UOB says AI-driven reshaping of regional economies is producing uneven growth across ASEAN.

Preliminary shipping data from Kpler show three commercial vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, down from four the previous day and well below the roughly 15-vessel 10-day average. The three vessels, including one Panamax tanker, were recorded outbound. Kpler also reported the LNG tanker Al Mafyar — listed as ballast — reappeared inside the strait on Tuesday after last being tracked outside the waterway on Sept. 19. Separately, 22 commercial vessels transited the Bab al-Mandeb on Tuesday: 14 bound for the Red Sea and eight for the Gulf of Aden. The convoy comprised five Panamax tankers, six supramaxes, four Aframaxes, one Suezmax and one VLCC, down from a 10-day average of 26.

UN Secretary-General Guterres called for stronger international AI regulation and an agreement on safety safeguards to prevent a dystopian outcome of concentrated corporate power and the spread of 'killer robots'. He warned rapid advances in frontier AI models could undermine state sovereignty as power shifts from governments to a small number of private firms and individuals. Guterres flagged the AI and data‑center race as a central driver of this shift and said AI is evolving faster than our ability to grasp its full consequences. He urged governments with the most advanced AI capabilities to shoulder greater responsibility by establishing channels for dialogue, transparency, trust and cooperation.