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On the 10-year anniversary of the Panama Papers, journalists and a Nobel-wining economist share their recollections of how the story unfolded, and how the investigation still resonates today. Source: ICIJ
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The prolific China-backed threat group is targeting AWS, Google, Azure, and Alibaba cloud environments and using typosquatting to obscure C2 communication. Source: darkreading
Orbán’s Defeat Lifts Block on EU Support for Ukraine, but Frictions Remain eschelhaas Mon, 04/13/2026 - 17:42 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Global Issues & Institutions My Reading List Analyst's Notebook / Europe 13 April 2026 2 minutes Orbán’s Defeat Lifts Block on EU Support for Ukraine, but Frictions Remain Crisis Group expert Lucian Kim assesses the effects on the bloc of Hungary’s election results, and how the new prime minister might shift policy toward Kyiv Share BlueSky Email Facebook Linkedin Twitter Whatsapp Save Print Also available in Ukrainian Ukrainian English Lucian Kim Senior Analyst, Ukraine https://twitter.com/lucian_kim Related Tags Ukraine The victory of Péter Magyar’s Tisza party in... Source: International Crisis Group
Locals are questioning stories about whether Israel saved Lebanon from a coup to overthrow its government when it bombed Beirut. The debate underscores how divided the country is, as Israel-Lebanon talks begin. Source: World | Deutsche Welle
A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting nginx-ui, an open-source, web-based Nginx management tool, has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-33032 (CVSS score: 9.8), an authentication bypass vulnerability that enables threat actors to seize control of the Nginx service. It has been codenamed MCPwn by Pluto Security. " Source: The Hacker News
From Gaza to Lebanon to Iran, Netanyahu has sought to end threats rather than manage them. Source: Foreign Policy
Despite the president’s plan to lower prescription medicine costs, the price of many of the most expensive drugs — including several immunotherapy treatments — have continued to rise. Source: ICIJ
On Our Radar eschelhaas Fri, 04/17/2026 - 19:07 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Global Issues & Institutions My Reading List Special Coverage / Global 17 April 2026 20+ minutes On Our Radar On Our Radar scans conflicts and crises around the globe every week and features some of the hotspots Crisis Group’s analysts are closely watching. Whether an under-reported trend or a headline-grabbing development, our field experts explain why it matters or what should be done. Share BlueSky Email Facebook Linkedin Twitter Whatsapp Save Print 17 April 2026 LIBYA The rival Tripoli and Benghazi-based legislative bodies approved a U.S.-mediated unified budget Saturday. The first such budget in more than thirteen years, it... Source: International Crisis Group
“My plan is legitimately to just let them all assault me and you guys arrest them all,” the Phoenix cop told fellow police after the incident. The post Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at a High School Anti-ICE Protest appeared first on The Intercept . Source: The Intercept
The halt to weeks of fighting is being celebrated in Lebanon, but it will be difficult to ensure it lasts. Source: BBC News
The Israeli military says it views with "great severity" the actions of the soldier, as the US ambassador demands "swift" consequences. Source: BBC News
Russian President Putin "may or not may not" attend the G20 in Miami in December, says the Kremlin. Meanwhile, after securing an EU loan, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy continued his diplomatic offensive in Saudi Arabia. Source: World | Deutsche Welle
Joe Elias contacted BBC Verify following reports that his village was among several destroyed by Israeli forces. Source: BBC News
Cybersecurity agencies in the U.S. and U.K. are warning about a custom malware called Firestarter persisting on Cisco Firepower and Secure Firewall devices running Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) or Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software. [...] Source: BleepingComputer
It confirms suspicions that North Korean soldiers are being told to detonate their grenades to kill themselves. Source: BBC News
A single third-party OAuth integration can become a direct path into your environment. Push explains how the Vercel breach shows a compromised OAuth app can lead to widespread impact across downstream customers. [...] Source: BleepingComputer
Before being imprisoned for 20 years, Jimmy Lai founded Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy newspaper. His son said the award shows that those who fight for the freedom of others "are never alone." Source: World | Deutsche Welle
A Romanian national who led an online swatting ring that targeted more than 75 public officials, multiple journalists, and four religious institutions was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison. [...] Source: BleepingComputer
The United Arab Emirates is leaving OPEC to pump more oil on its own terms. The break strips Saudi Arabia of a key partner and adds to growing uncertainty over the cartel's future. Source: World | Deutsche Welle
Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya has been accused of protecting the powerful Sinaloa cartel and helping it smuggle drugs into the US, allegedly taking in millions of dollars in bribes. Source: World | Deutsche Welle
In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk evoked a “Terminator” scenario. He said nothing about the people AI is already killing. The post Musk Warns of Killer AI — While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills appeared first on The Intercept . Source: The Intercept
U.S. exits WHO, citing COVID-19 failures, politicization, and shift to bilateral health efforts. Source: CDC Online Newsroom
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting various Linux distributions to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a case of local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that could allow an Source: The Hacker News
They gathered information using a "forest of antennas" installed on top of diplomatic buildings, the foreign minister says. Source: BBC News
The Shai-Hulud malware leaked last week is now used in new attacks on the Node Package Manager (npm) index, as infected packages emerged over the weekend. [...] Source: BleepingComputer
The Shai-Hulud malware leaked last week is now used in new attacks on the Node Package Manager (npm) index, as infected packages emerged over the weekend. [...] Source: BleepingComputer
Officials say a suspect approached a checkpoint near the building and opened fire, and that a bystander was wounded. Source: BBC News
Security forces were met by resistance while attempting to clear highway barriers, amid unrest over the government's economic policies. Source: BBC News
Fraudsters aren't hacking credit unions, they are exploiting normal business processes. Flare reveals how structured loan fraud methods use stolen identities to pass verification and secure funds. [...] Source: BleepingComputer
The so-called Tower fiasco took place in a very different Washington to today. Source: Foreign Policy
The World Health Organization said one case of hantavirus infection has been confirmed, with five more suspected cases under investigation. Source: BBC News
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