Sharp spike in executions, death sentences in Iran
The UN rights chief expressed alarm on Wednesday over the sharp increase in executions and death sentences in Iran since the US-Israeli bombing campaign began…
Society
‘I terminated this channel’: Inside the Fake Copyright Racket Silencing News Outlets
Hired hands in an underground takedown market are charging up to $5,000 to scrub reporting from social media by filing fake copyright claims.
The Real Extremism Problem Is on the Right, Not the Left
It’s a funny experience, opening your local newspaper and finding that it condemns your own politics as a threat to the nation. But that’s what…
New York City Nurses Say AI Is Replacing Them
Nurses laid off in July by Montefiore Hospitals in the Bronx sounded the alarm about AI in healthcare, a concern shared by nurses across the…
Six Years On, Victims of Beirut Port Blast Still Waiting For Justice
Lebanon has yet to indict those allegedly responsible for the deadly blast in Beirut’s port six years ago, amid fears from victims groups that the…
Indian Police Arrest Seven in Cyber Fraud Sweep
Police in the Indian state of Goa arrested seven people and summoned 24 others for questioning in connection with 40 cyber fraud cases that caused…
Afghanistan hunger crisis intensifies as millions left without food aid
Afghanistan’s dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread by their despairing and dirt-poor…
Israel’s Rave Music Drowns Out the Sound of its Victims
It’s 6:29 AM on a Tuesday. A drum machine repeats the base four kicks on a four-beat measure; 1/2/3/4 for up to 150 beats per…
US Fines UBS Record $125M for ‘Willful’ Anti-Money Laundering Violations
The U.S. Treasury’s financial watchdog fined a record $125 million penalty Monday against UBS Financial Services Inc. for “willful” anti-money laundering violations, including failing to…
AI Fuels 55% of African Cybercrimes as Losses Top $480 Million, INTERPOL Warns
AI now powers more than half of reported cybercrimes across 26 African nations as phishing and mobile fraud transition into industrialized criminal enterprises, according to…