Xi’s anti corruption purge reaches top Chinese military commanders
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s long running anti corruption campaign has widened further inside the People’s Liberation Army, with senior active and retired officers absent from this month’s annual “two sessions” meetings in Beijing and growing scrutiny over the fate of some of the country’s most powerful military figures. Recent reporting says the sweep now reaches beyond procurement and internal administration into the upper command structure of the armed forces.
March 18, 2026
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Iran says Larijani killing will not destabilise state system
Iran’s foreign minister has said the killing of Ali Larijani, one of the country’s most senior security officials, will not deal a decisive blow to the Islamic Republic’s leadership, insisting the state’s political system is built on institutions rather than any one individual.
March 18, 2026
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Ukraine Deploys More Than 200 Military Experts to Gulf to Counter Iranian Drones
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says more than 200 Ukrainian military specialists are now deployed across the Gulf and wider Middle East to help partner governments defend against Iranian drone attacks, as Kyiv moves to turn its battlefield experience into wider security cooperation with allies.
March 18, 2026
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Israeli Strikes Hit Beirut and Southern Lebanon as Displacement Tops One Million
Israeli air strikes hit multiple areas in and around Beirut and southern Lebanon on Tuesday, as the conflict with Hezbollah deepened and the humanitarian toll climbed sharply. Lebanese authorities say more than one million people have now been displaced since the latest escalation began on March 2, while the death toll has risen to more than 880.
March 17, 2026
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Families Search for Missing Relatives After Deadly Strike on Kabul Rehab Center
Desperate families gathered outside Kabul’s Omid drug rehabilitation hospital on Tuesday, searching for missing relatives after Afghan Taliban authorities said a Pakistani air strike on the facility killed more than 400 people and wounded about 250 others. Pakistan denied targeting civilians and said its strikes were aimed at military and terrorist infrastructure.
March 17, 2026
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Tennessee Minors Sue xAI, Alleging Grok Created Sexual Images Using Their Photos
Three plaintiffs from Tennessee, including two minors, have sued Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging that the company’s Grok image generator was knowingly designed in a way that allowed users to create sexually explicit images using real photos of identifiable people. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Jose, California, and seeks class action status for people across the United States whose likeness was used in sexualized AI generated images or videos.
March 17, 2026
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Nvidia Targets AI Inference as Chip Revenue Opportunity Reaches $1 Trillion
Nvidia said the revenue opportunity for its artificial intelligence chips could reach at least $1 trillion through 2027, as the company used its annual GTC developer conference to sharpen its push into AI inference, the fast growing segment focused on running models in real time rather than training them. Reuters reported that CEO Jensen Huang presented the new forecast as Nvidia moves to defend its dominance against rising competition from CPUs and custom AI chips from companies such as Google.
March 17, 2026
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Palestinian Activist Leqaa Kordia Released From U.S. Immigration Detention After Year in Custody
Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian activist detained in the United States after taking part in pro-Palestine demonstrations linked to Columbia University, has been released after spending about a year in immigration custody in Texas, according to Reuters, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post and The Guardian.
March 17, 2026
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Trump Was Warned Iran Could Retaliate Against Gulf Allies, Sources Say
President Donald Trump was warned before the U.S. attack on Iran that Tehran could respond by striking American allies in the Gulf, according to Reuters, citing a U.S. official and multiple sources familiar with intelligence assessments. The report undercuts Trump’s public claim that Iran’s retaliation against Gulf states came as a surprise.