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Trump has announced a dramatic new economic offensive against Iran, but his warning goes beyond Tehran. Countries and companies that continue helping Iran could also face severe consequences. So, who could be next in Washington's crosshairs?

August produced eleven models from seven providers, including Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after its predecessor. The cadence now moves faster than independent evaluation, leaving buyers to choose on vendors' own benchmark numbers.

Cloud Security Alliance research found 65 per cent of organisations had a security incident caused by their own AI agents in a year, with sensitive data exposed in 61 per cent. Gartner expects 40 per cent of enterprises to pull back agents by 2027.

MeitY's AI Governance Guidelines chose voluntary compliance and self-certification over mandates. Nine months on, one of three proposed institutions exists and GPU registration is still only under discussion — while the compute sits under US export authority.

Dhaka is projected to reach 55 million people by 2100, overtaking Tokyo and Jakarta as the world's largest city. Asian and African megacities will completely dominate global population rankings.

Google reset DeepMind's leadership on August 5: Hassabis to chair, Kavukcuoglu to day-to-day control from Mountain View, and Jeff Dean gone after 27 years. Staff read it as authority leaving London, where the lab was founded.

OpenAI opened a limited preview of Ultrafast mode for GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 750 output tokens per second, served on Cerebras wafer-scale hardware rather than GPUs — making its largest compute buyer a reference customer for an Nvidia rival.

Melania Trump is reportedly unhappy over speculation surrounding Donald Trump and his executive assistant Natalie Harp, as the White House pushes back against the claims.

A heated exchange broke out between Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) legislators in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly over alleged irregularities in road-laying works.

Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash on August 13 with large coding and agentic gains and the fastest output speed of 186 models measured. The listed rates are introductory, run until December 31, and double on January 1.

US export controls bar Nvidia's top chips from Chinese companies but do not clearly cover renting the same chips abroad. A bill treating remote access as an export event passed the House in January and remains stalled in the Senate.

The mid-day meal scheme is of vital significance in Bihar, where 35.6% of children under the age of five are stunted, as per the latest national family health survey. The proportion of stunted children in this age group is the highest for any state in India.

A US Air Force flight to Antarctica returned to New Zealand after Russia warned of a potentially hazardous missile launch activity over a vast area of airspace.

During a visit to mark the 30th anniversary of UK cancer charity Maggie’s, the Queen recalled how difficult it was to keep the news a secret in the days before the official announcement.

The White House hasn’t directly admitted the US Navy is assisting a limited number of oil tankers out of the strait. Brent crude, the international standard for oil prices, was at about $92 a barrel on Wednesday and has been over $90 all week, creeping up from a wartime low of $71.

South Korea and the United States have shortened their joint military drills following an order from U.S. President Donald Trump. The move comes amid growing questions over military readiness, alliance commitments and Washington’s approach to security on the Korean Peninsula.

Israel has justified its strike on a Syrian airbase, saying the operation was aimed at preventing Turkish troops from establishing a military presence there. The development highlights growing tensions involving Israel, Turkey and Syria, as regional powers seek to expand their military influence and security presence.

A startling claim by Pakistani cleric Naseer Madni has put Pakistan-based terror networks back under the spotlight. Speaking at a gathering in Bahawalnagar on August 14, Madni claimed Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed sent 10,000 terrorists to Kashmir. The figure has not been independently verified, but the remarks have renewed scrutiny of Saeed’s alleged role in terrorism targeting India.