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A day after at least 24 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a seafront Gaza café, the Israeli military on Tuesday announced a review into the strike.However, the Israeli army maintained that it had conducted the strike against “several Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip.”“Prior to the strike, steps…

Police and emergency services stand on the premises of regional grid operator, after a man armed attacked people at the company in Mellrichstadt, Germany (Image credits: AP) At least one person was killed and two injured in southern Germany on Tuesday after a man with a knife attacked people at a company.The attack took place…

Iran-linked hackers have issued a fresh threat against the United States, vowing to leak additional emails stolen from Donald Trump’s aides, Reuters reported. The group had previously distributed a batch of the hacked messages to media in the lead-up to 2024 presidential election.Issuing a stern warning against such act, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)…

As the M23 rebels advanced on Bukavu during January and February, several villages along Lake Kivu were turned into battlefields. Though fighters from all sides have committed atrocities, civil society groups and activists have identified the Congolese military and allied Wazalendo militias from the North Kivu province as raping women and children. Survivors receive no…

EU strikes new trade deal with Ukraine covering farm imports BRUSSELS: The European Union said Monday it had agreed a new long-term trade deal with Ukraine, covering imports of food products from the war-torn country that have angered EU farmers.“With this modernised agreement, we are securing trade flows from Ukraine to Europe and global markets,”…

OpenAI’s high-profile IITian employee quits, to join Meta: Who is Indian-origin researcher Trapit Bansal? OpenAI looses on another high-stakes AI talent, Indian-origin researcher Trapit Bansal has exited OpenAI to join Meta. Bansal, an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, had been with OpenAI since 2022. During his time at…

US President Donald Trump (File Image) US President Donald Trump warned about a potential 68% tax hike if Congress fails to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which focuses on budget reconciliation.“Republicans, the One Big Beautiful Bill, perhaps the greatest and most important of its kind in history, gives the largest Tax Cuts…

A study in The Lancet reveals that steep cuts to USAID funding could lead to over 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, reversing decades of progress in combating diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria. Steep cuts in funding for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) threaten to cause more than 14 million additional deaths…

MEXICO: Flossie has strengthened into a hurricane off Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast. The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said Flossie became a Category 1 hurricane Monday night and has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph). The hurricane center said Flossie was moving west-northwest off the Mexican coast and was about 175 miles…

US judge halts release of Abrego Garcia, citing delay over ICE deportation concerns A federal judge has delayed the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national accused of human smuggling, amid fears from his legal team that US immigration authorities could deport him before he stands trial. US magistrate judge Barbara Holmes had ruled…