Wall Street Journal Reports Growing Tensions Between MAGA Movement and Pope Leo Over Immigration and Iran
WASHINGTON — A sharp ideological rift has emerged between the MAGA political movement and Pope Leo, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, centering on the Catholic Church’s positions regarding immig...
Iranian Pressure on Hormuz Strait Cited in Push for Lebanon Ceasefire
BEIRUT (AP) — Iranian leverage over the strategic Strait of Hormuz is being cited as a potential catalyst for ending hostilities in Lebanon, a senior Hezbollah official told Al Jazeera on Tuesday. The...
UK Finance Minister Reeves Criticizes Trump's Iran Attack Amid Rising Oil Prices
LONDON — British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves sharply criticized President Donald Trump's military strike against Iran on Tuesday, warning that the attack lacked clear objectives and an exit strateg...
Carahsoft Partners with Red Sky Alliance to Deliver Cyber Intelligence to U.S. Public Sector
WASHINGTON (AP) — Carahsoft Technology Corporation announced a strategic partnership with Red Sky Alliance on Wednesday, positioning itself as the Master Government Aggregator for the cybersecurity fi...
Ukraine Hospitals and Local Governments Hit by Phishing Campaign
KYIV, Ukraine — A coordinated cyberattack targeting Ukrainian hospitals, local government entities, and FPV drone operators has been detected, involving the deployment of AGINGFLY malware through phis...
Rajasthan Police Warn of Cyber Fraud Linked to Digital Census
JAIPUR, India — The Rajasthan Police issued a public advisory on Wednesday warning residents against cyber fraud attempts exploiting the ongoing digital census process. The alert comes as authorities ...
Erdogan Warns Against Israeli Sabotage of US-Iran Ceasefire
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a stark warning against Israeli efforts to undermine a fragile ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, pledging ...
Iran, UAE Leaders Discuss Regional De-escalation Following February Conflict
ABU DHABI — Senior officials from the United Arab Emirates and Iran held a high-level telephone conversation Tuesday to discuss strategies for de-escalating tensions in West Asia, marking a significan...
New AI-Driven Cybercrime Platform Targets Major Tech and Financial Services
A new cybercrime platform known as ATHR has emerged, enabling fully automated voice phishing attacks designed to harvest login credentials from major online services. The system combines artificial in...
Saint Philoumenos of Jacob's Well Murdered in Nablus
NABLUS, West Bank — Saint Philoumenos of Jacob's Well was killed on November 29, 1979, in an attack attributed to a Jewish religious zealot. The incident, which took place in the West Bank city of Nab...
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Dies in Murder-Suicide at Home
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax killed his wife and himself in an overnight incident at their home in Fairfax County, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Fairfax...
Scammers Launch Global iCloud Phishing Campaign Targeting Storage Alerts
LONDON (AP) — A new phishing campaign targeting iCloud users is sweeping across multiple countries, exploiting fears of data loss to steal personal and financial information. The scam, identified on A...
North Korean threat actor UNC1069 compromises Zerion device, steals $100K in internal funds
SEOUL — A North Korean cyber threat actor known as UNC1069 compromised a Zerion team member's device on April 16, 2026, using an AI-enabled social engineering attack that resulted in the theft of appr...
Splunk Issues Security Patches for Critical Vulnerabilities Across Enterprise Products
SAN FRANCISCO — Splunk Inc. released security patches on Wednesday addressing multiple vulnerabilities across its Enterprise, Cloud Platform, and MCP Server products, including a high-severity remote ...
Threat Actors Exploit Obsidian Plugin Ecosystem to Target Finance Sector
LONDON (Reuters) — Cyber threat actors have launched a targeted social engineering campaign exploiting the community plugin ecosystem of the Obsidian note-taking application to distribute remote acces...
Cisco Issues Patches for 15 Vulnerabilities in Webex, ISE
SAN FRANCISCO — Cisco Systems Inc. on Wednesday released security patches to address 15 vulnerabilities across its product portfolio, including critical-severity flaws in its Webex collaboration platf...
Humans Lower Strategic Bids Against AI Opponents, Study Finds
NEW YORK (AP) — Humans playing strategic games against artificial intelligence opponents tend to choose lower numerical values than when competing against other people, driven by perceptions of the ma...
Autovista Services Disrupted Following Ransomware Attack
LONDON (AP) — Autovista, a leading provider of automotive data and imagery, is working to restore critical services after its systems were compromised in a ransomware attack that disrupted operations ...
Researchers Disclose 'Comment and Control' Attack Compromising AI Coding Agents
SAN FRANCISCO — A new class of cybersecurity vulnerability known as "Comment and Control" has been disclosed by researchers, exposing a method to hijack AI-powered coding agents from major technology ...
Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced for North Korean IT Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to prison Wednesday for orchestrating a scheme that allowed North Korean IT workers to use stolen identities to labor for more than 100 American com...
Criminals Exploit Hotel Partners to Access Booking.com Guest Data
LONDON (AP) — A criminal group known as Storm-1865 has compromised Booking.com guest reservation data by targeting third-party hotel partners with phishing campaigns and malware, enabling scammers to ...
Sweden Blames Pro-Russian Group for Failed Cyberattack on Energy Grid
STOCKHOLM — Sweden's security authorities attributed a failed cyberattack on the country's energy infrastructure last year to a pro-Russian group with ties to Russian security and intelligence service...
Ransomware Campaign Targets Turkish Homes and Small Businesses
ISTANBUL — A coordinated ransomware campaign targeting households and small to medium-sized businesses across Turkey has been identified by cybersecurity researchers, utilizing modified commercial mal...
Major Fire Erupts at Geelong Refinery, Australia's Fuel Supply Under Threat
GEELONG, Australia (AP) — A significant fire broke out Wednesday morning at the Geelong refinery, one of only two operational oil refineries remaining in Australia, raising immediate concerns about th...
Kenya Police Arrest Three in Meru Cyber Fraud Raid
MERU, Kenya — The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested three suspects on Monday, April 15, 2026, for orchestrating a cyber fraud syndicate operating out of Meru. The arrests mark a si...
Global Enterprises Shift Cybersecurity Focus to Identity Intelligence Amid Rising Threats
LONDON (Reuters) - Security leaders and enterprises worldwide are fundamentally re-architecting their cybersecurity frameworks around identity visibility and intelligence to counter a converging wave ...
Israeli settlers damage Palestinian water pipelines near Jericho
JERUSALEM — Israeli settlers damaged water pipelines used by Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday, disrupting irrigation in the village of Ain al-Auja north of Jericho. The i...
Bank of Israel Estimates War Costs at $112 Billion Through 2026
JERUSALEM — The Bank of Israel released a report on Wednesday estimating the financial cost of warfare initiated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet will reach approximately $112 billion ov...
Iran Awaits Official Announcement on Potential Lebanon Ceasefire
BEIRUT (AP) — Iran is awaiting an official announcement regarding a possible one-week ceasefire in Lebanon set to begin Thursday, as regional tensions remain high. The potential truce comes amid inten...
Nolan Unveils 'The Odyssey' Footage at CinemaCon
LAS VEGAS — Director Christopher Nolan presented exclusive footage from his upcoming epic "The Odyssey" at CinemaCon on Wednesday, showcasing a high-stakes Trojan Horse attack sequence and detailing t...