Month: October 2026

An Indian court ordered that two leaders ‌of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) be detained in jail for five days, the party said on Wednesday, a day after they scaled barricades to enter a historic site popular for protests and chanted slogans demanding the election chief’s resignation. The detentions risk triggering fresh ​protests by youth supporters at a time when opposition groups and student bodies are holding almost daily ​demonstrations to demand commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over voter list revisions that critics say favour Prime Minister ⁠Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya…

Taiwan has agreed to buy 30% of ‌the liquefied natural gas from a pipeline project in Alaska, US President Donald Trump told a rally in the state on Tuesday, but the deal terms were not immediately clear. Taiwan has committed to investing $4.4 billion in the development of the pipeline, said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, ​who also appeared at the rally organised by the Republican National Committee. Taiwan’s economy ministry, which is in charge ​of energy policy, had no immediate comment. Asked about Trump’s comments, Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai told…

A new warning about artificial intelligence from Anthropic caused a stir in cybersecurity circles on Tuesday, a ​day after the company warned that AI models could be months away from self-replicating across the internet. In a post late Monday, Anthropic ‌raised the possibility that rogue AI could spin up a botnet, spread quickly, fight takedown attempts and even break into data centres to turbocharge its growth. Some experts said Tuesday that they shared the company’s concern, although at least one said the company appeared to be engaging in “vendor exaggeration.”…

Torrential downpours flooded the Libyan capital of Tripoli ​on Tuesday, killing two people, ‌according to a statement by authorities and a local TV channel. Jumhouria Bank ​said an employee died due ​to an electrical shock. The ⁠Tripoli Red Crescent said in ​a statement it recovered the man’s ​body during the flooding. Rescue teams recovered the body of another man from his ​car, which was submerged in ​the floodwaters, according to a local TV ‌station. Fadel ⁠Abu Arqoub, the mayor of Central Tripoli, told the TV station that the rain lasted…

Russian air strikes killed one ​person and injured one ‌more in Kyiv while also hitting energy facilities in ​the Ukrainian capital, Mayor ​Vitali Klitschko said on Wednesday. The ⁠ballistic missile attack was ​ongoing during the morning hours. The ​fresh strikes follow earlier Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure in ​Ukraine as temperatures start ​to cool down with the heating ‌season ⁠on the horizon. Reuters witnesses heard multiple explosions in Kyiv as air defences repelled overnight ​attacks. In the ​Volga ⁠River town of Balakovo in Russia, which ​invaded Ukraine in ​2022,…

Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks ​to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections, two senior Iranian officials told Reuters. Tehran has tried to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz since the US ‌and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28. It has restricted passage through the waterway, which carried about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade before the war, in an effort to gain leverage over Washington. Its threats…