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‘Misleading claims’: UAE official rebukes Iranian top minister, rejects aggression accusation amid Iran vs US-Israel war

UAE Slams Iran’s ‘Aggression’ Claim, Says Allegations Are Misleading A sharp diplomatic exchange has erupted between the United Arab Emirates and Iran after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the UAE of carrying out “aggression” against Tehran. The claim was swiftly rejected by senior Emirati officials, who described the accusation as misleading and insisted that […]

Chinese official accidentally reveals secret operation to ChatGPT: Smear campaign against Japan PM, impersonating US officials

An eleborate China government secret has been accidentally revealed after a Chinese law enforcement official tried to use ChatGPT to plan a smear campaign against the Japanese PM. OpenAI said they banned the account after they found out China’s secret strategy for covert influence operations and transnational repression. The Chinese official was using ChatGPT to […]

‘This is not legal’: Trump official says they will look into new ‘H-1B only’ job advertisement for New York State agency

Amid increased scrutiny of H-1B visa program in the US, a new job posting on LinkedIn by one Prasad DP has reached Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K Dhillon who called it illegal and vowed action against it. “This is not legal. We will look into this @CivilRights,” Dhillon said, reacting to the post, which only […]

Trump’s ICE ‘operation metro surge’ cost Minneapolis $203 million: Official

Minneapolis officials said on Friday that Operation Metro Surge, a federal immigration enforcement deployment by the Trump administration, cost the city at least $203 million.The statement came on Friday as the White House began winding down the operation across Minnesota following months of occupation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection […]

Major row over Britain’s Nato envoy Angus Lapsley bringing intern girlfriend, half his age, to official residence: ‘They are not hiding it’

Britain’s ambassador to Nato, Angus Lapsley, has triggered a major diplomatic row after he brought his Italian girlfriend into his official residence in Brussels. The woman is nearly half her age and has been identified as Francesca Cortini, an intern, in reports. They met each other at Nato headquarters in Belgium. The couple has now […]

‘Inappropriate’: South Korean official fired for saying Seoul should ‘import young women’ to solve population crisis

A South Korean official has been expelled from his party after suggesting that the country should “import young women” from Vietnam or Sri Lanka to help increase its birth rate.Kim Hee-soo, the head of Jindo County in the south of the country, made the remark during a televised town hall last week, saying the women […]

‘For official use only’: Indian-origin CISA acting director uploaded sensitive government files to public ChatGPT, says report

The acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Madhu Gottumukkala, uploaded sensitive contracting documents into a public version of ChatGPT last summer, triggering multiple automated security warnings, Politico reported. According to Department of Homeland Security officials, the cybersecurity sensors at CISA flagged the uploads this past August. One official specified there were multiple […]

China’s top general accused of leaking nuclear secrets to US in exchange for official promotions: Report

China’s most senior general, Gen. Zhang Youxia, came under investigation on allegations that included leaking information about the country’s nuclear weapons programme to the United States and accepting bribes in exchange for official promotions, including the elevation of a former defence minister, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.The allegations were outlined Saturday during a closed-door […]

Middle East unrest: Gulf countries ‘convinced Trump to give Iran a chance,’ says Saudi official; warned attack risked ‘grave blowbacks’

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman led efforts to talk US President Donald Trump out of attacking Iran, fearing “grave blowbacks in the region,” a senior Saudi official said Thursday.The official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the Gulf trio “led a long, frantic, diplomatic last-minute effort to convince President Trump to give Iran […]

3,000 people likely killed in protests: Iran official

As the Iranian authorities impose a near-total communication blackout on a country convulsed by mass protests, videos and witness accounts slowly emerging suggest that govt is waging one of its deadliest crackdowns on unrest in more than a decade. Eyewitnesses say govt forces have begun opening fire, apparently with automatic weapons and at times seemingly […]