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Lukasz Olejnik, a visiting senior research fellow of the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, said the Iranian decision to avoid connected kit signals “deep concern” that ordinary devices can be hacked and tampered with. “It suggests Tehran fears adversaries can use connected devices to track, intercept, or even target key officials,” he said. Israel has used connected devices to kill individuals in the past. Last September, it used explosive pagers to hit Hezbollah targets, injuring nearly 3,000 people — a sophisticated and carefully orchestrated attack in which Israeli security services hit the Lebanon-based terrorist group by simultaneously…

Published on 17/06/2025 – 18:39 GMT+2According to police, the gunman was fascinated by school shootings, but his motive remains a mystery. After killing 10 people at the BORG Dreierschützengasse high school in Graz, the perpetrator killed himself. He left the school three years earlier.The incident in Austria’s second-largest city was the deadliest mass shooting in the country’s recent history. Although his motive for the attack remains unclear, investigators can “say with certainty that, over the years, he developed a passion for school shootings,” said Michael Lohnegger, the head of Styria province’s criminal police office.“He glorified not just the acts in general,…

“As far as I’m concerned, I’ll tell you that in these senseless times of armament, when arms companies are rubbing their hands together, just as pharmaceutical companies did during COVID, neutrality would suit Slovakia very well,” Fico responded to a question about the increase in defense spending, reported Aktuality. The Slovak prime minister has been roundly criticized by European allies for his sympathetic posture toward Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been waging full-scale war on Ukraine for more than three years. Fico will further talk about Slovak neutrality with political party leaders Thursday. Slovakia has been a member of NATO…

The U.S. president will convene a National Security Council in the Situation Room Tuesday, after abruptly leaving the G7 summit early on Monday night.  The New York Times reported that Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu is urging Trump to bomb the Fordow facility — one of the key pillars of Iran’s nuclear program — after days of Israeli strikes on key targets across the country.  A direct U.S. intervention in Iran would be a moment of major historical significance and would stoke grave concerns of the two countries sliding into war. Starmer reiterated calls to de-escalate the situation, while saying that…

The transatlantic partners are in talks to reach a deal to safeguard the €1.7 trillion transatlantic trade relationship. If they miss a July 8 deadline, Trump’s universal 10 percent tariff could jump to 50 percent — a level that would cripple EU exports. In addition, EU steel, aluminum and car exports are subject to 25 percent tariffs. On Monday, Trump had his first bilateral meeting with von der Leyen, the EU’s top official responsible for negotiating trade deals on behalf of the bloc’s 27 members, at the summit in the Canadian Rockies. She and Trump had instructed their teams “to accelerate their…

Long traffic queues were seen on roads heading north, with many residents in the capital reportedly trying to reach the Caspian Sea region. Petrol stations saw heavy demand, while shops and parts of the historic Grand Bazaar remained shuttered.Israel’s air campaign on Tehran appeared to widen following strikes on Monday that hit Iran’s state broadcaster. Evacuation orders were issued for parts of the city, home to around 10 million people.Trump’s announcement came on the fifth day of hostilities between Iran and Israel, as both sides continue trading strikes in a conflict that shows no sign of slowing.

While the European Space Agency (ESA) waits to see whether the United States will cut 19 of their joint programmes, experts say the relationship between the two governments will likely not go back to the way it was.NASA’s 2026 technical budget request, which was released earlier this month, details possible cuts to programmes such as  the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), a space probe that measures gravitational waves, Envision, ESA’s first mission to Venus to measure its different atmospheres, and NewAthena, the world’s largest X-ray observatory.The budget also cuts funding to certain components of Moon missions after Artemis III, a…

“Of course, we will have to apply to another court, and of course, we will sue the French government for damages,” he added. The company did not say when the suit would be filed, but said it is facing losses “in the mid-double-digit million range.” On Monday, Rafael’s booth was enclosed with black panels, access was denied, and police were stationed outside. Images taken by the AFP agency on Monday showed yellow writing on one of the black walls around the stands. Accompanied by a drawing of an Israeli flag, it read: “Behind these walls are the best defense systems…

BRUXELLES — L’Union européenne disposera bientôt de nouveaux pouvoirs lui permettant de réduire et, à terme, d’interdire la circulation du gaz russe sur le continent au cours des trois prochaines années. Ces mesures sont annoncées dans le cadre d’une initiative sans précédent de la Commission visant à réduire la dépendance à l’égard de la Russie. S’exprimant à Strasbourg mardi, le commissaire à l’énergie Dan Jørgensen va dévoiler ses propositions pour éliminer les importations de combustibles fossiles en provenance de Russie d’ici 2027, une fois reçu l’aval du cabinet de la présidente de la Commission. Un projet de document, vu par…

EPPO is pursuing dozens of cases in which Greek citizens received EU agricultural funds for pastureland they did not own or had not leased, or for agricultural work they never did, depriving real farmers of the cash they deserved. Last month, the Greek government announced it would shut down OPEKEPE, the state agency under investigation. European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi, in comments to POLITICO, vowed to press ahead with an inquiry into the fraud scheme despite what she described as “attacks” and “intimidation” against her staff. “The vilification of our country continues and its credibility vis-à-vis the European institutions is…