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OPAQUE Systems, a confidential computing startup focused on verifiable AI, reports its open source software is approaching 500,000 downloads, while community code contributions have grown more than tenfold. The company says the figures reflect growing interest in running AI workloads with verifiable privacy and data protection. Coverage so far comes from industry trade outlets carrying the announcement.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that President Trump prevented Iran from achieving what he described as military 'immunity'. The remarks frame the administration's actions as having halted Iran's military advancement, and come amid ongoing debate over US policy toward Tehran and its nuclear and military ambitions. Details of the remarks' context remain limited.

The Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for the ASEAN Political-Security Community took part in a panel discussion at the 7th ASEAN Workshop on the intersection between conflict and human rights. The workshop brings together officials and experts to examine how armed conflict affects human rights across Southeast Asia, reflecting ASEAN's continuing focus on regional peace, security and rights protection.