Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Oil prices climbed for a second consecutive session on Friday as attacks on commercial vessels in the Middle East revived supply concerns, even as expectations of a possible end to the war with Iran kept crude on course for a steep weekly decline. Brent futures rose 1.31% to $99.58 a barrel during early trading, having briefly crossed $100, while US West Texas Intermediate […]
Wall Street suffered a sweeping technology selloff on Thursday as fears over artificial intelligence spending and possible restrictions on data centres drove the Nasdaq Composite into correction territory. The technology-heavy index dropped 5.5 per cent to 24,315, closing nearly 12 per cent below its October peak. The S&P 500 lost 4.4 per cent to 7,353.73, its steepest daily decline since April 2025, while the Dow Jones Industrial […]
By Asad Mirza The 2026 midterms became a referendum on a presidency at war. Democrats captured both chambers, turning voter anger over costs and the Iran conflict into a sweeping rebuke of Republican rule. The result strengthens the opposition’s hand, unsettles Trump’s coalition and raises a stark question: can the president change course? The Democrats […]
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By Nitya Chakraborty China has taken the initiative to hold a trilateral summit involving Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on the sides line of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at Shenzhen, China on November 18 and 19. It was being talked about earlier, but the big defeat of President Trump at […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Millions of Indians will soon be deprived of government assistance across the country, if the proposed national policy shift from Aadhaar based transactions of goods and cash to Voter ID (EPIC) is implemented. It will be inhuman on the part of the PM Narendra Modi led BJP government to first getting […]
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Oil prices and Asian semiconductor shares fell sharply on Thursday as sweeping Democratic victories in the United States midterm elections reshaped expectations for the Iran war, energy costs and regulation of artificial intelligence infrastructure. Brent crude traded near $94 a barrel after plunging almost 9% on Wednesday, while technology-heavy stock markets in South Korea and Taiwan suffered heavy losses. The dollar weakened and government bonds advanced as […]
A cyberespionage operation linked to Russia’s APT29 hacking group has targeted vulnerable iPhones and Android devices through compromised websites, using previously patched security flaws to extract confidential information without requiring victims to click malicious links. Cybersecurity company Sekoia disclosed the campaign on Wednesday, assessing with moderate to high confidence that APT29, also known as Midnight Blizzard or Cozy Bear, or an associated subgroup was responsible. The operation, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Middle Eastern governments are assessing the risk of renewed American strikes against Iran after Democrats swept the US midterm elections, weakening President Donald Trump politically while leaving his military powers largely intact. The November 3 vote gave Democrats control of both chambers of Congress amid public anger over living costs and the eight-month conflict. Its implications for Washington’s confrontation with Tehran remain uncertain, […]
US Vice-President JD Vance blamed the war with Iran for Republicans’ sweeping midterm election defeats on Wednesday, challenging attempts to explain away a Democratic takeover of both chambers of Congress. “The reason we lost is the war,” Vance wrote on X, arguing that the party must acknowledge the political cost of President Donald Trump’s military campaign before deciding how to recover. His intervention came as Democrats celebrated […]
Anthropic will prohibit sustained, purposeless abuse of its Claude artificial intelligence models from 12 November, formalising restrictions on hostile interactions that the chatbot can already terminate under existing safeguards. The US technology company said its revised usage policy targets extreme cases involving repeated cruelty towards its models without any discernible purpose. Ordinary frustration over inaccurate answers, criticism of Claude’s performance and legitimate testing will remain permitted. The […]
Dubai, [November 4]: xCube has announced that Entrust Capital Limited (“Entrust”), a firm authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA”), will participate on xCube Access. Through the platform, eligible investors will be able to have their portfolios managed by investment professional advisors from Entrust and access Entrust’s managed portfolios through a streamlined digital experience. Established in 2018, Entrust is a boutique asset management and […]
Democrats have regained control of the United States Senate after sweeping Republican-held seats across the country in Tuesday’s midterm elections, delivering a major setback to President Donald Trump. Projections on Wednesday gave Democrats at least 54 seats in the 100-member chamber, compared with the 47 seats held by Democrats and allied independents before the vote. The party captured seven Republican seats, including victories in Texas, Kansas and […]
By Nitya Chakraborty The results of the U.S. midterm elections are going to have big impact not only on the current administration of President Donald Trump, but also on the latest political situation in Latin America, Europe and even in India. At global level, Trump’s big defeat is a boost to the forces in different […]
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By K Raveendran The Bharatiya Janata Party’s increasingly combative response to protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar suggests that the ruling establishment is considerably less confident about its political invincibility than its public pronouncements would indicate. The extraordinary energy expended on dismissing the opposition’s mobilisation, coupled with renewed efforts to redraw […]
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Democrats have regained control of the United States Senate after victories across Republican-held states in Tuesday’s midterm elections, delivering a major setback to President Donald Trump and threatening his party’s hold on the House of Representatives. The November 3 vote overturned expectations that Republicans would retain the Senate, with Democratic candidates winning seats in Texas, Kansas, South Carolina, North Carolina and Ohio. The party also made gains […]
By Dr Arun Mitra Global civil society organisations have appealed to the US Congress to take immediate steps to prevent the use of nuclear weapons against Iran. The appeal, initiated by the Back from the Brink Coalition, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize, and […]
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By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers WASHINGTON: America enters Election Day on Tuesday, November 3, with its political temperature rising and its institutional balance of power hanging in the balance. The midterm elections, ordinarily a referendum on the party occupying the White House, have become something more consequential: a test of Donald Trump’s political authority, the Republican […]
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By Satyaki Chakraborty As the Americans are going to the polls on Tuesday, November 3, there is a new focus in the intensely contested elections between the ruling Republicans and the Democrats which concern both the President Donald Trump and the Democratic national leadership led by its Chair Ken Martin. Both are interested in seeing […]
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Arabian Post Staff -Dubai United States forces struck Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday in a limited military operation that American officials described as defensive, exposing continuing hostilities despite President Donald Trump’s public suggestion that a wider confrontation could be avoided. Three US officials confirmed the operation, with one saying it followed Iranian fire directed at an American aircraft. Another said Iranian surface-to-air missile activity had threatened US […]
