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Saudi Arabia has faced near-daily attacks from the Iran-backed Houthis, including a strike on Riyadh's international airport that was the kingdom's deadliest in years (Giuseppe CACACE) The United States has ordered non-essential US embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Wednesday, as the kingdom comes under sustained deadly attacksby Yemen's Houthis. Iranian-supported Houthis have increasingly engaged in hostilities against Saudi Arabia, including at

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday pushed back against suggestions that the Trump administration had ordered Elon Musks Starlink and its military-grade counterpart, Starshield, to limit Ukraines access to the satellite communications networks, saying any such decisions were up to the SpaceX founder and not the White House. We cannot direct a private company as to the decisions they make or not make, Rubio told reporters on an overseas trip in Mumbai. Rubio had stated previously th

A decision by Elon Musk led to restrictions on Ukraine's use of SpaceX's satellite communications network, people familiar with the matter told CBS News. The satellite service, which is used for drone operations, hitting certain targets and protecting sites in Ukraine, was slowed significantly last week. Musk held multiple conversations with administration officials leading up to the order, the sources said. He wanted clarity on the president's thinking on the matter. Musk has expressed distaste

It seems that almost daily, a big tech company releases a new AI-driven digital assistant. Muse by Meta, Gemini by Google, dots by OpenAI. By the time this article is published, a new one from [insert tech company here] will probably have a press release touting its ability to manage your work and life to take things off your plate, automate your processes, speed up your tedious tasks. It sounds helpful and, to lower the bar, harmless. But some researchers say this is the beginning of a treache

Washington President Trump on Tuesday announced the federal government will compensate whistleblowers who report people defrauding the U.S. government and taxpayers, but said he will decide who gets paid. I will be the arbitrator of all of these decisions, the president said during his Oval Office announcement with Vice President JD Vance, who heads up the administration's fraud task force, beside him. In other words, I'll determine whether or not the person is deserving and I'll determine and

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, speaks Tuesday in the Oval Office as President Trump and Nick Shirley listen. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) The Trump administration is deferring an additional $1.2 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to California, citing concerns about potential fraud in a state program that helps older adults and people with disabilities with everyday tasks. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medic

Police officers were deployed to the area of the airbase in the days after the incident [Getty Images] Two men have been re-arrested after an incident near RAF Fairford last month, counter-terrorism police have said. A 24-year-old UK national, and a 25-year-old dual UK-Iranian national, are being held on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service under Section 3 of the National Security Act 2023, with police saying the investigation relates to Iran. Police had been alerted to three su