Major Gulf fighting restarts as US and Saudi strike Iran’s allies in Iraq
(1st UPDATE) Washington and Riyadh say they jointly struck Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq in retaliation for drone attacks on Saudi oil targets
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GrapheneOS user’s ‘duress code’ case raises data privacy concerns
Samuel Tunick faces felony charges from the US Department of Justice after providing a duress code that wiped his phone’s data
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Russia’s FSB charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism
The FSB says the charges are related to Telegram’s failure to remove material ‘used by Ukrainian special services and by terrorist and extremist organizations to prepare and coordinate acts of sabotage and terrorism… within the Russian Federation’
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US strikes Iran as widening war engulfs more countries
‘The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks on US forces based in the Middle East,
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China releases draft cyberbullying law covering AI-enabled abuse
China’s draft law aims to curb cyberbullying, including AI-enabled abuse. The regulator is canvassing public opinion on the draft law until August 28.
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IN PHOTOS: Kumamoto, Japan earthquake aftermath
Here are some of the images in the aftermath of the powerful tremor
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Japan quake survivors battle thirst, heat as death toll rises to 25
Many of the port city’s roughly 58,000 households are still without running water or power
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Prince Harry, others face multi-million legal bill after Daily Mail lawsuit defeat
In his ruling rejecting the case, Judge Matthew Nicklin says the claimants had needed to prove that information published about them had been obtained unlawfully, but had failed to do so, and that suspicion alone was not enough
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Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 34
Nearly half of those killed were caught up in two major incidents: Nippon Paper Industries’ paper mill, which suffered major structural damage, and Aeon’s shopping mall, where a possible gas explosion occurred
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Drone strike at Egypt port near Suez Canal ignites new shipping risks
The drone strike on the two gas tankers in Egyptian waters renews energy security concerns about the nearby Suez Canal and a related pipeline, a vital export route for Saudi Arabian oil since the beginning of the Iran war
