The offer was blunt: $25,000 to track and kill a person in the Lithuanian capital who, according to U.S. prosecutors, was “telling lies about Russia”. The alleged approach came last year from
Lebanon has formally abolished the death penalty, marking a significant legal and human rights shift in the Middle East after more than two decades in which executions had effectively been suspended but
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo As Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith rejects the death penalty while continuing to demand answers over the Easter Sunday attacks, a more fundamental question is becoming increasingly difficult to
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Five years after the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan, the country is confronting a humanitarian crisis that is becoming harder to contain. Millions are struggling with hunger and disease, families have
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A drone carrying explosives flew directly towards a parked cargo aircraft at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport on Tuesday evening, striking the Antonov’s wing before bouncing off and falling to the ground. The device
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On a Thursday evening in San Francisco, more than a dozen people gathered in a community office with alcohol-free wine, cheese, pens and sheets of paper. The meeting had been billed as
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Israel’s coming election is being fought not only through speeches, rallies and conventional advertising, but inside the digital systems that shape what voters see, hear and believe. Bots are being offered to
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Germany is preparing for a significant overhaul of the laws governing its domestic and foreign intelligence services, with the federal cabinet due to consider the proposed reforms on Wednesday. The changes are
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More than 130 people have died and over 2,000 are reported missing after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Colombia, triggering a nationwide emergency and a major search-and-rescue operation across affected communities. The
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A US judge has dismissed criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, while sharply criticising the Justice Department’s handling of its decision to abandon the high-profile fraud and bribery prosecution. Brooklyn-based US
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Oil prices climbed on Tuesday as negotiations between the United States and Iran over a peace deal and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz reached an impasse, adding to uncertainty across
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Former Mossad Director David Barnea has joined US defence technology company Ondas Inc. as Global President and Chairman of Ondas Defense Ltd., taking a senior role as the Nasdaq-listed group accelerates its
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Intel plans to raise $15 billion through a share sale, using a surge in its stock price to help finance the costly expansion of its chip contract manufacturing business as the company
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Nvidia is partnering with six major financial institutions to launch financing platforms aimed at raising more than $500 billion in third-party capital for artificial intelligence infrastructure, in a move that underscores the
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US President Donald Trump reportedly travelled secretly aboard a US military aircraft from Turkey to Britain last month after what US media described as a credible assassination threat from Iran, rather than
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Vietnam has begun construction of what it describes as the country’s largest and most advanced domestically made anti-submarine frigate, marking a significant step in its effort to expand national defence manufacturing and
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