Iran Supreme National Security Council secretary Rezai said parties have reached consensus that security in West Asia must rely on regional states’ own capabilities and that external interference must be prevented.

Nov. 12-15, 2026 — the 2026 Diamond Industry Conference and 30th Superhard Materials Technology Development Forum will take place in Shanghai. Agenda items include thermal-management devices for diamond materials; development and consumer-market dynamics for lab-grown diamonds; diamond-based semiconductor devices; diamond tools for machining metals and hard-brittle materials; and diamond drill bits for extreme-environment applications. The industry’s '15th Five-Year Plan' review meeting will be held concurrently.

ANTHROPIC may need to seek additional financing earlier than currently expected. The firm postponed pretraining of a new frontier base model by more than a month to tighten safety measures and prevent leakage of model weights.