During a landmark sedition trial centered on Crown Prince Hamzah bin al-Hussein, a former advisor to Jordan’s king and a member of Jordan’s royal family have been sentenced to 15 years in prison. …
Taliban fighters execute 22 Afghan commandos as they try to surrender
Members of an Afghan Special Forces Unit were executed by the Taliban on June 16 in Dawlat Abad in Faryab province. Videos of the execution have been released showing at least a dozen unarmed men shot …
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Germany’s worst rainfall in a century leaves over 100 dead and many more missing
The catastrophic flooding in Western Europe has now killed more than 100 people and has left hundreds of people missing. Large scale rescue missions are continuing through rising water, landslides and …
Lebanon’s Hariri steps down as prime minister-designate pushing crisis-ridden country further into uncertainty
Almost nine months after he was tasked with forming the country’s new government, Lebanon’s Prime Minister- designate Saad Hariri has stepped down. Lebanon President Michel Aoun had not accepted the …
Phishing continues to be one of the easiest paths for ransomware
According to a new survey from Cloudian, ransomware gangs are still using phishing attacks as one of the main methods to gain the initial access into organizations' systems. Cloudian's report contains …
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NIST Turns to Technology in its Technical Investigation of the Florida Condo Collapse
In Florida, the National Institute of Standards and Technology deployed officials to Surfside to conduct comprehensive technical investigations on the aftermath of the Miami condo collapse. The …
Floods in Germany Leave 20 Dead, Dozens Missing As Rain Deluges Europe
In Germany, dozens of people are missing after the country was hit with the worst flooding in decades. The severe flooding caused houses to collapse in Germany, Belgium, and other parts of Western …
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SonicWall Warns of Imminent Ransomware Attacks Targeting Firmware Flaw
SonicWall, a network appliance vendor, has issued an urgent security notice informing its customers of a serious threat. The threat consists of data-encrypting ransomware attacks targeting known …
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Chinese Hackers Target Government Entities in Widespread Campaign
According to a new report from Kaspersky, a recently discovered advanced persistent threat (APT) dubbed LuminousMoth is targeting a large number of organizations in South Asia. The campaign involves …
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Explosion Kills at Least Nine Chinese Nationals in Pakistan
On Wednesday, a blast in Pakistan killed at least nine Chinese nationals travelling in the northern region of the country. The victims were riding on a bus along with at least four other Pakistanis, …
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