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Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a drone strike early Friday that struck central Tel Aviv near the U.S. Embassy, resulting in one death and ten injuries. The drone attack sent shrapnel and glass flying across a wide area. The Houthis have launched drones and missiles toward Israel throughout the Israel-Hamas conflict, supporting the Palestinian cause and opposing Israel. Until …

Evan Gershkovich, the first American journalist arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War, has been found guilty of spying and sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Russian court. This verdict has been condemned by the US government, his newspaper, and his supporters as baseless. The verdict and sentencing were announced by the court in Yekaterinburg …

Hundreds of flights across the United States were grounded on Friday morning due to a significant technical issue affecting businesses globally, resulting in cancellations, delays, and confusion at airports nationwide. A cybersecurity company clarified that the issue was “not a security incident or cyberattack.” However, the disruption also impacted international airlines, New York and Washington, DC mass transit, some 911 …

The global computer outage affecting airports, banks, and other businesses on Friday seems to be linked, at least in part, to a software update from the major US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, according to experts consulted by CNN. CrowdStrike informed its customers early on Friday that the outages were due to “a defect found in a single content update of its …

### Syrian Refugee Family Tragedy in Lebanon When Shaheen Jarkas fled the war in Syria for Lebanon, he hoped to find safety for his family. Tragically, an Israeli strike killed his two young children. “Like every day… the children were spending their day playing,” recalled Jarkas, 55, a farm worker originally from Afrin in northern Syria, now residing in the …

On Thursday, Israeli drones targeted two vehicles in east and south Lebanon, resulting in the death of a Jamaa Islamiya commander in the village of Ghazzeh in Bekaa. One drone strike hit a car in Jbal el-Botm, near Zebqine in the Tyre district. Earlier that day, the Israeli army fired machine guns at the border town of al-Wazzani, and artillery …

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen declared on Thursday that “the bloodshed in Gaza must stop immediately,” emphasizing that too many civilians in the Palestinian territory “have lost their lives due to Israel’s response to Hamas’s brutal terror.” Speaking to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, she stressed, “The people of Gaza cannot endure any more, and humanity cannot endure …

Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, stated that Hezbollah, along with its main backer Iran and the Lebanese government, does not desire “a full-blown war,” suspecting that some factions within Israel might be seeking exactly that. Speaking at a U.N. news conference on Wednesday, Lavrov emphasized that Russia is doing everything possible to reduce tensions. He also expressed hope that Western …