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US DoD, tech giants bid to make armed forces 'AI-first'
‘Not FIFA’s job’: Norway soccer chief calls to scrap FIFA Peace Prize after Trump award
North Korea executions more than doubled after COVID, human rights group says
Technion launches new aerospace prize to honor legends and trailblazers
Nominations for the prize will open in the summer of 2026, and the first iteration will be awarded in June 2027.
Galilee man who swore loyalty to ISIS, planned attack on soldiers, indicted on terror charges
In recent years, a significant number of Arab citizens of Israel have sworn loyalty to ISIS, usually arrested before being able to carry out an attack.
Israel engineered 'special' rats to attack Palestinians in Gaza, radical Fatah officials claim
According to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), Jamal Obeid, a member of the Supreme Leadership Body of Fatah in Gaza, accused Israel of introducing rats into previously uninfested areas of Gaza.
Top US diplomat in Kyiv to resign after Trump conflict-report
A State Department spokesman rejected the notion of policy disagreements being the root cause for the acting ambassador’s departure.
Israelis divided over outcome of recent wars, political leadership - study
A plurality of Israelis view Israel as stronger than before the war, though almost a third of respondents believe the country has been weakened as a result of the roughly five-week-long conflict.
AI startup Mercor faces mass litigation following data breach - report
In early April, extortion-hacker group Lapsus$ took credit for hacking Mercor, claiming to have stolen four terabytes of data.
IDF finds, dismantles explosives hidden in West Bank school
The IDF says that after interrogation, the suspects revealed the location of an explosives cache to be in a school in Beit Ummar, a town just kilometers north of Karmei Tzur.
Police arrest Hariri crime family members in raid for extortion, using explosives
The Hariri suspects are also accused of having extorted residents in the Samaria region of the West Bank and demanding payments totaling millions of shekels.
Ukraine downed Iranian drones in Middle East during Iran war, Zelensky claims
In recent years, Ukrainian drone-makers have unveiled and combat-tested several drone interceptors that can sometimes be 3D-printed and cost significantly less than traditional air defense systems.
'We will remember': IDF chief of staff issues statement ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day
In the letter, Zamir vowed to “remember the communities that were erased from the face of the earth; the voices of the boys and girls, the elderly and the young, who were led to the crematoria."