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Meta and OpenAI logos are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Govt websites around the world go dark after AI-discovered flaw sparks security scramble

With tech firms warning that some hackers were already exploiting the flaws, government agencies across Europe were among those that took websites offline as a precaution.

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival in Abu Dhabi on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. Photo: UNB/AP

Macron condemns Trump's claims linking Muslim migrants to French unrest

A protester wearing a yellow vest holds a French flag in front of French riot police amid clashes during a day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement, joined by French high school and university students, teachers and parents demanding better school conditions and government action, as well as labour unions, workers, farmers and retirees, France, October 17, 2026. Photo: Reuters

France's Macron vows no repeat of riots as Yellow Vests mobilise

Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and Reddit applications are displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken on 9 December 2025. File Photo: Reuters

Poland says social media firms are 'silent ally' of Russia, threatens fines

People hold Palestinian flags next to a statue, depicting a figure carrying a flag covering their face and stepping off a plinth, by British street artist Banksy during a march, held by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to mark the 78th anniversary of the Nakba and against the "Unite the Kingdom" rally taking place in London organised by British anti-immigration activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, in London, Britain, May 16, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Chris J Ratcliffe

UK universities accused of punishing students for speaking up for Palestine

A Russian Geran 2 kamikaze drone flies next to a building, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, 16 April 2026. Photo: Reuters

Europe weighs giving utilities, infrastructure companies more powers to bring down drones

The King and Queen hosted a state banquet at Windsor Castle for the Sultan of Oman on his state visit to the UK. Photo: Reuters

King Charles praises Oman's mediation efforts at state banquet

Prince Harry wants to reconcile with father, brother amid family rift

Prince Harry wants to reconcile with father, brother amid family rift

Police officers work in Langley Crescent, Prestwich, following the Manchester synagogue attack in north Manchester, where multiple people were killed on Yom Kippur in what police have declared a terrorist incident, Britain, October 3, 2025. Photo: Reuters.

UK rearrests 2 men over suspected Iran-linked plot at US air base

Elon Musk, founder, CEO and lead designer at SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla, speaks at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II in Hawthorne, California, US. Photo: Reuters/File

Musk ordered slowdown of Starlink service used by Ukraine's military: WSJ

A fire burns, as police officers in riot gear stand guard, during civil unrest, the day after a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris, France, 18 October 2026. File Photo: Reuters

France, Portugal crack down on protests as Italy weighs tougher laws

A general view of snowcapped mountains of the arctic landscape near Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, April 5, 2023. REUTERS

EU unveils new Arctic strategy with focus on security

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu addresses the press, while flanked by Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, Trade Minister Serge Papin, Urbanity and Decentralisation Minister Francoise Gatel, and Higher Education, Research and Space Minister Philippe Baptiste, as they leave an Interministerial Crisis Meeting at the Interior Ministry in Paris, France, 19 October, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Curfews help calm France but more protests planned