Arno Froese

Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN, Abdulaziz M. Alwasil, called for stronger international cooperation, expertise exchange and investment in capacity building to prevent terrorist groups from exploiting artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. Adam Hadley, executive director of Tech Against Terrorism, told The Media Line that the lack of a terrorism-specific AI benchmark was the reason the organization built one. According to Tech Against Terrorism, the answer...

Pakistan has launched two new overland trade corridors through Iran and China, offering Central Asian countries alternative routes to Pakistani ports after Islamabad closed its main transit crossings with Afghanistan because of security concerns. The new corridors provide Central Asian countries, including Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, with overland access to the Arabian Sea through Pakistan while bypassing Afghanistan. Uzbekistan has already begun using the Gabd-Rimdan route to transport...

Jews faced government harassment in 69 countries and faced harassment by private individuals, groups, or organizations in 92 countries in 2023, according to research by Pew Research Center. Overall, 55 countries had elevated (high or very high) levels of social hostilities involving religion in 2023, up from 45 the previous year. Spain’s SHI score increased from moderate to high, at least in part due to harassment of Muslims and Jews in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks. Pew Research Center said...