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The United States and Iran are scheduled to hold direct peace talks in Pakistan this weekend.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue fighting the Iran-backed group Hezbollah.
A wave of Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed more than 300 people in Lebanon.
Saudi Arabia has lost nearly 600,000 barrels per day of oil production capacity as a result of attacks attributed to Iran.
Attacks on a key Red Sea pipeline have reduced its flow by approximately 700,000 barrels per day.
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has created a daily global oil supply shortfall of more than 10 million barrels, equivalent to about one-tenth of global demand.
The US Treasury and Federal Reserve convened an urgent meeting with Wall Street bank CEOs to discuss the risks of a new AI cybersecurity tool from Anthropic called Mythos.
Anthropic claims its new AI model, Mythos, has discovered cybersecurity flaws in all major operating systems and web browsers.
The UK and the European Union are in advanced discussions to allow Ukraine to purchase British weapons using a stalled €90 billion EU loan.
UK Defence Secretary John Healy warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that any attempt to damage British subsea cables or pipelines would have serious consequences.
Nigeria's benchmark stock index has risen 35% in dollar terms this year, making it the second-best performing market globally after Ghana.
Former Pakistani ambassador Maliha Lodi believes the era of American dominance in the Middle East is over.