By Raphael Satter and Gabriel Stargardter French officials blame Iran for refrigerator hacks, vow retaliation PARIS, – French officials on Monday accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of responsibility for the cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers across France last month, saying there would be consequences for Iran. The hacks that struck hundreds of French … Read more
By Steve Holland and Humeyra Pamuk Russia and Ukraine showing flexibility on territory, US official says WASHINGTON, – Both Russia and Ukraine are showing some flexibility privately on the possible exchange of territory ahead of US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi this week as President Donald Trump ramps up efforts to resolve the conflict, a US … Read more
AI, superchips and cyber warfare may be reshaping modern espionage, but some secrets are still won the old-fashioned way: through sex and scandal. Honey Traps: sex, lies and a spy’s oldest trick The latest controversy to ripple through the tech world centres on Nvidia chief Jensen Huang and his affair with a woman accused by … Read more
US officials insisted Monday that a broader security architecture for Europe must be part of any peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, amid European concerns over talks in Abu Dhabi on ending the war. US pushes for European ‘security architecture’ to end Ukraine war European capitals have expressed skepticism over what President Donald Trump has … Read more
A cruise ship run by Switzerland-based firm MSC Cruise returned to The Port of Galveston in Texas, cutting short a seven-night voyage, after a possible murder on board. Representational image. (Unsplash) The FBI’s field office in Houston, Texas, said in a statement that it is investigating the death as a “possible homicide.” Fox 26 Houston … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Relatives, lawyers and women’s rights groups in Honduras demanded justice Monday as they awaited a verdict in a sex-trafficking case surrounding the 2022 disappearance of Angie Peña, which they say exposed the impunity and corruption that allow widespread gender violence in the Central American country. Honduras awaits verdict in disappearance case that … Read more
Republican Representative Thomas Massie is set to introduce a measure to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as soon as Monday, roughly one week after the unpopular Iran war he championed ended up fueling a midterm defeat for President Donald Trump’s Republican Party. Thomas Massie is set to introduce a measure to impeach Defense Secretary Pete … Read more
An explosion ripped through a steel plant in western Turkey on Monday, killing 17 people, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowing to find out who was responsible. Anger as 17 killed in Turkey steel factory blast The blast occurred around midday at the HABAS steel factory about 60 kilometres north of the port city of … Read more
KRAKOW, Poland — People gathered in Krakow ’s main square on Monday evening for a silent march to commemorate the victims of Saturday’s mass shooting, in which a 24-year-old Polish gunman killed six people and wounded 15 others. Polish gunman who killed 6 in Krakow square dies in a hospital Shoulder to shoulder, people walked … Read more
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Police in a Denver suburb on Friday mourned an officer killed in a shootout on a city bus that also killed a gunman, wounded three other officers and injured a bystander. Officer killed, 3 officers and bystander wounded in Denver-area bus shootout Lakewood police identified the officer who was killed Friday … Read more