Philippines seeks safe passage for oil in Iran meeting
Manila has requested that Iran formally designate the Philippines as a ‘non-hostile country’ and ensure safe passage for PH-flagged vessels and oil shipments.
Month: April 2026
Will Bring Together 35 Nations, Take Steps To Reopen Hormuz Strait: UK PM
Will Bring Together 35 Nations, Take Steps To Reopen Hormuz Strait: UK PM
Microsoft Warns of WhatsApp-Delivered VBS Malware Hijacking Windows via UAC Bypass
Microsoft is calling attention to a new campaign that has leveraged WhatsApp messages to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files.
The activity, beginning in late February 2026, leverages these scripts to initiate a multi-stage infection ch…
Hiker’s dog lost in New Zealand forest rescued after strangers fund search
Border collie Molly was flown to safety by a helicopter pilot who was determined to reunite pet and owner.
Russia Says It Took Full Control of Ukraine’s Luhansk (Again) – The Moscow Times
Russia Says It Took Full Control of Ukraine’s Luhansk (Again) The Moscow TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
Racist chants at Spain-Egypt friendly ‘shame us as a society’, say officials
Police have launched an investigation into Islamophobic and xenophobic chants heard during Spain’s friendly against Egypt which government officials said “shame us as a society”.
Qeshm: Iran’s fortress island with an underground ‘missile city’ threatening US troops in Hormuz
Qeshm is one of two Iranian islands in focus as the US weighs an invasion to break the lock on the Strait
Sudan: rebels using sexual violence in Darfur as ‘war weapon’, says MSF
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militia groups are using sexual violence as a ‘weapon of war’ in Darfur to control civilians, according to medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in a major report.
West Bank strikes over Palestinian-only death penalty
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank went on a general strike after Israel passed a death penalty law.
New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released
Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address 21 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild.
The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS score: N/A), concerns a u…