Jul 19 What we know about the massive tech outage causing worldwide disruptions By Associated Press At the heart of the massive disruption is CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm that says the problem occurred when it deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows — with the company noting that the issue was not a security… Continue reading
Jul 19 Vietnam Communist Party head Nguyen Phu Trong, country's most powerful leader, dies at age 80 By Associated Press Trong had dominated Vietnamese politics since 2011, when he was elected party chief. During his tenure, he worked to consolidate the Communist Party's power in Vietnam's single-party political system. Continue reading
Jul 19 Bangladesh orders nationwide curfew as deaths mount in protests over government jobs By Julhas Alam, Krutika Pathi, Al Emrun Garjon, Associated Press The announcement came after police and security officials fired on protesters earlier Friday and banned all gatherings in the capital. Several people were killed, media reports said. Continue reading
Jul 19 Top UN court says Israel's presence in occupied Palestinian territories is 'illegal' and should end as 'rapidly as possible' By Mike Corder, Associated Press The International Court of Justice said in its non-binding opinion issued Friday that Israel has abused its status as the occupying power in the West Bank and east Jerusalem by carrying out policies of annexing territory, imposing permanent control and… Continue reading
Jul 19 Global technology outage disrupts flights, banks and companies around the world By Charlotte Graham-McLay, Elaine Kurtenbach, David McHugh, Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the trouble with the update it issued that was affecting computers running Microsoft Windows was not a security incident or cyberattack. Continue reading
Jul 19 Russia convicts U.S. journalist of espionage after a trial widely seen as politically motivated By Kirill Zarubin, Associated Press Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been convicted of espionage charges that his employer and the U.S. vehemently reject. Continue reading
Jul 19 Yemen's Houthis launch drone strike on Israel, killing 1 and wounding at least 10 in Tel Aviv By Melanie Lidman, Sam Metz, Associated Press The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, which was their first lethal strike in Israel. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 6:56 News Wrap: Netanyahu makes surprise visit to Gaza In our news wrap Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu made a surprise visit to Gaza days ahead of his high-stakes trip to Washington, Ukrainian forces surrendered more frontline territory as Russian forces wage a relentless summer offensive, closing arguments in… Continue watching
Jul 18 Bangladesh clashes leave 19 more dead as student protesters try to impose 'complete shutdown' By Julhas Alam, Associated Press Students have been demonstrating for weeks against a quota system for government jobs they say favors allies of the ruling party. Continue reading
Jul 18 Netanyahu makes surprise Gaza visit after far-right Israeli minister tours Jerusalem holy site By Melanie Lidman, Associated Press Netanyahu’s visit to Rafah was announced Thursday, just hours after Israel’s far-right national security minister visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. Continue reading