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The US military said on Wednesday that it killed an Iranian official who headed a unit behind an alleged assassination plot against President Donald Trump but that the target was not the initial focus of the war. “The leader of the unit who attempted to assassinate President Trump has been hunted down and killed. Iran...

Mojtaba Khamenei survives strikes on Iran, poised to become next supreme leader, sources say-

Iran’s Assembly of Experts is expected to announce the country’s next supreme leader soon after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death. Mojtaba Khamenei survives strikes on Iran, poised to become next supreme leader, sources sayIran’s Assembly of Experts is expected to announce the country’s next supreme leader soon after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death. Mojtaba Khamenei, son of...

Israel launches ground offensive into southern Lebanon-

A wave of US‑Israeli strikes has hit Iranian command centers, prompting Tehran to launch drones and missiles across the region. Hezbollah has now joined in, escalating the conflict as Israel expands attacks in Lebanon and launches a ground incursion. With civilians fleeing and fronts multiplying, the regional war shows no signs of slowing downSome 300,000...

Pakistan:The US State Department on Wednesday has ordered non-emergency personnel from US consulates in the cities of Karachi and Lahore to leave-

The advisory noted “an ongoing threat of drone and missile attacks from Iran and significant disruptions to commercial flights” amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. It said there was no change to the status of its embassy in Islamabad. While there is also an additional consulate in Peshawar, the updated travel advisory did not mention...

IDF: Israeli Air Force carrying out ‘extensive’ strikes on targets in Tehran-

IDF strikes Iran’s Basij paramilitary forces, IRGC command centers across TehranDozens of munitions were dropped on several different internal security centers belonging to the Iranian regime, including those belonging to the Basij.Israel also struck the regime’s supply and logistics center, as well as missile launchers and other systems. The Israeli Air Force is carrying out...

Qatar Arrests 10 in IRGC-Linked Spy and Sabotage Cells.Qatari authorities said Wednesday they dismantled two networks linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), arresting 10 people accused of espionage and sabotage inside the Gulf state.

In a statement carried by the Qatar News Agency, the State Security Service said: “As part of the ongoing efforts to protect the security of the State and safeguard its stability, the competent authorities have succeeded in arresting two cells operating on behalf of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard within the State of Qatar,” QNA reported....

TikTok says it won’t encrypt DMs claiming it puts users at risk TikTok.

will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) – the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals – arguing it makes users less safe. E2EE means only the sender and recipient of a direct message can view its contents, making it the most secure form of communication available to the general public. Platforms such as...

Joichi Ito, named in Epstein files, to quit as government project adviser -TOKYOJoichi Ito, the Japanese whose ties with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are being re-examined following a recent document dump by the U.S. Justice Department, said Tuesday he is stepping down as a government project adviser at the end of this month.

The former director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab wrote in a statement on his website that he will not seek reappointment as an expert advisory member of the government’s Global Startup Campus Initiative because “the initial objectives have reached a milestone.” Regarding his relationship with Epstein, Ito, whose correspondence as “Joi Ito”...

Israel’s military said that it launched a “broad wave of strikes” on targets