Month: October 2026

Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech spied on internet users through a sprawling network of online ads that it used to ​track targets and help hack their devices, two research groups said on Thursday. Its services gave Israel’s Candiru — a spyware company blacklisted by the US government — as well as ‌other Israeli surveillance firms access to advertising platforms run by Google, Comcast, Russia’s Yandex and others, according to separate reports from Canadian cyber watchdog group Citizen Lab and New York advertising security firm Confiant. The reports show how the…

Russia’s FSB security service said on Thursday it had detained a Swedish man it suspects of ​planning attacks and sabotage on behalf of Ukraine after entering Russia on ‌the pretext of seeking to join the Russian army. The FSB said the 35-year-old man had been charged with illegally crossing the border and may face additional terrorism-related charges. It released a video ​of a purported confession in which the man, who gave his name as ​Freddy Lindholm from Stockholm, said he had come to Russia to ⁠use FPV (first-person view) drones…

Indian authorities have asked Bollywood actor Imran Khan to leave the country by the end of the ​month, saying he breached immigration laws after joining a ‌protest against the election commission chief, local media reported on Thursday. Khan, 43, is a US citizen, the Indian Express newspaper reported. Under ​Indian law, foreigners’ participation in political protests may be ​treated as a violation of immigration and visa ⁠rules. Khan was given until October 28 to leave the country, ​the Times of India newspaper said The actor participated in a ​rally in…

A country’s greatest strength lies not in its natural resources, buildings or industries, but in the knowledge, skills and health of its people. Education and health are the two pillars on which a strong economy is built. For Pakistan, investing in these areas is indispensable for reducing poverty, creating jobs and improving the lives of millions of people. An educated person has a better chance of finding decent work, while a healthy person can work more effectively and support their family. Without good schools, skilled workers and accessible healthcare, even…

Rescuers were searching for eight missing crew members on Thursday from one of two chemical tankers that caught fire overnight inside Romanian territorial waters ​in the Black Sea, after Russian drones strayed into Romanian airspace, Romanian ‌officials said. Romanian officials stopped short of explicitly linking the fires onboard the ships to the Russian drones. But the incidents follow drone strikes on at least five other cargo ships near the ​coasts of Romania and neighbouring fellow NATO member Bulgaria over the past 10 ​days. At least 23 sailors were lost from…