fabricated’
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Houthis pushing to model Iran’s Hormuz control in Red Sea – Yemeni foreign chief
The Red Sea has become a new front in the Iran war, with the Houthis taking an escalatory approach against Saudi Arabia by firing missiles and drones at the kingdom and declaring a blockade on Saudi shipping
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China accuses US of ‘AI hegemonism,’ threatens countermeasures over potential probes
‘For any action that causes substantive harm to Chinese interests, China will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard its legitimate rights and interests,’ a Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson says
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Southern Japan rocked by major earthquake, people trapped in mall
(2nd UPDATE) Residents in the areas that felt the biggest tremors must beware of further strong quakes for about a week, as well as the risk of landslides, an official for the Japan Meteorological Agency says
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UK lawmaker suing Musk’s xAI seeks order to stop Grok generating sexualized images
Jess Asato of Britain’s governing Labour Party says Grok users created fake images of her, including a video of her ‘being chloroformed and prepared for a sexual assault’ after she publicly criticized Elon Musk and Grok
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Malaysian police raid online scam centers in Johor, arrest 335 people, including 309 Chinese nationals
Johor police chief Ab Rahaman Arsad says those arrested were aged between 20 and 58 and included 309 Chinese nationals, 19 Indonesians, 3 Malaysians, and 4 Myanmarese
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Rescuers in Japan haul survivors from collapsed mall as earthquake toll rises to 13
(3rd UPDATE) ‘Even now, there are people waiting to be rescued, and this is a race against time,’ says Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
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Trump, Zelenskyy discuss Patriot deal and reviving talks with Russia
The whirlwind visit offers Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a chance to shore up US military support for Ukraine when relations are warmer than they have been in months
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Musk’s X says Australia social media ban crackdown undermines international law
The contention by X, whose parent company is Elon Musk’s SpaceX, amounts to one of the world’s most powerful people injecting a geopolitical element into the debate on the social media ban for teens
