ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT) has issued an urgent advisory, urging all citizens to immediately change their passwords following the discovery of a massive global data breach. According to NCERT, the breach involves an infostealer database recently uncovered, which has exposed more than 184 million unique account credentials. The database […]
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U.S. Attorney’s Office – Northern District of TexasMay 29, 2025 DALLAS, TX — George Kenneth Orton, Jr., an 80-year-old man from Richardson, Texas, has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a child, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Chad E. Meacham for the Northern District of Texas. A federal jury […]
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Red Sea Security Risks Escalate with Al Shabaab–Houthi Alliance The Africa Center for Strategic Studies has warned of a growing operational alliance between Somalia’s Al Shabaab and Yemen’s Houthi rebels, raising alarm over the increasing threat to maritime security in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Western Indian Ocean. The collaboration enables Al Shabaab […]
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Irapuato, Mexico — May 27, 2025Mexican authorities have discovered 17 bodies buried in an abandoned house in the central state of Guanajuato, a region grappling with some of the country’s highest levels of cartel-related violence, officials confirmed Monday. The gruesome find occurred in Irapuato, a city located in one of Mexico’s most violent states, where […]
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Brussels, May 28, 2025 — The European Union has announced a significant easing of its longstanding sanctions against Syria, signaling a policy realignment that mirrors recent steps by the United States to support the country’s transitional authorities following the fall of the Assad regime. The decision, unveiled on Wednesday, removes a majority of economic restrictions […]
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LAGOS, Nigeria — May 28, 2025The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marked its 50th anniversary this week, with regional leaders gathering in Lagos, Nigeria, to reflect on the bloc’s legacy and chart a path forward amid mounting political and security challenges. Established on May 28, 1975, ECOWAS was founded with the aim of […]
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On May 22, hackers exploited a vulnerability in the Cetus Protocol, a decentralized liquidity provider on the SUI blockchain, resulting in the theft of approximately $223 million in digital assets. The breach, attributed to a flaw in an open-source library used by Cetus’ smart contract for liquidity pools, allowed the attackers to manipulate pool pricing […]
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In addition, the Assembly endorsed a wide range of measures to promote health equity, reduce air pollution, and strengthen protections for vulnerable populations. “The words ‘historic’ and ‘landmark’ are overused, but they are perfectly apt to describe this year’s World Health Assembly,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the Assembly’s closing, ending nine days […]
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Over the past five years, the refugee population in Kenya has surged by more than 70 per cent – from approximately 500,000 to 843,000 – driven largely by conflict and drought in neighbouring Sudan and Somalia. Of these, around 720,000 people are sheltering in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps, as well as the Kalobeyei settlement. […]
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In a report released Wednesday, UNICEF highlighted the growing threat of cholera in the war-torn country, with more than 7,700 cases and 185 associated deaths reported in Khartoum State alone since January 2025. Alarmingly, over 1,000 cases have affected children under the age of five. Since the onset of conflict in April 2023, three million people […]
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