Chinese scholars tend to cite papers from their own country significantly more than scholars from other nations, potentially inflating China’s scientific prominence, according to recent studies. One analysis by Japan’s National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) revealed that 62 per cent of citations to China’s top-cited papers came from within China, compared with…
China called on Israel to take immediate actions to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East and issued a security alert asking its citizens to avoid travel to Lebanon as the killing of Hezbollah’s leader has driven the two sides closer to a full-scale war. The warnings come after Hassan Nasrallah, the long-time leader of Iran-backed…
Israel said it killed Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in Beirut, prompting Iran to call for the United Nations Security Council to meet over Israeli military’s actions in Lebanon and across the Middle East region. Here Are Top Points On Israel-Hezbollah-Iran Tensions: The Israeli military said Hassan Nasrallah, who led Hezbollah…
Hassan Nasrallah, the iconic leader of Hezbollah who captivated many in the Arab world with his charismatic oratory, was killed on Friday in an Israeli attack on Beirut. At the apex of his career, the cleric was so popular that shops sold DVDs of his speeches, and many Lebanese used lines from them as ringtones….
A team of Iranian hackers impersonated Ginni Thomas, wife of conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in an effort to extract information from people close to former President Donald Trump, CNN reported. An indictment unsealed on Friday alleges that the three Iranian men gained access to the email account of a Trump campaign official this…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and disseminating stolen information to media organizations. The three accused hackers were employed by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and their operation also targeted a broad swath of targets, including government officials, members of the…
For months, Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have traded constant cross-border attacks that have killed dozens and displaced thousands of people. Now there are fears of a full-blown war between the foes amid the fallout from a deadly rocket attack from Lebanon hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Hezbollah quickly denied it was responsible…
The X, formerly known as Twitter, account of journalist Ken Klippenstein was suspended on Thursday following the release of a dossier about Sen. JD Vance that was allegedly from an Iranian government hack. “Here’s the dossier the media refused to publish,” Klippenstein wrote in a post earlier. Klippenstein, who is a former reporter at Intercept,…
Published on Sep 25, 2024 10:03 AM IST Israeli defence forces killed the head of Hezbollah’s rocket and missile division, Ibrahim Qubaisi, in a strike in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut on September 24. According to the IDF, Qubaisi commanded Hezbollah’s various rocket and missile units. In a statement, Hezbollah confirmed Qubaisi’s death, saying he…
As world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution Bruce Riedel told the Washington Post that this assembly “could become an all-Lebanon UNGA” on Monday. “Joe Biden, more than most presidents, has a history of foreign policy activity and accomplishments and I’m sure he…