U.S. Conducts Military Strikes in Sirik, Iran Amid Unclear Motives
TEHRAN (Reuters) — The United States carried out new military strikes against targets in the Iranian port city of Sirik early Wednesday morning, marking a significant escalation in tensions between Wa...
Mumbai Police Arrest Science Graduate in Cross-Border Fake APK Fraud Ring
NEW DELHI — Mumbai police arrested a 26-year-old science graduate on Wednesday for developing and selling counterfeit Android Application Package files to cyber fraud gangs operating across India. The...
IRGC Blames US for Abrupt Closure of Official Telegram Channel Amid Intelligence Claims
TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday condemned the sudden suspension of its official Telegram account, attributing the closure to panic within United States military circles o...
Ukrainian F-16 Crashes During Combat Mission; Pilot Ejects Safely
KYIV — A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed on Tuesday evening while engaged in a combat mission to intercept enemy aerial targets, forcing the pilot to eject from the aircraft. The incident...
Iranian Forces Strike Vessel at Egypt's Damietta Port Amid Rising Tensions
CAIRO — A commercial vessel was attacked Tuesday evening inside the Egyptian port of Damietta, an incident that President Donald Trump attributed to Iranian military forces. The strike occurred shortl...
FCC Bans Foreign Robots and Inverters Over National Security Risks
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission added foreign-produced mobile robots and networked power inverters to its Covered List on Wednesday, effectively blocking new models of the equipment...
Drone Strikes American LNG Tanker at Egyptian Port of Damietta
DAMIETTA, Egypt — An unmanned aerial vehicle struck an American liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker docked in the port city of Damietta on Tuesday afternoon, marking a significant escalation in maritim...
UAV Strikes US-Owned LNG Vessel Off Egyptian Coast
DAMIETTA, Egypt — A United States-owned liquefied natural gas floating storage facility was struck by at least one unmanned aerial vehicle off the coast of Damietta on Tuesday afternoon. The vessel, f...
Russian Cyber Group Deploys Persistent Outlook Implant Against U.S. and European Targets
WASHINGTON — A Russian cyber threat group identified as Laundry Bear, also known by the alias TA488, has exploited a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Web Access to deploy a new browser impl...
North Korean Group Linked to Major npm Package Hijacks for Crypto Theft
SEOUL — Amazon Threat Intelligence has attributed a series of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting popular open-source software packages to North Korea's state-sponsored hacking unit, Sapphire Sleet. ...
Australia Files Lawsuit Against Telegram Over Failure to Remove Extremist Content
CANBERRA — Australia has initiated legal proceedings against the messaging platform Telegram, alleging the service failed to remove extremist and pro-terrorism content despite repeated warnings from f...
Active Exploitation of Cisco Firewall Zero-Day Allows Unauthenticated Access
UNSECURED NETWORKS — A critical zero-day vulnerability in the Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center software is being actively exploited by unauthenticated attackers, granting them remote access to ...
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Strikes Jordan Base and Halts Oil Tankers in Escalating Moves
TEHRAN — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a coordinated military operation on Tuesday, striking a United States Air Force base in Jordan while simultaneously intercepting three...
Iraqi Militant Group Warns U.S. and Saudi Forces Against Territorial Violations
BAGHDAD — The Islamic Resistance Movement al-Nujaba issued a stern warning on Tuesday to United States and Saudi Arabian military forces, declaring that any violation of Iraqi territory would be met w...
Iraqis Mourn Victims of Overnight US-Israeli Airstrikes in Mass Funeral Procession
BAGHDAD, July 29 (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered across Iraq on Tuesday to bury victims killed during overnight airstrikes attributed by Iraqi officials and media outlets to a joint operation in...
Zelenskyy Arrives in Poland for High-Stakes Talks with Tusk Amid Diplomatic Strain
WARSAW, July 29 (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Warsaw on Tuesday following a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in the United States, initiating direct talks aim...
Actress Kirti Kulhari Loses Rs 2.4 Lakh in Mumbai Cyber Fraud Incident
MUMBAI — Bollywood actress Kirti Kulhari lost approximately Rs 2.4 lakh after scammers gained unauthorized access to her mobile phone and credit card, police said Wednesday. The incident marks a signi...
Trump Vows Military Action Against Iran in Fox News Interview
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that he intends to use overwhelming military force against Iran, declaring during a televised interview that his administration plans to "beat the...
IRGC Launches Missile Strike on U.S. Base in Jordan; Halts Ships in Hormuz Strait
AMMAN, Jordan — The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a retaliatory ballistic missile strike against an American airbase in Jordan early Tuesday morning and simultaneously intercepted th...
Fed Holds Rates Steady as Middle East Conflict Drives Oil Prices Higher
NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve maintained its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Tuesday, even as escalating military conflict between Iran and U.S. forces in the Middle East sent oil prices surging...
Yemen Condemns Saudi Aggression Against Iraqi Territory as Violation of International Law
SANAA, Yemen — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sanaa issued a formal condemnation on Tuesday regarding what it described as aggressive actions by the Saudi government against Iraqi territory. In a ...
Cybercriminals Flood Web with Over 35,000 Fake World Cup Sites Ahead of Tournament Kickoff
SEOUL (July 29) — More than 35,000 malicious websites impersonating official entities have been identified online since January, targeting fans in anticipation of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The surge in...
Ukrainian Drone Strike Causes Partial Collapse at Major Russian Distribution Hub in Ryazan
RYAZAN, Russia — A Ukrainian drone strike on Tuesday caused catastrophic damage and a partial structural collapse of the Wildberries distribution center in Ryazan, one of Russia's largest e-commerce l...
Anthropic's Claude AI Service Suffers Global Outage Amid Server Overload
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anthropic, the artificial intelligence developer behind the Claude chatbot service, experienced a significant worldwide outage on Tuesday evening that disrupted access to multiple...
Poll finds nearly half of U.S. citizens support ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu over war crimes allegations
WASHINGTON — A new national survey released Tuesday indicates that nearly 50% of American adults believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is guilty of war crimes and supports his immediate ar...
Health-ISAC Alerts Healthcare Sector to Surge in ShinyHunters Social Engineering Attacks
The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) issued an urgent advisory on Tuesday warning healthcare organizations of a significant increase in successful cyberattacks by the threa...
Federal Reserve Maintains Silence on Rates Amid Renewed Inflation Fears
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has maintained an unusual silence regarding future interest rate decisions as policymakers grapple with renewed inflation concerns and a murkier economic outlook. As o...
U.S. and Saudi Coalition Conducts Airstrike in Central Iraq's Babil Province
BAGHDAD — United States and Saudi Arabia forces carried out a joint airstrike early Tuesday morning targeting locations within northern Babil Province in central Iraq, marking a significant escalation...
Iran Launches Ballistic Missiles and Drones at Jordan in Sudden Escalation
AMMAN, July 28 (AP) — Iran launched a coordinated military strike against Jordan late Monday night, firing four ballistic missiles and deploying multiple unmanned aerial vehicles toward the kingdom's ...
Critical Flaw in Ruflo AI Platform Exposes Users to Remote Command Execution Risks
A maximum-severity security vulnerability discovered in the open-source Ruflo AI agent platform has exposed users to remote command execution, API key theft, and artificial intelligence memory poisoni...