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Multiple security failures allowed FlyDubai pilot into cockpit
Wall Street Journal: Oman had scrutinized his online habits and decided he showed too much interest in radical…
October 4, 2026
Legal risks pile up for Altman as OpenAI uncovers dozens of hacks
Financial Times: Staff at OpenAI, alongside senior legal, tech and policy figures, told the FT that the company…
October 4, 2026
Brazil presidential election heads to runoff after Bolsonaro and Lula fail to win majority vote
CBS: The country’s electoral court in Brasilia said neither the 80-year-old incumbent, seeking his fourth non-consecutive term, nor…
October 4, 2026
At Trump’s rallies, familiar mix of rituals and plea to ‘please pretend’
New York Times: President Trump is doggedly lending his support to Republican candidates facing a rough midterm season.…
October 4, 2026
Israel orders security review of incoming flights after co-pilot attack
Washington Post: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a thorough review of “all aspects” of security of…
October 4, 2026
Trump’s opponents planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency
Washington Post: Democratic House members are writing bills to rein in a president’s emergency powers. Lawyers are strategizing…
October 4, 2026
Iran’s top security official warns of dire economic crisis. U.S. rushes to withdraw bombers from U.K. air base after new threat of Iran plot
New York Times: Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s top security official, made the rare admission on Saturday at a high-level…
October 4, 2026
California woman arrested for spying for China and surveilling Taiwanese president’s son, officials say
CNN: Wanying “Heather” Zhang, of Irvine, allegedly surveilled a close relative of a Taiwanese government official after traveling…
October 4, 2026
Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection
CNN: The incident occurred at the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, near Irkutsk, according to Russian state media…
October 4, 2026
Israel’s horrifying Flydubai near-catastrophe demands investigation, not victory lap
Haaretz: The efforts of the passengers and the other pilots, who prevented the disaster at the last moment,…
October 3, 2026
OpenAI safety employee quits, says ‘time for trial and error is over’
Reuters: Writing in “I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken,” published by the Atlantic on Saturday, David…
October 3, 2026
Ukraine will hit Russian refineries in response to Moscow’s ‘new doctrine’ of airstrikes, Zelenskiy says
Reuters: Ukraine’s intelligence services has obtained documents showing that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had issued a “new doctrine”…
October 3, 2026
ShinyHunters hacker in FBI data theft detained in Jordan, cooperating with bureau, sources say
Reuters: Saif al-Din Khader was detained by Jordanian authorities, the three sources said. Two of them said he…
October 3, 2026
New AI czar unveils goals, members of White House task force
Wall Street Journal: A new White House task force will have 120 days to report on the risks…
October 3, 2026
China launches anti-dumping probe into European chemical exports
Financial Times: The commerce ministry in Beijing said on Saturday that it had started an investigation into p-nitrotoluene,…
October 3, 2026
Flydubai co-pilot attacked captain with axe, UAE official says
BBC: The co-pilot who attempted to take control of a Flydubai plane travelling to Israel attacked the pilot…
October 3, 2026
U.S.-Russia talks on Ukraine now involve oil deal tied to Trump allies
New York Times: President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s…
October 3, 2026
How employees forced OpenAI’s president to back down
Semafor: On June 1, OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon gave employees a preview of a blog post…
October 2, 2026
U.S. Jewish fund’s ambitious bid to put settler elite in control of Israel’s security
Haaretz: After backing Israel’s judicial coup, the Tikvah Fund created a program training right-wing leaders for key defense…
October 2, 2026
Oman reportedly banned flydubai terrorist from flying due to suspected extremism
Haaretz: Despite that, the Omani copilot still flew flydubai’s Dubai to Tel Aviv route, with several US media…
October 2, 2026