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Updated as stories are publishedWestern agencies warn Iranian spyware is targeting dissidents
The United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands warned on Tuesday that Iranian cyber operations are being used to…
Italian NATO Fighter Downs Suspected Drone Over Lithuania
An Italian fighter jet flying for NATO shot down what Lithuanian officials described as a suspected Russian drone after it…
Trump-backed Kennedy Center closure follows naming dispute
The Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to close the performing arts center’s building in Washington, citing safety and financial concerns.…
Federal judge halts Trump administration rule on foreign visas
A federal judge in Boston on Monday blocked the Trump administration from implementing a Department of Homeland Security rule that…
Congress weighs new tariffs targeting Russia and its oil buyers
The US House is preparing to vote this week on a bill that would give Donald Trump broader authority to…
UN warns Yemen fighting is driving mass displacement
More than 100,000 people have been displaced inside Yemen by escalating fighting between the Houthi rebels and forces loyal to…
Bangsamoro parties face coalition talks after first election
The first parliamentary election in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has produced a hung parliament, with unofficial results…
Inquiry finds complete failure to protect babies at English hospital
A statutory public inquiry has blamed the Countess of Chester Hospital in England for a “complete failure at all levels”…
Seven Awami League aides sentenced over Bangladesh uprising crackdown
A three-member tribunal in Dhaka sentenced seven aides of ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death in absentia on…
What the very strong El Niño could mean for weather worldwide
A powerful El Niño is developing in the central and eastern Pacific after water temperatures rose more than 2C above…
What the US lost in Iran attacks, according to the Pentagon watchdog
A Department of Defense inspector general report says Iranian attacks damaged or destroyed dozens of US aircraft, at least 30…
UN report accuses Belarus institutions of targeting critics
United Nations independent experts say Belarusian state institutions have worked together since 2020 to repress government critics through arrests, imprisonment…
New research revises Australia’s pre-1788 Indigenous population estimate
A peer-reviewed study estimates that 2.2 million Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people lived in Australia before the First Fleet…
Ebola transmission slows in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say the Ebola outbreak has reached its peak, with reported daily cases…
Hungary submits bill to revise anti-LGBTQ rules for minors
Hungary’s government has submitted a bill to parliament that would remove references to banning the “promotion” or “display” of homosexuality…
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