SEOUL —South Korea has demanded an official explanation and apology from Ukraine for denying an agreement to keep the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul confidential. The incident came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the United Nations that his country had sent two North Korean soldiers to the South, adding they were “not easy to capture alive”. Hours later, South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung said on X, “I do not know why the Ukrainian side broke the agreement and made the matter public, but it is very disappointing.” “The presidential office expresses strong regret…
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LUCKNOW — Heavy rain and storms have triggered floods and landslides that killed at least 62 people in northern India, officials said Monday, while in Nepal, 21 people have died and another five remained missing. India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh recorded 66.5 mm of rain between September 25 and the morning of September 27, compared with a normal 7.6 mm for the period, Hrishikesh Bhaskar Yashod, the state’s relief commissioner, said on Sunday. The state government said 46 people were injured and more than 1,000 houses were damaged after three days of heavy rainfall caused flooding in several districts.…
Neeti Rodrigues and Christoph Nagy. Premchand Kurup and Christoph Nagy discuss integrating SAP intelligence with SOC operations to strengthen visibility, resilience and incident response SAP’s growing role across finance, procurement, supply chains, HR and production has made its security critical to business resilience across the GCC. Cloud migrations, connected applications and expanding digital ecosystems are also exposing organisations to vulnerabilities that conventional security tools may not detect within the SAP application layer. In this interview, Premchand Kurup, CEO of Paramount Assure, and Christoph Nagy, Co-founder of SecurityBridge, discuss the need to embed security into SAP transformation programmes, integrate SAP intelligence…
JERUSALEM — Israel’s government said on Sunday that the diplomatic accreditation of Dutch officials based in the occupied West Bank would be revoked, after the Netherlands began enforcing sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements. The diplomats representing the Netherlands at the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, the administrative capital of the Palestinian Territories, have seven days to hand over their Israeli-issued diplomatic papers, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar posted on X. “After this period, the diplomatic privileges and immunities granted to them by the State of Israel will expire,” he added. Saar said the move was a response to Dutch sanctions…
Critical infrastructure organisations across the Middle East face an expanding cyber-physical attack surface as IT, operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) environments become increasingly connected. Greater integration supports digital transformation and smart infrastructure projects, but also exposes legacy systems and operational networks to advanced, AI-enabled threats. Bachir Moussa, Vice President of Sales for EMEA South at Nozomi Networks, discusses the shift from conventional incident response to continuous cyber risk management. He explains why comprehensive visibility is essential, how AI can strengthen anomaly detection and risk prioritisation, and what organisations must do to protect connected operational environments from disruption.…
CHENGDU — Two giant pandas departed southwestern China for their new home at Zoo Atlanta under a 10-year loan agreement between China and the United States, media reports said early Sunday. Ping Ping and Fu Shuang left Chengdu after Chinese President Xi Jinping announced during a three-day summit with US President Donald Trump in Washington that the pandas would arrive in Atlanta in the coming days, according to NBC News. The agreement was first announced in April, although an arrival date had not been specified. Both pandas were born in 2020 and have been housed at the Chengdu Research Base…
TEHRAN — Iran has heard US President Donald Trump’s initial reaction to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days but is still awaiting Washington’s formal position through mediators, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday. Araghchi told the official IRNA news agency that Tehran had presented its conditions for reopening the strategic waterway and advancing negotiations during meetings in New York. He said the conditions were explained to mediators, who subsequently relayed them to the United States. “We have heard the first reaction from the US president, but nothing has yet been conveyed to us by the…
KATHMANDU — At least 10 people, including climbers and support staff, are missing after an avalanche struck the 7,126-meter (23,379-foot) Himlung Himal in Nepal’s western Manang district, local media reported Sunday. Ram Krishna Lamichhane, director general of Nepal’s Department of Tourism, confirmed the incident and said authorities were gathering further details as efforts continued to locate and rescue those unaccounted for, the Kathmandu Post reported. The avalanche struck amid persistent rain and snowfall across Nepal’s western mountainous region. Elsewhere in the country, at least one person was killed and two others went missing after a landslide struck a settlement in…
Mario M. Veljovic, General Manager of VAD Technologies, reflects on GISEC Global 2026 and explains why industry specialisation, continuous learning and locally focused technology events will shape cybersecurity progress across the region How would you assess GISEC Global 2026 on day two, and what are your impressions of the new venue? We are delighted to participate at GISEC Global 2026 alongside our partner Nextcloud. This is the first time VAD Technologies has exhibited at the event with one of its partners, making it an important milestone for us. The new venue has created a more focused environment. Day two has…
JERUSALEM — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday called for a military campaign in the occupied West Bank similar to Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip. Israel “should do there what we did in Gaza,” Smotrich told Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. Smotrich also renewed his call for dismantling the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-rule in parts of the occupied West Bank. His remarks come amid tightened Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement across the territory, including checkpoint closures and roadblocks that have isolated communities and restricted access to workplaces, homes and essential services. Violence in the occupied West Bank…