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A State Department adviser allegedly retained classified documents and met with officials from China A prominent India expert and adviser to the US State Department has been charged with the unauthorized retention of more than 1,000 pages of classified defense information, officials announced on Tuesday. Ashley J. Tellis, a senior fellow and Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs at the Carnegie …

Qiyunfang, the SiCarrier unit, on Wednesday launched two EDA products – one for schematic capture and another for printed circuit board (PCB) design – at the three-day WeSemiBay Semiconductor Ecosystem Expo 2025 in Shenzhen that concludes on Friday. The development of new domestic EDA products reflected the Chinese semiconductor industry’s efforts to enhance self-sufficiency in chip design software, a market …

An American Airlines flight was forced to turn around after several passengers said they were “feeling ill” from what was described as “fumes” inside the plane. The plane took off from Los Angeles International Airport just before 5pm local time yesterday evening (1am BST), October 14, and was heading to JFK International Airport in New York. Only minutes into the …

Nato has drilled extensively on how to handle Russian intrusion (Image: Getty) Military alliance bosses are thrashing out radical new regulations that would clear the path for shooting down Moscow’s warplanes. Behind-closed-doors negotiations are centred on hammering out unified protocols for confronting hostile aircraft. Top brass are pushing for Russian fighter jets laden with ground-strike weaponry flying through allied territory …

People who wish death on Americans are not welcome, the State Department has said The US State Department said on Tuesday that it has revoked the visas of several individuals who publicly celebrated the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk, who co-founded Turning Point USA and rose to prominence by debating politics on college campuses, was killed by a …

The father of the 14-year-old student who stabbed a girl to death at a school in Bandar Utama, Malaysia’s Selangor state, said he was heartbroken over the incident. “I am heartbroken my son did this. “I know that no matter what I say, it’s useless. No matter what I do, I can’t get their daughter back. I don’t know how …

The slain conservative activist’s widow, Erika Kirk, accepted the honor on his behalf US President Donald Trump has posthumously awarded slain young conservative activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Kirk’s widow, Erika, received the medal on her husband’s behalf at a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday. Trump described Kirk …

Material defects and poor installation supervision may have contributed to the improper assembly of prefabricated flats at three light public housing projects in Hong Kong, experts have suggested amid a controversy over the new construction method. Their analysis came after a series of incidents involving Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) flats across various public housing projects sparked concerns over the dependability …

The declassified Soviet-era documents are from the archives in Moscow, diplomats said The Russian ambassador to the US has given Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna the copies of the declassified Soviet files on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the embassy announced on Tuesday. Ambassador Aleksandr Darchiev met with Luna, a Republican from Florida, and handed her files compiled from …

President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Hamas that if the group fails to disarm, “we will disarm them quickly and violently.” The President was questioned about the designated terrorist organisation being disarmed, which remains a key condition for Israel’s agreement to a ceasefire deal. Although the US initially announced an agreement had been reached, Hamas has subsequently …