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A New Jersey Democrat running in the race for a seat in the state’s 12th Congressional District volunteered with a Chicago-based nonprofit with alleged ties to Al-Qaeda, according to multiple reports. Adam Hamawy, who is running to replace Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), volunteered in 1994 with a nonprofit called the Benevolence International Foundation, which was reported to have had offices in Bosnia, which were “raided in 2002,” according to Jewish Insider. One of the offices — which was located in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, was described as being “part of the ‘impressive array of offices [that] covertly provided…

The initiative will unite leading business and scientific minds from multiple countries, the Russian president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to deepen international cooperation on artificial intelligence, unveiling a new global initiative aimed at developing AI systems and shared computing infrastructure.Speaking on Thursday at the Eurasian Economic Forum in Astana, Kazakhstan, Putin said Russia has helped establish an AI alliance bringing together scientific, academic and business communities from multiple countries. He also proposed holding a high-level international meeting on artificial intelligence in Russia next year.According to Putin, the gathering will focus on cooperation in developing sovereign…

Drones and missiles were intercepted over Kuwait on Thursday, the kingdom’s authorities said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted a US airbase in the region on Thursday in response to new strikes, marking the second armed clash between the rivals this week.The latest confrontation began with reports of explosions shortly after midnight in Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas, which is home to a naval base.In a statement to the media, a US official said American forces shot down four Iranian kamikaze drones that “posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz” and had also struck…

A 40-year-old Canadian national has been sentenced to 33 years in federal prison after admitting to targeting over 145 children across the United States in an eight-year sextortion operation that victimized children as young as six years old. Bleeping Computer reports that Ramanan Pathmanathan, a Canadian national, entered a guilty plea on January 30, 2026, to charges including one count of coercion and enticement of a minor and one count of child pornography production. The 33-year sentence marks a significant legal consequence for crimes that spanned nearly a decade and affected many victims throughout the United States. In addition to the…

U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reportedly reached a tentative agreement to extend the fragile ceasefire between the two countries by 60 days and launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, though President Donald Trump has not yet signed off on the deal. White House officials confirmed Thursday that negotiators had agreed to a proposed memorandum of understanding following earlier reporting by Axios, which cited two U.S. officials and a regional source involved in the mediation efforts. According to U.S. officials cited in the reports, the proposed framework would extend the ceasefire reached in April while opening a 60-day negotiating window focused…

Americans kept spending in April even as gasoline prices continued to surge, a sign that higher energy costs have not forced a broad retreat in household outlays. Consumer spending rose 0.5 percent from March, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Gasoline and other energy goods were a major driver, rising 5.7 percent for the month. But the gains were not confined to the pump. Spending excluding food and energy rose 0.4 percent in April. Spending excluding food, energy, and housing climbed 0.3 percent. Services spending excluding energy and housing also rose 0.4 percent, showing that consumers continued to spend across a…

Freedom 250 announced on Wednesday that country singer Martina McBride and rapper Flo Rida were among the musicians who would be performing at the Great American State Fair. In a post on X, Freedom 250 said, along with McBride and Flo Rida, musicians such as rapper Vanilla Ice, The Commodores, singer Bret Michaels, and more would be performing at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, DC. “Martina McBride, Young MC, C+C Music Factory, Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli, The Commodores, Morris Day & The Time, Flo Rida, Bret Michaels … and many more,” Freedom 250 wrote.…

Poland has stripped refugees of benefits amid growing public frustration over their privileged status and the cost to taxpayers Germany is concerned about a potential flood of Ukrainian immigrants from Poland after Warsaw sharply reduced social benefits, Bild reported on Wednesday, citing a confidential report by the German security authorities.Germany and Poland have accepted the largest numbers of Ukrainian refugees in the EU since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, according to Eurostat data.Germany was hosting around 1.3 million people under temporary protection as of March 2026, accounting for more than 29% of the EU total. The…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta announced Wednesday it will launch paid premium subscriptions globally for its major social media platforms, introducing Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus and WhatsApp Plus alongside new Meta AI subscription tiers. CNET reports that Meta is expanding its revenue strategy with the worldwide rollout of paid subscription services across its social media ecosystem. The company announced Wednesday that it will offer premium tiers for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, along with separate subscription plans for advanced Meta AI features. The new subscription offerings will start at monthly rates of $4 for Facebook Plus and Instagram Plus, and $3 for WhatsApp Plus.…

A YMCA in San Francisco, California, has reportedly changed its nudity rules after patrons rallied against a transgender-identifying male who would allegedly expose his genitals in the women’s locker room. The Daily Mail reported that a trans-identifying man who goes by “Sammy” and still has an intact penis has been “banned from flaunting [his] pre-op privates at a YMCA in liberal San Francisco after a sustained freak out by gym goers.”  The Stonestown Family YMCA reportedly posted rules that read: “Nudity should be discreet, limited, and brief.” The policy was posted in a changing room with the title “NEW YMCA LOCKER…