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Trump derides report about U.S. potentially helping Iran build civilian energy nuclear sites
Jun 28, 2025 - World
President Trump railed against a report that he was considering giving billions of dollars to help Iran build non-military nuclear facilities.

Serbia's capital Belgrade braces for another anti-government protest calling for an early election
Jun 28, 2025 - World
Serbia's capital is bracing for yet another student-led protest on Saturday to pressure populist President Aleksandar Vucic to call for an early parliamentary election after nearly eight months of rallies that have rattled his firm grip on power in the Balkan country.
Israeli strikes kill at least 62 people in Gaza as ceasefire prospects move closer
Jun 28, 2025 - World
Israeli strikes killed at least 62 people across Gaza overnight and into Saturday, health workers said, as ceasefire prospects were said to be improving.

Sinaloa cartel hacked security cameras to track and kill FBI informants, US says
Jun 27, 2025 - World
Hacker working for cartel run by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was also able to access phone records of an FBI legal attaché at the US embassy in Mexico CityA hacker working for the Sinaloa drug cartel was able to obtain an FBI official’s phone records and use Mexico City’s surveillance cameras to help track and kill the agency’s informants in 2018, according to a new US justice department report.The incident was disclosed in a justice department inspector general’s audit of the FBI’s efforts to mitigate the effects of “ubiquitous technical surveillance”, a term used to describe the global proliferation of cameras and the thriving trade in vast stores of communications, travel, and location data. Continue reading...
Former Venezuelan intelligence chief pleads guilty to US drug charges
Jun 27, 2025 - World
Hugo Carvajal faces narco-terrorism and weapon charges amid accusations he helped lead a drug-trafficking groupA former top Venezuelan military intelligence chief has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to narco-terrorism conspiracy, drug-trafficking and weapons charges, piling further US pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro.Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, AKA “El Pollo” or “The Chicken”, was the director of Venezuela’s military intelligence under presidents Hugo Chávez and Maduro. On Wednesday, days before his trial was set to begin, he pleaded guilty to four federal counts, related to accusations that he helped lead a drug-trafficking group within the Venezuelan government. Continue reading...