UN Secretary-General Guterres said AI does not respect borders, and its risks do not either. Isolated, unverifiable voluntary pauses on AI will not solve the problem.

On Sept. 16 Houthi forces said they carried out two military operations against Saudi Arabia in retaliation for Saudi air raids this week, striking a Saudi Aramco facility in Yanbu and the Khamis Mushait airbase. The group claimed Saudi forces had launched “more than 450 airstrikes” across most Yemeni provinces this week. In response, the Houthis said they used dozens of ballistic missiles and drones against the Aramco site in Yanbu, “precisely and directly” hitting targets and causing large fires and severe damage, and fired multiple ballistic missiles that “precisely” hit Khamis Mushait airbase. The statement said the Houthis will continue deep strikes into Saudi territory and target Saudi military concentrations, pursuing “blockade with blockade, escalation with escalation” until Saudi operations against Yemen cease and the blockade is lifted.

Indonesia issued a ministerial regulation effective Friday revising the mineral benchmark price (HPM) formula to cut the minimum payable for low‑grade nickel ore. Under the new HPM, the cost of 1.2% nickel ore is roughly halved, easing margins for local processors and HPAL plants that refine low‑grade ore into EV‑battery chemicals. HPAL operators had been squeezed after sulphur reagent prices surged following the U.S.‑Iran conflict, forcing some to consider coordinated cutbacks. Large new HPAL capacity due this year and next could add downward pressure to nickel prices, which hit a year‑to‑date low on Wednesday; HPAL output—mixed hydroxide precipitate—can be converted into LME‑storable refined nickel.