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A senior White House official says there’s no clear consensus within the administration on launching military action. Advisors caution that entering a war with Iran — a far more capable and risky adversary — could trigger significant political backlash, according to Reuters.
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The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week otherwise US could withdraw from some NATO planning mechanisms if unsatisfied with progress, a tight deadline that struck some European officials as unrealistic.
Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France, requested permission to visit former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in jail during his recent brief imprisonment, according to the U.S. State Department and the Paris appeals court, which granted him permission to do so.
Trump said the french judiciary is bias about conservatives
Apple and Google said it issued threat notifications on Dec. 2 but offered little detail about the suspected hacking campaign — declining to say how many users were targeted or who was behind the surveillance. The company noted only that it has alerted users in more than 150 countries so far.
The statement came a day after Google announced it was warning all known victims of Intellexa spyware — affecting several hundred accounts across countries including Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Angola, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan. Google accused Intellexa, a U.S.-sanctioned cyber-intelligence firm, of “evading restrictions and thriving.”
Citizen Lab’s John Scott-Railton said such alerts raise the cost for cyber-espionage operations and often trigger investigations that expose spyware abuse and lead to accountability.
The Eurovision Song Contest is staring at a possible budget crunch after Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia announced they would pull out of next year’s event in protest against Israel’s inclusion.
Their planned boycott escalates a dispute that has overshadowed the last two editions, coming after repeated warnings that they would quit unless Israel was barred over its actions in the Gaza conflict.
Meta has struck several commercial AI data agreements with news publishers including USA Today, People Inc, CNN, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and Le Monde, the company said on Friday.
The tie-ups will allow the Facebook-parent to provide "real-time" news and updates through its artificial intelligence chatbot by linking to articles and websites from the publishers.
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India moved to regulate airfares on Saturday as chaotic scenes unfolded at Bengaluru and Mumbai airports, with hundreds stranded after IndiGo scrapped 385 flights — marking the fifth straight day of disruption at the nation’s largest carrier.
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The New York Times, opens new tab filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Friday, claiming that the artificial intelligence startup was copying, distributing and displaying millions of its articles without permission to power its generative AI products.
The Catalonia regional government said on Friday it would investigate a research centre outside Barcelona after Spain's Agriculture Ministry said a recent swine fever outbreak could have been caused by a laboratory leak.
Spain, the European Union's top pork producer, is trying to reassure trading partners after 13 wild boars tested positive for the virus in hills outside the city.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Friday that a Ukrainian drone had struck and damaged a high-rise building in Grozny, capital of Russia's southern Chechnya region, and vowed to retaliate within a week.
Kadyrov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the drone had caused no casualties. He said the strike on a complex of buildings "made no tactical sense".
BREAKING :Elon Musk's social media company X was fined 120 million euros ($140 million) by EU tech regulators on Friday for breaching online content rules.
According to the new National Security Strategy document released on Friday, President Donald Trump plans to prevent a conflict with China over Taiwan and the South China Sea by boosting U.S. and allied military strength.
Breaking:Spain has stepped up its fight against an outbreak of African swine fever by deploying about 1,000 law enforcement agents to control the spread of the disease and cut the number of wild boars
India's government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking that is always activated for better surveillance, a move opposed by Apple, Google and Samsung due to privacy concerns, according to documents, emails and five sources.