The Daily Star Lebanon Breaking News, Lebanon News, Middle East News & World News

On Friday, Israeli artillery shelled the southern border town of Houla and the outskirts of Kfarshouba and Kfarhamam, following Israeli strikes that killed at least five people in Lebanon the day before. In retaliation, Hezbollah targeted Abirim, Neve Ziv, and Manot in northern Israel for the first time since the war began. This was in response to Israeli attacks on …

In the critical days ahead, President Joe Biden faces the reality that many top Democrats are urging him to consider stepping aside from the 2024 election to give the party a better chance of avoiding widespread losses in November. Isolated at his beach house in Delaware due to a COVID infection, Biden’s already small circle of confidants has become even …

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 …

In a significant medical achievement, a 60-year-old German man has become only the seventh person in the 40-year history of the AIDS epidemic to be completely cured of HIV. The anonymous patient recovered following a stem cell transplant, as announced by doctors on Thursday, July 18. The man underwent this arduous and risky procedure, which is reserved for individuals with …

OpenAI is reportedly in discussions with chip designers, including Broadcom, to develop a new AI chip, aiming to reduce its dependence on costly and scarce GPUs currently used for AI models like ChatGPT, GPT-4, and DALL-E3, according to sources cited by The Information. To mitigate this reliance, OpenAI is contemplating the creation of its own AI chips. The Microsoft-backed company …