Iranian proxy forces attacked a US base in Syria with rockets after the U.S. ordered retaliatory strikes on Iran-affiliated groups, killing at least eight Iranians.
An outbreak of vaccine-induced polio has been declared by Burundian health officials, marking the first time the paralyzing disease has been detected in the East African nation in more than three decades.
Republicans on the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government have launched a probe into Air Force personnel leaking private military records of former and current service members who are either Republican members of Congress or ran as candidates.
OpenAI has released its advanced AI model GPT-4, which is multimodal, making it capable of both text and image generation, sparking competition between Microsoft and Google.
Former CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield reveals in a resurfaced interview that gain-of-function research has been conducted on bird flu viruses and expresses concern that society should debate the safety and responsibility of such research, with a coming bird flu pandemic predicted to be worse than COVID-19 and requiring a proportional investment in national security preparedness.
The U.S. Special Operations forces are reportedly considering using deepfakes as a weapon of war or propaganda tool, according to federal procurement documents cited by an Intercept report.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has threatened to launch an "information campaign" in the US against Republicans in response to calls for action against cartels smuggling fentanyl across the border, urging Mexicans and Hispanics not to vote for them unless US lawmakers change their treatment of Mexico.
Although many may be unfamiliar with Sahra Wagenknecht outside of Germany, she often dominates the political discourse within the country. Known as being anti-woke, skeptical of immigration, and opposed to sending weapons to Ukraine, she became increasingly popular with German voters even if at the same time, a sizeable faction of the Left Party’s leadership wanted her gone.
