Three Palestinian families besieged in their homes by Israeli settlers
Three Palestinian families in Qusra, occupied West Bank, are being besieged inside their homes.
Search efforts in Colombia enter ‘final phase’ as quake toll reaches 265
President de La Espriella promises to set up an emergency fund to help rebuild destroyed hospitals and schools.
Oman says oil spill from stricken tanker has reached its coast
Up to 40km of coastline affected by oil pollution, Omani environmental authority says.
Israeli settlers besiege Palestinian families in West Bank’s Qusra
Dozens of settlers besiege Palestinian families in Qusra, cutting off water, power and essential supplies.
Solar eclipse carves Eiffel Tower’s silhouette in Paris sky
A partial solar eclipse illuminated Paris’s sky over the city’s iconic Eiffel Tower.
Olympic skateboarder times epic stunt with solar eclipse
Spanish Olympic skateboarder Danny León timed a jump with the moon passing in front of the sun during a solar eclipse.
Zimbabwe’s land reform enters a new chapter
A new land policy is reopening disputes over farms seized during Zimbabwe’s land reform after 2000.
Half a tonne of Erling Haaland branded cocaine seized in Ecuador
Erling Haaland’s name and image turned up on hundreds of cocaine bricks seized by Ecuadorian police.
Iran war live: US, Tehran exchange opposing claims over Hormuz control
President Trump again insists US has 'total control' of strait, while Tehran resolute that the US must meet its demands.
Trump administration arrests Southern Poverty Law Center expert for fraud
Heidi Beirich, an expert on far-right extremism, has been charged over alleged misuse of donor funds to pay informants.
Media groups sue Trump over paid access to public social media posts
Lawsuit claims Trump profits unfairly by charging up to $100,000 monthly for exclusive access to presidential posts.
Wired
The Best Photos of the Big August Solar Eclipse
It’s been a century since the Iberian Peninsula has been in the full shadow of the moon. Here’s what it looked like in the path of totality.
Ars Technica
Toddler's tragic death from brain-destroying amoeba offers lessons for doctors
Boy's unusual symptoms could help identify the next case sooner.
TechCrunch
Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them cheating at their jobs, classes
Is Anthropic's new watermarking system a travesty? Some have taken to social media to complain that it is.
TechCrunch
AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO
Lee McIntire, an independent member of Fermi's board, has been hired as CEO, more than three months since the company fired co-founder Toby Neugebauer from the ...
Trump administration plans to give ICE officers electric-shock gloves
US Homeland Security is expected to buy up to $20m in gloves amid criticism of the president's immigration crackdown.
Ars Technica
The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font
“ShieldFont” aims to poison AI training data without making pages unreadable for people.
US strikes in Yemen killed 153 civilians in 2025, says Pentagon review
The unclassified Pentagon review sheds new light on civilian harm from the US campaign against Yemen’s Houthis.
Hegseth cautions that ICC may investigate US boat strikes in Latin America
US defence chief vows to continue campaign against drug cartels, says Colombia has joined regional military coalition.
PSG win back-to-back UEFA Super Cups with victory over Aston Villa
Kvaratskhelia and Doue earn a win for Paris Saint-Germain as 17-year-old Brian Madjo's goal is in vain for Aston Villa.
Ars Technica
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
The data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package.
Thousands missing after Colombia quake as rescue continues
Thousands missing after Colombia quake as rescue continues
Ars Technica
Have physicists finally discovered glueballs? New evidence points to yes.
“It’s the strongest evidence yet that particles dominated by a glueball component can exist in nature.”
Morocco says working to prevent potential new Ceuta crossings surge
Morocco Interior Ministry says it has increased security along its borders with the Spanish exclaves Ceuta and Melilla.
11-year-old boy shot by Israeli forces in Gaza
The father of an 11-year-old boy says Israeli forces shot his son in the head and leg in Khan Younis.
Ars Technica
Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
Streaming platform says user-generated content "may be used for future Gen AI model improvements."
Wired
The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy
Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple with how to regulate a technology it has t...
Drone attacks on energy infrastructure deepen Libya’s energy crisis
Repeated drone strikes on oil and power infrastructure are deepening Libya's energy crisis.
The Canary
Government ‘community power’ hypocrisy exposed over Brick Lane data centre
Brick Lane — One supposed fundamental political message has resonated through the entire ‘Burnhamism’ transition. It’s been repeated endlessly that this governm...
Israeli air strike kills one in northern Gaza
Strike on a tuk-tuk in Beit Lahiya kills one, wounds five in first Israeli aerial bombardment in a week