The US military says it has intercepted a barrage of missiles and drones fired by the Yemen-based group.

Mangione appears in court day after arrest in Pennsylvania for murder of Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan.

Residents of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp have started returning to their homes.

NAIROBI, KENYA — The United Nations, Microsoft and Kenya’s Ministry of Information last week launched a digital and artificial intelligence center in Nairobi to train African public servants and accelerate the development and use of online services. Officials said the program — the Timbuktoo GreenTech Hub and Africa Centre for Competence for AI and Digital Skilling — aims to improve the skills of 100,000 government workers. U.N. Development Program Regional Director Ahunna Eziakonwa said at the launch that better digital skills and resources will enable Africa to achieve technological progress. "An inclusive public sector digital transformation drives efficiency and effectiveness and helps governments to enhance coordination of resources and information and strengthen data and code policymaking and implementation," she said. Kenyan President William Ruto said that more than 20,000 government services can be accessed online and that the digital transformation has made government work easier. "This will help us streamline public service delivery and enhance transparency and efficiency, minimize opportunities for corruption and maximize visibility and mobilization of public revenue,” he said. “The transformative impact of this single initiative on citizens' experience in accessing public services, along with the government's capacity to effectively manage public resources, clearly illustrates the immense value of digital transformation." Governance experts say digital services offered online have improved citizens' trust in public services and made the work of government employees faster, more accurate and more transparent. However, the frequent power and internet blackouts that plague some African countries sometimes force government workers to resort to traditional paper and file systems. Some workers have little experience with computers and feel that online glitches are slowing them down. Michael Niyitegeka, team leader at Refactory, a software academy in Uganda that prepares youth for global tech work, said authorities must push workers to use the technology. "Leadership has to be extremely firm in knowing how they want to use these technologies and invest in ensuring that people are working with it,” Niyitegeka said. “We need to work on the entire system so the citizens can be brought to speed, and different users of these technologies as we are building need to be brought on board so that we are building together,” he said. “Otherwise, it will probably become a white elephant." Tech experts say that if developed correctly and with proper investment, then digital technology and artificial intelligence can transform communities.

Years of war and sanctions have left much of the country in ruins.

Hundreds gather in Kenya's capital to rally against gender-based violence.

Police in Nairobi used tear gas to disperse protesters demanding an end to femicide.

Some firewalls targeted in the US were protecting critical infrastructure companies, the US Treasury Department says.

Hunter Biden was accused of influencing policy for personal gain. His critics aren't upset over Trump Jr's similar role.

One year into his presidency, Milei has fast become a symbol of what the global far right hope to achieve.

Parents in England can now access 15 hours of free weekly childcare for children from nine months.

Netanyahu took the stand for about four hours and will resume testifying on Wednesday.

Officers Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud behind torture of detainees, including US citizens, prosecutors say.

A stalwart Assad ally for decades, Iran has to decide how it will approach the new Syria.

WASHINGTON — The United States slapped sanctions on a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees Tuesday, accusing it of compromising more than 80,000 firewalls in a 2020 attack. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement that it had sanctioned Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company and an employee named Guan Tianfeng over the April 2020 attack, which targeted firewalls around the world, including critical infrastructure in the U.S. Over a three-day period, Guan exploited a vulnerability in a firewall product and proceeded to deploy malware against some 81,000 businesses around the world with the aim of stealing data, including usernames and passwords, while also attempting to infect the computers with ransomware, according to the Treasury Department. More than 23,000 firewalls were in the United States, of which 36 were protecting "critical infrastructure companies' systems," the Treasury said. "Today's action underscores our commitment to exposing these malicious cyber activities ... and to holding the actors behind them accountable for their schemes," Bradley Smith, Treasury acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement. The Treasury, he said, "will continue to leverage our tools to disrupt attempts by malicious cyber actors to undermine our critical infrastructure." Alongside the sanctions, the Department of Justice has also unsealed an indictment against Guan and announced a reward of up to $10 million for information about the employee or company, according to the Treasury Department.

Al-Bashir headed the HTS-led Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) in the northwest area of Idlib.

Some European countries are freezing asylum applications for people from Syria in the wake of the fall of its regime.

Bosses in the early years sector say the government's uplift in funding will not cover rising costs.

Bosses in the early years sector say the government's uplift in funding will not cover rising costs.

A young girl in northern Gaza sends a heartfelt message to the people of Syria, congratulating them on their freedom.