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Is Israel about to invade Lebanon?
More than 550 Lebanese have already been killed and 90,000 displaced since Israel escalated air attacks a week ago.
Israeli army boss tells troops to prepare for possible Lebanon push
Israeli general Herzi Halevi told soldiers in northern Israel that the air attacks on Lebanon would continue.
Ukraine urges world not to seek ‘lull’ in Russia’s war instead of peace
Ukrainian president singles out China, Brazil for pushing what he called 'half-hearted settlement plans'.
Florida braces for major hurricane as Helene strengthening rapidly
Helene is rapidly intensifying and forecast to become a major Category 3 hurricane headed for Florida, forecasters say.
Palestinian confronts Israeli armoured vehicle in occupied West Bank
A Palestinian man was filmed confronting an armoured vehicle as Israeli forces were conducting a raid on Jenin.
CrowdStrike executive apologizes to Congress for July global tech outage
WASHINGTON — An executive at cybersecurity company CrowdStrike apologized in testimony to Congress for sparking a global technology outage over the summer.
"We let our customers down," said Adam Meyers, who leads CrowdStrike's threat intelligence division, in a hearing before a U.S. House cybersecurity subcommittee Tuesday.
Austin, Texas-based CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off a global tech outage in July that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers.
"Everywhere Americans turned, basic societal functions were unavailable," House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green said. "We cannot allow a mistake of this magnitude to happen again."
The Tennessee Republican likened the impact of the outage to an attack "we would expect to be carefully executed by a malicious and sophisticated nation-state actor."
"We're deeply sorry and we are determined to prevent this from ever happening again," Meyers told lawmakers while laying out the technical missteps that led to the outage of about 8.5 million computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Meyers said he wanted to "underscore that this was not a cyberattack" but was, instead, caused by a faulty "rapid-response content update" focused on addressing new threats. The company has since bolstered its content update procedures, he said.
The company still faces a number of lawsuits from people and businesses that were caught up in July's mass outage.
Zelenskyy takes aim at China, Brazil in push for peace in Ukraine
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy questioned the “true interest” of a push by Brazil and China to end the war.
German Green party leaders resign after election losses
Co-leaders' exits come after the party failed to cross five percent threshold in Thuringia and Brandenburg state polls.
Israel is repeating its Gaza assault in Lebanon. Why?
There's an eerie similarity in how Israel is approaching both its assaults. The question is, will that work?
‘I will prevent World War 3’, Trump says
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would end the war in Ukraine.
Celebrating a martyr’s birthday in Gaza
My niece asked us to celebrate the birthday of her father, killed in an Israeli massacre. And we did.
Israeli soldiers hide from Hezbollah rockets
Video shows Israeli soldiers lying on the ground and sheltering from Hezbollah rockets.
Israel has been bombing Gaza and Lebanon at the same time
Hundreds of Israeli air strikes hit areas across Lebanon this week but Israel’s attacks on Gaza haven’t stopped either.
French immigration rules to be reviewed as far right weaponises murder
'If we have to change the rules, let's change them,' says Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.
Blinken accused of lying to Congress over Gaza aid
The US’s top diplomat Antony Blinken is facing calls for his resignation over allegations he lied to Congress.
Why was Marcellus Williams executed? What to know about the Missouri case
Marcellus Williams has been executed in Missouri, despite objections from prosecutors.
Donga’s Diary: Libya’s Decade of War
Through his extensive video archive, Donga looks back on how events in Libya over 10 years changed him and his nation.
Russia moves to ban adoptions from countries that allow gender change
Parliament's lower house backs measure and says it was aimed at upholding the 'traditional values' of the country.
Manchester City’s midfielder Rodri out for ‘a long time’ due to knee injury
City manager Guardiola says Rodri's knee ligament injury will be a 'big blow' to the club's performance this season.
Can Israel afford another war in Lebanon?
Israel's war on Gaza has ground its vital economic sectors to a halt.