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Ireland launches EU privacy probe into X’s Grok AI over sexually explicit deepfakes

Ireland launches EU privacy probe into X’s Grok AI over sexually explicit deepfakes

LONDON: Ireland’s data protection watchdog has opened a formal investigation into the artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, developed by Elon Musk’s AI…

February 18, 2026

Trump says he will be involved indirectly in Iran talks

WASHINGTON: The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of a sustained military campaign if the talks do not succeed, U.S.…

February 18, 2026

LA mayor calls for 2028 Olympics chairman to step down over Epstein files

LOS ANGELES: Pressure is building on Casey Wasserman, the head of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing team, after the city's…

February 18, 2026

Birla represents India at swearing-in, hands over PM Modi’ invitation to new Bangladesh PM

NEW DELHI / DHAKA: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla attended the swearing-in ceremony of the new Government of Bangladesh led by…

February 18, 2026

Tainted Bangladeshi student leader’s arrival in India sparks row

NEW DELHI: Over a month after he was arrested in Bangladesh for admitting that he was part of a mob that…

February 18, 2026

Ukraine got 4.4 mln large-calibre rounds under Czech initiative, president says

PRAGUE: Ukraine has received 4.4 million rounds of large-calibre ammunition under a plan pulling together Czech arms traders and producers and…

February 17, 2026

Rubio plugs Orbán’s bid for another term after April elections during a visit to Budapest

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday enthusiastically endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's bid to serve a…

February 17, 2026

UK PM Starmer warns tech firms against ‘free pass’, tightens child safety norms

LONDON: The UK on Monday unveiled tougher online safety norms to protect children against the harmful effects of AI chatbots and…

February 17, 2026

Bangladesh: Uncertainty over constitutional council oath by MPs in swearing in today

DHAKA: Representatives elected in Bangladesh’s 13th Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) are set to be sworn in as members of parliament (MPs)…

February 17, 2026

Palestinians condemn Israel’s move to change land registration in West Bank

‘Amounts to de facto annexation of occupied territory’

February 17, 2026