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GAZA — The Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza has seen heavy fighting as Israeli tanks surrounded the area. While the focus of the Israeli ground operation seems to be in the south, hundreds of tank shells hit Jabalia refugee camp in the north. The situation in the biggest refugee …

By Gordon Corera BBC Security correspondent 7 December 2023, 11:30 GMT Updated 58 minutes ago Image caption, The FSB is being accused of a years long campaign of cyber attacks by the UK’s government The UK is accusing Russia’s Security Service, the FSB, of a sustained cyber-hacking campaign, targeting politicians …

Meta announced default end-to-end encryption for its Messenger, where all messages in conversations and calls between users will be encrypted, and no third party can access their content.Head of Messenger Loredana Crisan said that engineers, cryptographers, designers, policy experts and product managers have worked tirelessly to rebuild Messenger features from …

CHENNAI — A cyclone which barrelled through India’s southern coast earlier this week has left Chennai city flooded and struggling to return to normal. Authorities are trying to clear rainwater from homes and streets in the city’s suburbs. Some residents say they are unable to access basic necessities and are …

Wavel Ramkalawan President of Seychelles addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/ File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NAIROBI, Dec 7 (Reuters) – A blast at an explosives store wrecked buildings and caused massive damage to an industrial zone …

HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations (UN) Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani participated in a media stand in New York, organized by the Arab Group at the United Nations for the current situation in Gaza Strip. During the stand, Her Excellency affirmed that …

LAS VEGAS — Police say three people have been killed in a shooting at the Las Vegas campus of the University of Nevada (UNLV) on Wednesday morning. Officers struck and killed the suspect, who remains unnamed, in a shootout. One other victim remains in a critical condition at a local …

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he decided to step down as chief of his faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, with its political funds scandal taking a further toll on his already flagging government. The LDP has recently faced criticism amid allegations that five factions, including …

This handout photo taken on December 5, 2023 and released on December 6 by the Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office shows rescue personnel working at the scene where a bus plunged into a ravine in Hamtic town, Antique province, central Philippines. Seventeen people were killed when a …

WASHINGTON — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy clashed throughout Wednesday’s fourth Republican primary debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, reigniting one of the most contentious feuds of the primary cycle thus far, which was punctuated by Ramaswamy’s accusation that Haley was “corrupt.” Ramaswamy attacked Haley in the …