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Worldwide sovereign cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) spending is forecast to total $80 billion in 2026, a 35.6% increase from 2025, according to Gartner, Inc. a business and technology insights company.

“As geopolitical tensions rise, organizations outside the U.S. and China are investing more in sovereign cloud IaaS to gain digital and technological independence,” said Rene Buest, Sr Director Analyst at Gartner. “The goal is to keep wealth generation within their own borders to strengthen the local economy.”

“Governments will remain the main buyers to meet digital sovereignty needs, followed by regulated industries and critical infrastructure organizations, such as energy and utilities and telecommunications,” said Buest.

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Regionally, Middle East and Africa (89%), Mature Asia/Pacific (87%) and Europe (83%) are projected to record the highest growth in sovereign cloud IaaS spending in 2026. While China and North America are forecast to be No 1 and No 2. in spending in 2026 at $47 billion and $16 billion respectively, growth for both will be in the 20 percent range. Europe is forecast to surpass North America in sovereign cloud IaaS spending in 2027 (see Table 1).

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Worldwide sovereign cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) spending is forecast to total $80 billion in 2026, a 35.6% increase from 2025, according to Gartner, Inc. a business and technology insights company.

“As geopolitical tensions rise, organizations outside the U.S. and China are investing more in sovereign cloud IaaS to gain digital and technological independence,” said Rene Buest, Sr Director Analyst at Gartner. “The goal is to keep wealth generation within their own borders to strengthen the local economy.”

“Governments will remain the main buyers to meet digital sovereignty needs, followed by regulated industries and critical infrastructure organizations, such as energy and utilities and telecommunications,” said Buest.

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Regionally, Middle East and Africa (89%), Mature Asia/Pacific (87%) and Europe (83%) are projected to record the highest growth in sovereign cloud IaaS spending in 2026. While China and North America are forecast to be No 1 and No 2. in spending in 2026 at $47 billion and $16 billion respectively, growth for both will be in the 20 percent range. Europe is forecast to surpass North America in sovereign cloud IaaS spending in 2027 (see Table 1).

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Chinese authorities say their investigation of a high-profile scandal in one of the country’s leading state-run museums has revealed there was systemic mismanagement and alleged corruption decades ago that allowed national treasures to be funnelled into the private art market. The scandal unfolded in late December when Nanjing Museum in eastern Jiangsu province was alleged to have secretly sold donated paintings after the artworks were mishandled by a former director. The controversy centres on...

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The Israeli Prison Service has begun preparations to introduce the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners, Israeli media reported on Sunday.

According to Israel's Channel 13, preparations include the creation of a facility dubbed "Israel's Green Mile", where executions will take place

The report added that executions will be carried out by hanging, with three guards pressing the trigger simultaneously.

Specialist teams, composed entirely of volunteers, will be assigned to the task.

Author: Ted Regencia
Published on: 10/02/2026 | 00:00:00

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Australia is bracing for more demonstrations, as political leaders and civic groups appeal for calm. Police accused of using excessive force against peaceful demonstrations against Israel's visit to Sydney. Palestinian Action Group Sydney called on supporters to gather on Tuesday afternoon. Australian racial justice group Democracy in Colour said it was “horrified” by the “excessive police force” used against protesters who had gathered to express their objection to Herzog’s visit. Protest organisers say the Israeli president, whom a United Nations commission of inquiry has found to be responsible for inciting genocide against Palestinians in Gaza by Israeli forces, should not be immune from protests against his visit to Australia. Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza on October 8, 2023, with support from the US. At least 72,032 people, including almost 600 killed after the latest ceasefire in October 2025. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was 'devastated' by the events.

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Author: Simon Speakman Cordall
Published on: 10/02/2026 | 00:00:00

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Ali Zbeedat, a longtime shopkeeper from Sakhnin in Israel’s north, decided he had enough. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3Here’s why Israel is allowing record murder rates in its Palestinian towns list 2 of 3Israel-Palestine head of Human Rights Watch quits over ‘blocked’ report list 3 of 3How Israel destroyed Gaza’s health system ‘deliberately and methodically’ end of list “We know where you go and where you walk. Tens of thousands of people, both Palestinian and Jewish Israeli, took to the streets of Tel Aviv and choking traffic in Jerusalem over the weekend. Zbeedat's case has caught the attention of Palestinian citizens of Israel, as well as wider Israeli society. Fertile ground Palestinian citizens of Israel make up approximately 21 percent of Israel’s overall population. They are descendants of Palestinians who were not forced out in the Nakba of 1948, when 750,000 people fled following the establishment of the State of Israel. To many that live in those communities, it is not that the state is actively working against them. Unemployment is endemic, and made worse after access to the occupied West Bank was restricted following the outbreak of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in 2023. According to 2024 figures, only 54 percent of Palestinian men and 36 percent of Israeli women in Israel have jobs, after already low employment levels plummeted in tandem with the genocide in Gaza. It makes fertile ground for organised crime, Touma-Suleiman said. Jewish Israelis rarely venture into territory considered dangerous and unsafe. Israeli President Isaac Herzog is preparing to name Ben-Gvir as task force addressing the issue. "At school, he will worry about one of his classmates or teachers being shot." Even if he had to go to the doctor or the pharmacist he would worry about a gang operating there.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 10/02/2026 | 00:00:00

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Ali Larijani, a close adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is due to meet Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, the chief intermediary in the talks, as well as Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4Iran arrests prominent reformist politicians, cites links to US, Israel list 2 of 4Netanyahu to meet Trump in US Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a series of phone calls with his counterparts in Turkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to brief them on the latest developments in the indirect negotiations with Washington in Muscat. On Monday, Iran’s atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami said Tehran was open to diluting its highly enriched uranium if the United States ends sanctions. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for Iran to be subject to a total ban on enrichment.

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Author: Erin Hale
Published on: 10/02/2026 | 00:00:00

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Hong Kong's chief executive praises jailing of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison. Lee condemns lai's sentence as officials in the United States, the United Kingdom and several other countries, as well as the United Nations. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4US kills two people in attack on boat in eastern Pacific. Lai was found guilty in December of two counts of colluding with foreign forces. He was known as a longtime critic of China’s Communist Party. His son Sebastian told the BBC this week that a 20-year prison term was tantamount to a “death sentence” given his father’s age and deteriorating health.

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