Month: February 2025
Israeli spyware firm attack
WhatsApp has alerted nearly 100 journalists and civil society members to potential device breaches involving spyware from Israeli firm Paragon Solutions, the messenger has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Paragon Solutions following the hack attack. The identity of the attackers remains unknown, though Paragon’s software is typically used by government clients. After detecting and disrupting
USA Tariffs on China
Chinese companies export chemical precursors that are used by Mexican cartels to make fentanyl. This has outraged Trump. China has restricted some of these chemicals, but its pharmaceutical industry is massive and it is not difficult to modify the chemicals and circumvent government restrictions. President Donald Trump has been threatening increased tariffs on China for
Trump to “Relocate” Gazans
In January, Trump said he had spoken with the king of Jordan about potentially building housing elsewhere in the Middle East and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries. A key group of Arab nations have said they “firmly” reject any efforts to resettle or evict Palestinians from Gaza, after US
The DRC fighting crisis
M23 is the most potent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control in Congo’s mineral-rich east, which holds vast deposits critical to much of the world’s technology. They are backed by around 4,000 troops from neighboring Rwanda.A weakened Congolese military fought back against Rwanda-backed rebels who the U.N. said were moving fast into