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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei admitted on Saturday that thousands of Iranians have been killed in more than two weeks of unrest in the country. He blamed the deaths on US President Donald Trump, who he said had “openly encouraged” the protesters by promising “military assistance” from the United States. In a speech to the nation posted on his website, Khamenei called President Trump a “criminal” who was responsible for “both the casualties and the damage” during the anti-government demonstrations that erupted in late December, initially sparked by public anger over the dire economic situation. Khamenei, 86, did not mention…

The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) final between Morocco and Senegal was an embarrassing night for football on the continent. The reputational damage to African football will remain for a long time.A match that promised a lot between two quality teams produced scenes of surprising acrimony and chaos in Morocco’s capital, Rabat. Once the issue is resolved, the autopsy begins.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe final was deadlocked at 0-0, and trouble began to occur in stoppage time. Senegal’s Ismaila Sarr appeared to have scored, but the goal was disallowed by referee Jean-Jacques N’Dala, who ruled that Abdoulaye…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House on October 22, 2025, in Washington, DC. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters If economic sanctions are meant to apply pressure without firing a shot, then President Donald Trump has directly targeted America’s closest military ally.President Trump announced on Saturday that starting February 1, the United States will impose a 10% tariff on imports from eight NATO members: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump suggested that…

Meta’s big bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off about 1,500 employees in its Reality Lab division (about 10% of the division’s staff) and closing several VR game studios, according to the Wall Street Journal. It’s a huge reversal for a company that staked its entire identity on that concept just four years ago. Few will miss it. As industry watchers may remember, Facebook rebranded itself as Meta in 2021, promising a new era of technology led by VR devices. The decision is partly a bet that Gen Z prefers to socialize in online…

london — British shores disappeared under a blanket of uncooked fries and onions after a container ship spilled its cargo earlier this month. A clean-up operation began on Tuesday along the coastline of East Sussex, southeast England, after containers from two cargo ships fell overboard during storms late last year and earlier this month, the local county council said. Joel Bonnici, a resident of the resort town of Eastbourne, told CNN on Monday that onions started appearing on the beach last Wednesday and that he believes some residents went to help retrieve the plastic bags in which the onions were…

Colleen Huber is still recovering. After previously sharing that she was diagnosed with an unspecified cancer and nearly finished radiation treatment on January 12, the ‘The End Is Us’ author shared an encouraging update on her health. “I don’t have cancer anymore,” Coleen wrote on Facebook on January 17 after seeing “misleading” reports that made her appear as if she was “on her deathbed.” “I was diagnosed sometime last year, had successful surgery and just finished radiation yesterday,” she continued. “I’m done, I’m good, everything is good, I’m good. Colleen is grateful to her medical team for how her journey…

Hsinchu, Taiwan – April 16: The entrance to the factory of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on April 16, 2025. Daniel Cheng | Anadolu | Getty ImagesThe U.S.-Taiwan deal aimed at expanding chip production capacity in the U.S. makes it unlikely that the U.S. government will completely withdraw from Taiwan’s cutting-edge semiconductors anytime soon, and the so-called “silicon shield” remains largely intact for now, multiple analysts told CNBC.Taiwan dominates global chip production, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company producing most of the world’s most advanced chips. It is estimated…

What happens if an AI agent decides the best way to complete a task is to blackmail you? That’s not a hypothesis. Barmak Meftah, a partner at cybersecurity VC firm Ballistic Ventures, said something like this recently happened to an employee at a company working with an AI agent. The employee tried to suppress what the agent wanted to do and what he was trained to do, but the agent scanned the user’s inbox for inappropriate emails and threatened to forward the email to the board of directors to blackmail the user. “In the agent’s mind, it’s doing the right…

Iraq’s government announced on Sunday that U.S. forces have completed a “complete withdrawal” from military installations in the country’s federal territory, excluding the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, where U.S. forces remain. Iraq’s Ministry of Defense announced that the last contingent of American advisers departed from al-Asad Air Base in Iraq’s western Anbar province, which has hosted American troops for more than 20 years. The U.S. military has been making cuts for several years, after the Iraqi government requested cuts in 2023. The ministry statement added that the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group also withdrew from the Joint Operations Command…

Pedestrians in the Huaqiangbei electronic market area in Shenzhen, China, Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Shen Qilai | Shen Qilai Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChina’s economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter to the slowest pace in nearly three years as domestic demand weakened, but full-year growth was in line with Beijing’s target despite escalating trade tensions with the United States and a prolonged real estate recession. Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 4.5% from October to December, according to data released by the National Statistics Office on Monday. This slowed down from 4.8% in the third quarter and was the lowest…