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Thousands of Kurdish Fighters Launch Ground Offensive in Western Iran

i24NEWS reports that thousands of Kurdish fighters affiliated with the Kurdistan Free Life Party have launched a ground offensive inside Iran, with fighters reportedly taking combat positions around the Marivan area in western Iran. An Iranian Kurdish official said thousands of PJAK fighters are already deployed in Iran’s mountainous regions.

Jalisco Cartel Leader “El Mencho” Buried In A Golden Casket In A Guadalajara Cemetery

The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was buried Monday in a shiny golden casket with enormous flower wreaths and a large military presence in the state that gave name to one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels. A federal official confirmed that Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” was buried in a cemetery in […]

X to Crack Down on AI-Generated War Footage Amid Surge of Fake Iran Conflict Videos

X is rolling out a new policy aimed at curbing the spread of artificial intelligence–generated war footage, as misleading videos tied to the ongoing Iran conflict circulate widely online. Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, said the platform will penalize users who post AI-generated videos of armed conflicts without clearly disclosing that the footage was […]

What Families in Israel Are Living Through Today

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IDF Strikes Major Iranian Military and Security Compound in Eastern Tehran

The IDF carried out a wide-scale strike on a large Iranian military compound in eastern Tehran that housed multiple command centers of the regime’s security apparatus. The compound included headquarters for the IRGC, the Intelligence Directorate, the Basij, the Quds Force, Internal Security forces, cyber warfare units, and a unit responsible for suppressing protests.

Anthropic’s Military AI Standoff Raises Questions About Chatbots in Combat

Anthropic’s moral stand on U.S. military use of artificial intelligence is reshaping the competition between leading AI companies but also exposing a growing awareness that maybe chatbots just aren’t capable enough for acts of war. Anthropic’s chatbot Claude, for the first time, outpaced rival ChatGPT in phone app downloads in the United States this week, […]

U.S. Submarine Torpedoes Iranian Warship as Middle East War Rapidly Expands

A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, as Washington and Israel intensified their bombardment Wednesday of Iran’s security forces and other symbols of power. As the war expanded yet again, Tehran vowed to completely destroy the Middle East’s military and economic infrastructure. The tempo of the strikes on Iran was so intense that […]

China Factory Activity Contracts for Second Month as Domestic Demand Remains Weak

China’s factory activity shrank for a second month in February, though lower U.S. tariffs could bring about a small boost in the coming weeks. The official manufacturing purchasing managers index, or PMI, slipped to 49 from 49.3 in January, a four-month low, the National Bureau of Statistics reported Wednesday. The figure from its monthly survey […]

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