An airstrike targeting civilian areas in southeastern Sudan has left more than 20 people dead and dozens of others wounded, authorities in the embattled Sennar state said, as civil war rages between the country’s army and a paramilitary militia. At least 21 civilians were killed and 63 injured in the air raid on Sunday, Sennar’s acting governor Tawfiq Muhammad Ali ...
The Israeli military has detained a convoy of United Nations vehicles in northern Gaza, according to a statement. The Israel Defense Forces were acting “following intelligence that a number of Palestinian suspects were present in the convoy” and delayed the convoy in order to question them, it said. The IDF said that the convoy was not involved in the transport ...
Ahead of a key US presidential debate this week, families of several American hostages held in Gaza are calling on US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to offer new ideas for securing the immediate release of their loved ones. “Enough is enough,” said Adi Alexander, whose 20-year-old son Edan was serving in the Israeli military when he was ...
Many are feared killed and wounded after Israeli forces struck a humanitarian zone created to shelter displaced people in southern Gaza, in what Israel said was an attack on Hamas terrorists in the area. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Monday evening that it “struck significant Hamas terrorists who were operating within a command and control center embedded inside the ...
American and Chinese military commanders spoke in a long-anticipated call Tuesday as the two powers seek to manage their intensifying rivalry in a contentious Asia-Pacific region – and repair lines of military communication severed more than two years ago. US Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Samuel Paparo and Gen. Wu Yanan, commander of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Southern Theater Command spoke ...
A Singaporean man has been ordered to repay more than 38 million Australian dollars ($25.7 million) after he lost big during a gambling spree at an Australian casino over the span of a few days. Queensland’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that Yew Choy Wong owed that amount to the Star Gold Coast, as well as the casino’s legal fees and ...
Ukraine struck the Moscow region on Tuesday in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow. Russia, the world’s biggest nuclear power, said it destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian attack drones as they swarmed over the Moscow ...
Apple is launching its latest iPhone in what is billed to be its biggest release of the year. As well as the iPhone 16 being rumoured to come in a new range of colours, it should also be capable of running Apple Intelligence, the company’s new AI. Apple Intelligence will eventually be embedded throughout the phone and other Apple devices, ...
The main way people get their news has changed, according to a new survey by Ofcom. For the first time since the 1960s, online sites and apps are now more popular than TV news, according to the study, but TV and radio news are still more trusted as sources. “Television has dominated people’s news habits since the sixties, and it ...
A start-up which helps companies protect against cyberattacks targeting their AI chatbots has raised millions of dollars to fund its expansion. Sky News understands that SplxAI, which was founded earlier this year, will announce this week that it has secured $2m from investors led by Inovo.vc, South Central Ventures and Runtime Ventures. The company says it aims to plug “gaping ...