Death toll rises to 9 in church attack; officials blame ‘extremist’ Islamist ideology
A group of gunmen stormed a Christian church in Jordan during a funeral Friday, killing nine people and injuring more than two dozen, according to authorities.
The shooting took place at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, about 55 miles south of the capital, Amman.
Jordanian Health Minister Ibrahim al-Budour said Saturday that one critically injured patient remained hospitalized at Prince Ali Military Hospital in unstable condition.
Government spokesperson Mohammad Momani said Saturday the attackers subscribed to “extremist takfiri ideology,” which brands people who reject a strict interpretation of Islam as apostates or nonbelievers. Terrorist groups such as ISIS have invoked takfiri beliefs to justify killing Muslims, Christians and Jews.
US ready to launch Iran strikes within 96 hours, after Trump got Israel to nix attack last week
The United States has built up sufficient military forces in the Middle East to launch a major new offensive against Iran within four days of receiving authorization from President Donald Trump, according to American officials, after the US reportedly pressed Israel to delay plans last week to attack Iran.
Two US officials told CNN that American forces could begin operations “within 96 hours” of a presidential order, with military planners preparing a campaign considerably broader than the limited strikes conducted since Trump suspended major combat operations earlier this year.
The Pentagon and US Central Command have developed an extensive list of potential targets, including Iranian nuclear facilities, military installations and energy infrastructure.
Netanyahu posts AI image of nuke hitting Tel Aviv, warns of ‘2nd Holocaust’ if he’s not elected
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday posted an AI-generated image depicting a nuclear explosion in Tel Aviv, warning the public just two days before the election that voting for anyone other than him could expose Israelis to the danger of a “second Holocaust.”
Netanyahu was sharing the words of Yuval Bloomberg, a right-wing activist with roots in the tech sector who once wrote a book against the Oslo Accords. The post by Bloomberg, written last week, included the AI image of the large mushroom cloud rising above Tel Aviv as the city burned from a nuclear blast.
Israel faces a “real and tangible existential threat,” the post shared by Netanyahu said.
Syrian militias release video depicting an invasion of the Golan Heights
Radical Syrian jihadis released a threatening video depicting a full-fledged invasion of northern Israel’s Golan Heights, a hotly contested area bordering Syria.
Christian Mother Sentenced to 14 Years in Nigeria as Persecution Intensifies Despite Growing Church
A Christian mother in northeastern Nigeria has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after sharing her faith with a Muslim woman who voluntarily converted to Christianity, raising fresh concerns over religious freedom in a nation where thousands of Christians have been killed in recent years.
Dawa’s husband, Evangelist Amos Suleman, reportedly spent months in detention before being released on bail. He has since gone into hiding following alleged death threats from Islamic extremists.
Delivery robots accused of scanning customers’ faces and sharing biometric data
The battle over Chicago’s food delivery robots has reached the courts, with two customers accusing the companies behind them of collecting their biometric data without consent.
The men filed separate class-action lawsuits in Cook County court Oct. 9 against Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics, alleging the companies violated a state privacy law. They claim the companies’ machines scanned their faces and hands without their knowledge or consent.
The lawsuits allege the robots’ cameras and LiDAR — a technology that sends out laser pulses to measure distances and map the surrounding environment — captured measurements of customers’ faces and hands as they approached the machines to retrieve their orders.
Half A Million Daily Shoppers Face Biometric Scanning On London’s Oxford Street
There’s now a date for when London’s Oxford Street will start being scanned by permanent live facial recognition (LFR) cameras: December, when the annual Christmas shopping rush brings the most people into the street.
The presence of the cameras will be hard to miss, as they will be scanning every single person who walks down the street, and there are about half a million of those every day – none of whom will be given a choice to “opt out” of the biometric check that will compare their face against a police watchlist.
LFR is “an important tool which is helping us keep London safe,” is how the Met has justified its use of the tech. The plan is not new – it was first announced in the summer – but this is the first time a time frame has been given for when the deployment is to happen.
India to evacuate thousands as Cyclone Arnab nears eastern coast
Arnab, which formed over the Bay of Bengal before intensifying into a cyclonic storm, is expected to make landfall in Andhra Pradesh state by Wednesday morning, with gusts of as much as 140 kph (87 mph), India’s weather office said.
The weather system is expected to bring heavy to extremely heavy rainfall to Andhra Pradesh’s northern and central coastal districts, and southern regions of neighbouring Odisha.
Andhra Pradesh has called for boats at sea to return ashore and ordered speedy restoration of power in case of disruptions.
A senior Andhra Pradesh disaster management official told Reuters on Monday the state government had identified 570,000 people as vulnerable, and evacuations would start on Monday evening.
WHO warns ‘more complex’ Ebola outbreak now present in 3 African countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the Ebola outbreak that emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is growing more “complex”, with cases now present in countries in East and West Africa.
This comes as health authorities investigate where Nigeria’s first case, which was confirmed this week, originated, raising questions about whether the patient crossed paths with Kenya’s first patient at a Ugandan airport.
“We are facing a more complex outbreak landscape,” Mohamed Janabi, regional director for WHO in Africa, told an online media briefing on Thursday.
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