- Bomb attack at Pakistan mosque kills at least 31 people Al Jazeera
- Kohat: At least 21 killed in attack on mosque in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa BBC
- Pakistani forces end 20-hour standoff with militants in the northwest 10TV
- Death toll at 31 in Pakistan police compound attack, AFP reports reuters.com
- 15 cops among 21 martyred in blast at Kohat Police Lines, more than 80 injured Dawn
The Nepal floods question: When the Himalayas collapse, who gets warned?
The floods raised concerns about cross-border warnings that experts say can no longer be ignored.
Bolivia’s Congress approves $1.9bn IMF loan amid protest threats
Unions warn that fuel subsidy cuts in the IMF deal could trigger renewed protests and rising costs.
Trump says son has paid back Russian for wedding party – The Washington Post
- Trump says son has paid back Russian for wedding party The Washington Post
- Trump says his son paid back Russian billionaire who funded parts of wedding celebration CNN
- Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin ProPublica
- Trump says his son told him he will repay Russian oligarch for wedding parties reuters.com
- Trump says his son’s wedding party being bankrolled by a Russian oligarch is ‘totally allowed’ AP News
Bolivia approves $1.9 billion IMF deal, eliminates diesel subsidies – AP News
‘My fear was too great’: the Pussy Riot member recruited by Russian spies to inform on fellow activists
Exclusive: In her first media interview since fleeing Russia, Rita Flores describes her three years of being run by the FSB
First came the blackmail and death threats to secure cooperation, then came a series of tasks, each more sinister than the last: to inform on fellow activists, to elicit personal information from protest-minded artists and – eventually – to help with a plot to kidnap and murder a Kremlin enemy.
That is how Rita Flores, a 29-year-old Russian artist, activist and former member of the Pussy Riot collective, described her recruitment and three-year handling by officers from Russia’s FSB security service, a cooperation she only broke when she fled the country last month.
Continue reading...Germany’s Military Rebuild Is Making Its Neighbors Nervous – WSJ
Trump says ‘anything could happen’ in US-Iran war ahead of meeting with Gulf leaders – Fox News
- Trump says ‘anything could happen’ in US-Iran war ahead of meeting with Gulf leaders Fox News
- Trump says U.S. ‘hopefully’ nearing end of Iran war as Saudi Arabia, Houthis trade strikes CNBC
- Trump claims direct talks with Iran: Is diplomacy picking up again? Al Jazeera
- Trump determined to end Iran war soon, US president's senior adviser tells Euronews Euronews.com
- Trump tells Axios he's approaching major crossroads in Iran war Axios
Iran claims it struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, and other Mideast developments – AP News
- Iran claims it struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, and other Mideast developments AP News
- Iran Exploits Attack on Small Product Tanker to Assert Hormuz Control The Maritime Executive
- Vessel struck in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO reports edition.cnn.com
- Tanker struck by ‘unknown projectile’ in Hormuz, British maritime agency says The Times of Israel
- Japan economy minister Kiuchi: It is up to BOJ to decide details of monetary policy Forex Factory
Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies
Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models
In a first for Google, the company confirmed that its AI model, Gemini, breached the security of three other companies in May. The hacks occurred during a cybersecurity evaluation by AI-security firm Irregular.
Irregular, an Israel-based startup that scrutinizes the security of advanced AI systems, was also at the center of some of the recent OpenAI and Anthropic hacks of third-party entities, including OpenAI’s breach of AI software company, Hugging Face.
Continue reading...Kerry Kennedy: ‘It would be a tragedy’ if Kennedy Center is demolished
The BBC’s Caitríona Perry spoke to the late president's niece, as protesters gathered at the venue to condemn demolition threats.
Uber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freeway
California judge finds company ‘vicariously liable’ for driver’s negligence in death of Emily Normandin-Parker
Uber was ordered to pay $40m to the parents of a 23-year-old woman who was killed after a driver kicked her and a friend out of his car by the side of a California freeway, according to newly public arbitration documents.
An arbitrator, retired Calfornia judge Richard A Stone, found that the ride-share company was “vicariously liable” for the driver’s negligence.
Continue reading...Trump says he is banning CNN and Politico from White House
The US president has had a tense and fiery relationship with the US media throughout his political career.
I found love at an Irish matchmaking festival – and I want others to do the same
Mary Timby flew to Ireland on a whim last year and met her boyfriend at a matchmaking festival.
Men deported from US bound and beaten in Equatorial Guinea detention hotel, lawyers say
Group trapped at Hotel Bamy after US removal as rights groups sound alarm over poor conditions and violence
Two men that the Trump administration expelled to Equatorial Guinea were bound, fitted with bags over their heads, beaten and pushed down a flight of stairs, all in plain view of other US deportees, according to witnesses and human rights lawyers.
The men – one from Egypt and one from Eritrea – were then taken to a prison. About 30 detainees from the US remain trapped at a hotel in the outskirts of the coastal city of Malabo after being deported from the US. Detainees have said they believe the men were beaten for telling the press and human rights advocates about the poor conditions and violence inside the hotel, and that they are haunted by flashbacks and terrified they will be retaliated against next.
Continue reading...Tata Sons: India’s corporate crown braces for upheaval amid boardroom revolt
The Tata boardroom battle has intensified over a re-appointment of its chairman and a diktat to go public.
Earl Spencer’s Diana book opens old wounds royals would rather forget – BBC
- Earl Spencer's Diana book opens old wounds royals would rather forget BBC
- 5 explosive claims in new book by Princess Diana’s brother CNN
- Princess Diana’s Brother Charles Spencer Says the Royal Family Denied Her Funeral Request people.com
- Palace rejects claims King Charles was ‘elated’ after Princess Diana’s death The Washington Post
- Princess Diana's brother claims Charles sounded "like a lottery winner" after she died CBS News
Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa
Dineo Motapane is one of nine recent victims whose deaths have left a nation traumatised over the level of violence against women.
Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa
Dineo Motapane is one of nine recent victims whose deaths have left a nation traumatised over the level of violence against women.
A four-minute warning isn’t enough: Russia’s new relentless missile tactics exhaust Kyiv residents – BBC
- A four-minute warning isn't enough: Russia's new relentless missile tactics exhaust Kyiv residents BBC
- Russia strikes Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, Poland scrambles jets reuters.com
- Russia targets Kyiv with new missile attack France 24
- At least 19 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine Al Jazeera
- Russians attack Kyiv with ballistic missiles Українська правда