Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Iranian Hacker Group Aims at US Election Websites and Media Before Vote, Microsoft Says

By Christopher Bing and A.J. Vicens Oct 23 (Reuters) - An Iranian hacking group is actively scouting U.S. election-related websites and American media outlets as Election Day nears, with activity suggesting preparations for more "direct influence operations," according to a Microsoft blog...

Iranian-American Engineer Yassini-Fard Wins Technology Emmy

LANcity, a company founded by Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard and providing residential high-speed Internet access technology, is one of four winners of a Technology and Engineering Emmy award. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS)...

XI and Modi Discuss Ukraine War With Putin as BRICS Considers Expansion

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Guy Faulconbridge KAZAN, Russia, Oct 23 (Reuters) - China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi and some other BRICS leaders discussed the war in Ukraine with President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin chief chaired...

Senior Hamas Official Arrives in Russia, State Media Reports

MOSCOW, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A senior member of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that controls Gaza, Mousa Abu Marzouk has arrived in Moscow on a planned visit, Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing a diplomatic...

US Charges IRGC Official, Others in Iran-Backed Plot to Assassinate Journalist

WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The United States issued fresh charges over the attempted Tehran plot to kidnap and assassinate an Iranian-American journalist in New York, indicting an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) official among others in the...

Russia, Iran, China Could Stoke Post-election Violence, US Intelligence Officials Say

By Jonathan Landay and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Russia, China and Iran are intent on fanning divisive narratives to divide Americans ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. elections and may consider fomenting violence after voters go to the...

FBI Probing Leak of US Intel on Israel’s Attack Plans for Iran

WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating the public disclosure of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel's preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, the bureau said on Tuesday. "The FBI is investigating the...

BRICS Members Urge Putin to End Ukraine War

By Vladimir Soldatkin, Guy Faulconbridge KAZAN, Russia, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Russia wants the BRICS summit to showcase the rising clout of the non-Western world, but Moscow's partners from China, India, Brazil and the Arab world are...

Blinken Heads to Middle East for New Ceasefire Push as Israel Strikes Beirut

By Humeyra Pamuk and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON/BEIRUT, Oct 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East on Monday to launch another push for an elusive ceasefire, seeking to revive negotiations to end the...

Hezbollah Says It Fires Volley of Rockets Into Israel

By Maya Gebeily and Maayan Lubell BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at two bases near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv and one west of Haifa on Tuesday morning just hours...