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Renewables investment stagnates, but solar boom continues

The dip over the past few years was driven primarily by a major contraction of the offshore wind industry.

Manchester Airports Group Hit by Cyber Incident

Customer data linked to bookings and airport Wi-Fi registrations at Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports has ...

SCO at 25: Institutionalizing Coexistence Without Convergence

In an international system increasingly characterized by strategic distrust, contested borders, fragmented and overlappi...

Multinational support for ATLAS maritime nuclear initiative

The International Atomic Energy Agency-led ATLAS initiative to "advance the development and deployment of innovative civ...

In taking Syria off state sponsor of terrorism list, US is putting its faith in al-Qaida alumni – that presents risks and opportunities

Syria was among the first nations to be added to the State Department’s proscribed list. It has been removed under the r...

Death Toll From Fire at Amur Gas Chemical Complex Rises to 15

When the fire broke out this week, the complex was undergoing final testing ahead of its planned launch in early 2027.

Aid reaches hundreds of thousands in Gaza amid severe food insecurity

As hunger deepens across Gaza, humanitarian agencies continue to deliver food and other essential supplies to families i...

Chinese Hacker Group QTFY Uses Custom-Built Platforms to Target US Infrastructure, FBI Warns

The FBI advisory set out QTFY’s distributed hacking ecosystem, allowing it to exploit vulnerabilities at scale and obfus...

AI, Scams, the Law, and Governance: A Conversation With David Tan

How are Southeast Asia's governments facing up to the challenges of AI?

Overcoming Barriers to Integration for Sudanese Refugees in Chad: Education, Employment and Land Access

In 2024, SIPRI and its partner BUCOFORE carried out research showing that refugee women and girls in the Chad–Sudan bord...

The Humanitarian Funding Gap in Chad: Implications for Vulnerable Populations

In 2024, SIPRI and its partner BUCOFORE carried out research showing that refugee women and girls in the Chad–Sudan bord...

Fortum's NuCore Energi applies for Swedish state support for new nuclear

NuCore Energi - a subsidiary of Finnish utility Fortum - has submitted an application to the Swedish government for stat...

Talk is cheap: Europe’s defence promise meets the EU budget

At July’s NATO summit in Ankara, European leaders accepted that they must carry more of their own defence. Turning that ...

Meeting of 22-23 July 2026

Rahul Gandhi Ushers a New Style of Youth-Centric Politics in India

From being mocked for being inexperienced and incompetent, he is now emerging a sought-after leader of India’s youth.

Russian Hackers Phish EU Officials Over Messaging Apps

EU governments are trying to move away from popular messaging apps as nation-state threat groups shift their focus from ...

Security top concern in US-Mexico talks

The US has in recent months unveiled a series of prosecutions and sanctions against senior Mexican officials.

Global alliances shift under US strain

Traditional US allies Canada and the EU face Washington’s scorn, while China and South Korea court Egypt.

Two Alleged ‘TeamPCP’ Hackers Arrested in Australia

Authorities in Australia have arrested two men believed to be members of TeamPCP, a prolific cybercrime and data extorti...

CIA warned Russia against attacking NATO countries

US CIA Chief John Ratcliffe’s talks with Russian officials were the first of their kind since his predecessor.

Rising US debt levels threaten to curtail domestic and foreign power

“Geopolitical power and fiscal capacity complement each other,” an analyst wrote in the Financial Times.

Global central bankers gather in Jackson Hole

US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has mostly remained silent on his plans for the department since his appointment in...

CISA Warns of Six Exploited Flaws in Microsoft, Linux, Red Hat and Citrix Products

CISA added six new bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on August 26, showing signs of active exploitatio...

Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Q2 2026

The report contains statistics on industrial threats for Q2 2026, including ransomware, miners, spyware and other threat...

JavaScript obfuscation: From party trick to phishing kit

Learn the basics of what obfuscation is, why a researcher would try to reverse it, and several ways to approach the prob...

Boston Scientific Reveals Global Disruption After Cyber Incident

MedTech giant Boston Scientific has revealed IT outages following a cyber incident

Russian Spy Chief Says Meeting With CIA Director Was ‘Nothing Special’

Sergei Naryshkin said he and Ratcliffe discussed “a range of issues that fall within the scope” of American and Russian ...

More Trump overtures to North Korea likely to come, former NSC official says

President Donald Trump is likely to make another attempt to diplomatically engage North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he ...

OpenAI: Hugging Face Incident a “Warning Shot” to the World

OpenAI reveals that unauthorized message boards were at the heart of the recent Hugging Face breach

Senate Republican floats new tariffs on South Korea

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, is urging US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to consider imposing tariffs on South Korea...

AI-driven OSINT in the wrong hands – and why everyone could be a target for fraud

It’s getting cheaper and easier for cybercriminals to research potential victims. Here’s what’s still in your control.

Right-leaning US groups push chip curbs

“Dominance in the design and manufacture of advanced AI semiconductors is a national and economic security imperative fo...

Fed’s Warsh faces high stakes ahead of Jackson Hole conference

The Federal Reserve chair will have his biggest audience yet when he delivers the keynote speech at the Kansas City Fed’...

US eyes potential bans on Canadian imports

President Donald Trump has already pledged to hike tariffs on Canadian steel to 50%, beginning Jan. 1.

Ukrainian Drones Attack Ozon Warehouses in Overnight Barrage

The online retailer said neither of the two facilities targeted by Ukrainian drones appeared to have suffered significan...

Holtec's SMR-300 test facility taking shape at INL

Holtec International says the HI-TEST facility - a one-third scale representation - will probe the SMR-300 design margin...

The Goldilocks Fallacy: The Undefined Limits of Korea’s Nuclear Role

“Unthreatening and respectful.” That is how the president of the United States described North Korea on Aug. 16, 2026, i...

North Korea to supply luxury anti-aging cosmetics to Russia: records

A North Korean luxury skincare brand is set to ship its ginseng-based anti-aging creams to the Russian market, according...

Less than meets the eye: Britain, France let Ukraine make Storm Shadows

A decision to hand British and French missile-manufacturing know-how to Ukraine is less useful to Kyiv than it seems. Th...

Building on the Jakarta Treaty, Australia and Indonesia deepen cooperation

The Australia-Indonesia Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Melbourne on 26 August turned both countries’ expandin...