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mirror.co.uk | 5 min. ago NEW

Car radios face the axe despite 50% increase in listeners - but safety could suffer

EXCLUSIVE: Modern car manufacture is threatening the future of the car radio - but governments are racing to save them, saying they are essential for public safety, due to daily threats from everything from natural disasters to cyber attacks

al-monitor.com | 14 min. ago NEW

Jordan arrests three suspects after deadly church attack: What to know

The arrests follow days of searching for the three suspects in Friday’s attack, which killed nine people.

bbc.co.uk | 23 min. ago NEW

Nurse killed in attack while responding to Ebola alert in DR Congo

Local youths reportedly accused the health workers of contaminating water sources and spreading Ebola.

foxnews.com | 1 hrs. ago

College campus rocked by two alleged attacks in just weeks as second student arrested at dorm

James Vandenberg was arrested at a Wichita State University dorm on a rape charge, the second alleged sexual assault on campus in one month.

businessinsider.com | 1 hrs. 4 min. ago

Ukraine's been waiting almost a month for Hegseth to sign off on Patriot missiles, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine has repeatedly faced low stockpiles of crucial interceptors needed to defend against deadly Russian missile attacks.

dailymail.com | 1 hrs. 33 min. ago

Thugs smash windows and spray paint graffiti on dozens of homes where asylum seekers are believed to stay in anti-HMO attacks leaving families fearing for their safety

Families have been caught up in a terrifying wave of anti-HMO attacks on homes suspected of housing asylum seekers.

al-monitor.com | 1 hrs. 35 min. ago

Saudi Arabia’s KBS, top Turkish and Pakistani officials hold rare meeting in Iran: What to know

In first such gathering, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman will join Pakistani army chief Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin for talks with Iranian officials amid fears of renewed US and Israeli attacks against Iran.

al-monitor.com | 2 hrs. 17 min. ago

Netanyahu faces reckoning for October 7 in Israel's first vote since attack

By Maayan Lubell and Michal Yaakov ItzhakiBE'ERI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Gal Cohen walks along a memorial wall engraved with the names of the men, women and children slain in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on his kibbutz. For him, the idea that the man leading Israel, then and since, may be re-elected on Tuesday is painful.One-in-ten residents of his kibbutz, Be'eri, were among the 1,200 people killed in Hamas' surprise attack.

Dozens were among the 251 taken hostage to Gaza. It was Israel's deadliest single day.

foxnews.com | 2 hrs. 23 min. ago

NYPD detective stabbed 10 times in Bronx robbery recalls chasing attackers while bleeding out

Detective Jose Mercedes reveals on "One Nation" how his blood-soaked phone prevented him from calling 911 while chasing attackers in the Bronx.

euromaidanpress.com | 3 hrs. 14 min. ago

Guided bombs on Izium, strikes on Zaporizhzhia: Russian overnight attacks wound six, later strikes kill three

It was the second night running that Russia sent at least 140 drones, and strikes hit 15 locations both times.

scmp.com | 4 hrs. 14 min. ago

US singer Chris Brown avoids jail after guilty plea in UK nightclub incident

US singer Chris ⁠Brown was spared an immediate prison sentence in Britain on Monday for attacking a producer with a tequila bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. Brown, 37, was given an eight-month suspended sentence at London’s Southwark Crown Court ‌after he admitted a charge of affray over the attack on Abraham Diaw at the Tape nightclub in February 2023. The R&B star and his vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu, 40, pleaded guilty in July, having denied more serious charges of attempting to inflict...

thehindu.com | 5 hrs. 28 min. ago

Kharge’s remark against PM Modi ideological attack, not personal, says Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal

‘Ideologically, of these Bharatiya Janata Party people, the parent is the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Kharge ji means that only,’ said K.C. Venugopal

smh.com.au | 5 hrs. 33 min. ago

AI supercharges cyberattacks on Australia, with superannuation savings in the firing line

Australia’s cybercop is dealing with an 80 per cent surge in attacks as criminals and foreign governments use new AI to target the country.

cbsnews.com | 5 hrs. 45 min. ago

Israeli military closing West Bank crossings before elections

The Israeli military's operation comes in response to a gun attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others in the West Bank.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 5 hrs. 46 min. ago

Trump attacks Bill Maher in 1,300-word Truth Social post after White House dinner

thehill.com | 5 hrs. 47 min. ago

The House is sitting on the evidence about pulsed microwave attacks

Two years ago, I implored Congress and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence specifically to allow me to brief them on evidence the U.S. government possesses of pulsed microwave attacks allegedly perpetrated by Russia, causing so-called Havana Syndrome. These attacks have injured hundreds of U.S. government personnel, including myself, my wife and my two...

defence-blog.com | 5 hrs. 53 min. ago

Simulated North Korean attack pierces South’s lines without nukes

A computer simulation run by South Korean and U.S. forces during this summer’s Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise ended with North Korean troops breaking through allied defensive lines and advancing to the outskirts of Seoul, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper said, a result that has deepened a dispute over when Seoul should take wartime command of […]

theguardian.com | 6 hrs. 9 min. ago

US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño

Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy?The water was rising rapidly. It had already reached Cayni Ali’s waist.

Her home, five metres from the flooded River Juba in southern Somalia, never stood a chance. There was nowhere to go. Ali’s city of Jilib was under attack. Repeated airstrikes, said the mother of six, were pinning its population beside the rising river.“The drones come all the time,” said the 27-year-old.

“We hear them constantly. They kill animals, civilians. The town is big but destruction is everywhere.” Continue reading...

theguardian.com | 6 hrs. 10 min. ago

The pet I’ll never forget: Clement was hit by a car and left to die in a ditch – then found his beautiful purpose

Before being rescued, he had an extremely traumatic experience. You’d never know it though, from the joy his patience and sunny nature bring to those who most need himIn December 2024, my kerry blue terrier, Magnus, died suddenly from a stroke at the age of nine.

Devastated, I started looking at rescue dogs on Facebook and came across Clement, who was being looked after by a shelter in Romania. It wasn’t his appearance that caught my attention, but his heartbreaking story.An eight-year-old mixed-breed rescue, Clement had spent most of his life with a woman living with Alzheimer’s.

One day, she accidentally let him out. He was hit by a car, attacked by two large dogs and left in a ditch for three days in the snow before being rescued by chance. When I read this, I knew I had to take him in. Continue reading...

cbsnews.com | 6 hrs. 23 min. ago

Iran shrugs off Trump's attack threats, says diplomacy ongoing

Iran says indirect negotiations with the U.S. continue but rules out bending to Trump's demands, even if he orders new strikes.

bbc.co.uk | 6 hrs. 31 min. ago

Jordan arrests three men suspected of deadly church attack after shootout

No group has yet said it was behind Friday's shooting attack in the village of Hmoud, which left nine Christians dead.

thehindu.com | 6 hrs. 45 min. ago

Intercepted missile after Houthis hit Riyadh airport, says Saudi coalition

The Houthis have carried out waves of strikes on the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, including an attack this month that killed 13 people and injured more than 300

warontherocks.com | 6 hrs. 59 min. ago

The Importance of the Battle of Bailén

Early on the morning of July 16, 1808, Captain-General Francisco Javier Castaños of the Army of Andalusia launched a surprise attack against the divided forces of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s Army of the Gironde. After three grueling days of combat, French Gen. Pierre Dupont requested a truce and opened negotiations outside the village of Bailén.

Beginning on July 22, 17,000 French soldiers — encircled, exhausted, and out of supplies — surrendered their arms, their flags, and three imperial eagles to the Spanish — men who had first shouldered a musket scarcely eight weeks earlier. The capitulation at Bailén may not express The post The Importance of the Battle of Bailén appeared first on War on the Rocks.

nytimes.com | 7 hrs. 2 min. ago

[$] Brazil’s Election Defies a Right-Wing Trend, and Trump’s Midterm Attacks Enter a New Phase

Plus, can a three-hour documentary lead the box office?

npr.org | 7 hrs. 5 min. ago

Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against El-Sayed in Michigan

President Trump intensified his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday, portraying him as a threat to national security and questioning his loyalty to the United States.

nytimes.com | 7 hrs. 37 min. ago

[$] Jordan Arrests 3 in Connection With Church Attack, State Media Reports

Nine people were killed and dozens were wounded in the attack last week on a Greek Orthodox Church in southern Jordan.

ft.com | 8 hrs. 6 min. ago

[$] A day in Benjamin Netanyahu’s heartland

Many in Sderot, a city hit by Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack, remain firmly behind the prime minister ahead of the election

nypost.com | 8 hrs. 44 min. ago

Australian Parliament pays tribute to injured lawmaker as it resumes work under increased security

Australia's Parliament resumed under heightened security as lawmakers paid tribute to MP Helen Haines, who was seriously injured in an SUV attack.

thehindu.com | 8 hrs. 59 min. ago

Jordanian security forces arrest 3 men for deadly attack on church

The Public Security Directorate said the three suspects were arrested following a dawn shootout and that all three were wounded

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. ago

Abandoned plantations in Idukki raises threat of human-wildlife conflicts

Forest department officials report that a tiger released two months ago at the Periyar Tiger Reserve is now hiding in the overgrown tea estates of Vandiperiyar, while nearby communities face frequent wild elephant attacks linked to similar abandoned areas.

abc.net.au | 9 hrs. 45 min. ago

MPs urged 'let light win' as cockatoo sits in for Helen Haines

As parliament suspended business to offer messages of support for attack victim MP Helen Haines, an orange cockatoo was poignantly perched in her empty seat in the House of Reps.

foxnews.com | 10 hrs. 18 min. ago

Midterms unleash what may be the nastiest barrage of attack ads yet

From Vivek Ramaswamy's toxic Ohio ad to Ken Paxton's AI-generated spots in Texas, the 2026 midterms are now drowning in political attack ads.

dailymail.com | 10 hrs. 46 min. ago

BBC must 'pay £400,000 to Oscar-winning Jewish producer after she became victim of anti-Semitism and was bullied out of the broadcaster'

Lucie Kon claimed she was mistreated by BBC colleagues who said Zionists like her were 'evil' in the wake of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel.

al-monitor.com | 10 hrs. 47 min. ago

Houthis say they attacked Saudi oil pumping stations, Riyadh airport as fighting intensifies

Oct 26 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they had attacked Saudi Arabia's East-West crude oil pumping stations and Riyadh airport, as rising hostilities choke oil supplies andthreaten to erupt into a larger conflict.The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said earlier it had destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in the capital Sanaa, including one used to fire a missile towards Riyadh that the coalition said it had intercepted.There was no immediate Saudi confirmation of the Houthi attacks.

theguardian.com | 11 hrs. 8 min. ago

I saw a drone suddenly descend towards me. My heart started pounding and I thought, ‘Is this the end of my life?’

Photographer Zeinab Faraj, 21, found herself buried under rubble beside a dying colleague while reporting in Lebanon. She had never expected to the target of an Israeli missile attack.It was mid-April and after a month of deadly airstrikes across Lebanon, Israel agreed to a ceasefire.

Much of the bombing had focused on southern Lebanon, where entire villages had been demolished. But with the truce, people were hopeful of being able to return to their homes or to see what remained.Zeinab Faraj, a 21-year-old photojournalist, decided to join Amal Khalil, 42, a newspaper reporter in Lebanon, on a trip to an area in the south of the country to document the aftermath of war.

The two had worked together on a number of assignments after Khalil had seen Faraj’s work on social media and contacted her. Continue reading...

livemint.com | 11 hrs. 12 min. ago

‘Here to keep a jihadist out’: Trump attacks Muslim Senate candidate El-Sayed at Michigan rally

Seeking to paint El-Sayed as an anti-American Muslim radical, Trump took the rhetoric to a new level, likening him to the attackers who took over United Flight 93 during the 11 September 2001 attacks.

smh.com.au | 12 hrs. 4 min. ago

Politicians unite in tribute for Helen Haines

Politicians united in Canberra for tributes to Indi MP Helen Haines as she recovers in hospital following an alleged attack in Wangaratta.

kyivindependent.com | 12 hrs. 16 min. ago

Drone reportedly strikes business center in Russia's Voronezh as fires break out across city

Reports mentioned numerous explosions across the city and thick smoke rising from several locations. Some residents told ASTRA that they had not heard air raid sirens despite the ongoing attack.

iol.co.za | 12 hrs. 38 min. ago

AI-generated images fuel ugly campaign tactics as Israeli election approaches

As the Israeli election approaches, AI-generated images are being used in inflammatory campaign tactics, with candidates employing poor-taste jibes and personal attacks to sway public opinion, amidst a backdrop of heightened tensions following Hamas’s October 2023 attack. Picture: JACK GUEZ / AFP

koreatimes.co.kr | 13 hrs. 2 min. ago

Jordan arrests three suspects in deadly church attack, state media says

Jordanian security forces have arrested three suspects in connection with an attack on a church in the US-allied country that killed nine people, state television reported on Monday. The attack, in which gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church on Friday in the village of Hamoud in Karak governorate, about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of the capital Amman, also wounded 40 others.

The shooting lasted several minutes, witnesses said. Jordan's Public Security Directorate said security forces located the three suspects early on Monday hiding in an abandoned house in Karak. The suspects refused to surrender and opened fire on security forces, who returned fire and arrested all three after they were wounded, the directorate said in a statement carried on state media.

No security personnel were injured, and a number of firearms and ammunition were found in the suspects' possession after their arrest. "Terrorism has no place among us," the directorate said, adding that the suspects had met their "just fate". The Public Security Directorate did not identify the suspects' affili