International

In 2024, cybersecurity company Surfshark documented 116 instances of internet disruptions worldwide, with Kenya being one of the affected nations. According to Surfshark’s latest report, all of these disruptions were intentional and politically driven. The year began with 53 ongoing internet restrictions, and by the end of 2024, 63 new …

Chinese startup DeepSeek’s AI assistant became the top-rated free app on Apple’s U.S. App Store on Monday, overtaking OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The app is powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model, which its creators claim rivals the most advanced closed-source AI models worldwide. It has quickly gained popularity among U.S. users since its …

Israel says eight of the remaining 26 hostages to be released by Hamas during the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire agreement have died. Government spokesman David Mencer told reporters that Israel had received a list from a Palestinian militant group overnight that provided information about the hostages’ condition. “The …

A massive immigration raid took place in the United States on Sunday, resulting in the arrest of 956 people, the largest number since Donald Trump returned to power, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Several government agencies with new powers to detain undocumented immigrants were involved in the arrests …

Coca-Cola has recalled its drinks in some countries across Europe because they contain “higher levels” of a chemical called chlorate. The firm said in a statement that the recall was focused on Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. It added just five product lines had been shipped to Britain, and they …

Unlike last weekend’s hostage handover in Gaza, today’s events have been largely motivated by Hamas. The four girls emerged from vehicles guarded by masked gunmen and were taken to a prepared area, where a Red Cross official had just signed documents with a Hamas fighter. Click here to join our …

Western officials have told the BBC that North Korean troops have already suffered a massive 40% loss in fighting in the Kursk region, Russia, in just three months. Of the 11,000 troops deployed from North Korea, known as the DPRK (People’s Republic of Korea), 4,000 were wounded, killed or captured …

A US lawsuit filed on behalf of LinkedIn Premium users accuses the social media platform of sharing their private messages with other companies to provide intelligence training for artificial intelligence (AI). It claims that in August last year, the world’s largest professional social networking site “quietly” introduced a privacy setting, …

By: Reuters Republican U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned, opens new tab two police officers in Washington who were convicted in the 2020 murder of a 20-year-old Black man named Karon Hylton-Brown, the White House said. In September 2024, Terence Sutton Jr was sentenced, to 66 months in prison …

Hamas says it is still waiting for Israel to send a list of Palestinian prisoners – including women and children – it plans to release today as part of a ceasefire and hostage exchange agreement. In a statement, Hamas says the ceasefire stipulates that for every Israeli hostage released, 30 …