US charges three Iranians with ‘hack and leak’ of Trump campaign
[ad_1] US authorities have charged three Iranians with hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign this year. Prosecutors say Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yasar Balaghi are members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who engaged in a “hack and leak”…
Japan’s scandal-hit ruling party picks Shigeru Ishiba as next PM
[ad_1] EPA The change of guard comes at a turbulent time for Japan’s ruling party Japan’s ruling party has elected Shigeru Ishiba as its new leader, positioning the former defence chief as Japan’s next leader. Nine candidates contested for leadership…
Israel fighting Hezbollah with ‘full force’ despite ceasefire calls
[ad_1] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the country’s military to continue fighting with “full force” against the armed group Hezbollah, despite calls from the US and other allies for a ceasefire. Lebanon’s health ministry said at least 92…
Cameroonian Anglophone leader arrested in Norway
[ad_1] A Cameroonian separatist leader has been arrested in Norway for his alleged role in the ongoing armed conflict in the Central African country. Lucas Ayaba Cho was arrested on Tuesday on “charges based on his various expressions on social…
Eric Adams, New York City mayor, indicted in federal probe
[ad_1] Getty Images New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing federal criminal charges, according to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. Adams, 64, was elected to lead the most populous US city nearly three years ago on a promise…
Russia planning to attack nuclear plants
[ad_1] Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the United Nations that Russia is planning deeper attacks on his country’s nuclear power plants, warning of possible “nuclear disaster”. He said he had received intelligence showing Moscow was using satellites provided by…
China test-fires ICBM for first time in decades
[ad_1] China has said it successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) carrying a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean. The ICMB was launched at 08:44 local time (04:44 GMT) on Wednesday and “fell into expected sea areas”, Beijing’s defence…
CrowdStrike boss apologises before US Congress for global IT outage
[ad_1] Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike faced its biggest grilling yet over its role in July’s mass global IT outage in Congress on Tuesday. Adam Meyers, a senior executive at the company, appeared before a US congressional committee to answer questions about…
Russia to sell satellites to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger
[ad_1] Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have announced a new partnership with Russia to acquire telecoms and remote-sensing satellites. The three West African countries, run by military juntas, have been struggling to defeat Islamist insurgencies for years and have turned…
Bird on a wire and other winning photos
[ad_1] The Bird Photographer of the Year award has been announced, with Canadian photographer Patricia Homonylo scooping the top prize for her thought-provoking image titled When Worlds Collide. Patricia Homonylo/Bird Photographer of the Year Gold Award – Conservation (single image)…