How did the US get Maduro? Inside Operation Absolute Resolve | BBC Security Brief
It’s been described as one of the “greatest military operations ever” – the US elite Delta Force going inside the Venezuelan capital in the dead of night to capture then-President Nicolás Maduro. Operation Absolute Resolve was a mission months in the making. So how did they pull it off? TheContinue Reading
PBS News Hour full episode, Jan. 9, 2026
Friday on the News Hour, the latest jobs numbers show the economy growing at the slowest pace since the pandemic, and certain groups are taking the hardest hits. The wife of the woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis speaks out as fear ripples through the community, including itsContinue Reading
Beyond ‘food riots’: Iran’s protesters and the difficult path to compromise ahead
Contrary to the headlines in many media outlets calling Iran’s protests merely “food riots,” what is going on in the country is actually a deeper, more structured and complex movement.Continue Reading
Communication blackout in Iran: How the Islamic Republic controls the flow of information
In June 1989 following the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the government cut telephone connections to foreign countries, an action aimed at limiting the ability of domestic opponents to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
Agentic AI and the “Human-in-the-Loop” Luxury in Modern Defense
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Welcome to the inaugural edition of “The Iron Triangle”, my new Cipher Brief column that serves the three pillars of modern defense: Procurement Officers tasked with buying the future, Investors who fund the technology, and Policy Wonks who analyze the impact of technology on the global order.Continue Reading
Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers
Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data.Continue Reading
US to provide $45 million in aid to Thailand and Cambodia in a bid to ensure regional stability
The fighting in July and December displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Thailand and Cambodia and killed about 100 soldiers and civilians., Read MoreContinue Reading
The 4x rule: Why some people’s DNA is more unstable than others
A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic variants can dramatically alter how fast this expansion happens, sometimes multiplying the pace by four. Researchers also identified specific DNA expansions linked to severe kidney and liver disease. The findingsContinue Reading
Debian goes retro with a spatial desktop that time forgot
Trixie plus a carefully configured MATE setup, and absolutely nothing else The Desktop Classic System is a rather unusual hand-built flavor of Debian featuring a meticulously configured spatial desktop layout and a pleasingly 20th-century look and feel.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Microsoft Windows Media Player stops serving up CD album info
No naming that tune and no album covers Microsoft is celebrating the resurgence of interest in physical media in the only way it knows how… by halting the Windows Media Player metadata service.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Trans people have always been here – and these incredible colourised photos prove it
As a brand-new year starts, it is as good a time as any to remind the world that trans people have always been here. Writer, activist and academic Eli Erlick has been fighting against the erasure of trans history, by curating and sharing beautiful full-colour photos showing trans people throughoutContinue Reading
Marshalls closes Hollywood and San José outlets
The discount retailer Marshalls has closed locations in Hollywood and San José, impacting more than 120 employees., Read MoreContinue Reading
Washington National Opera to leave the Kennedy Center in wake of The Traitor renaming
Numerous artists and musicians have canceled their scheduled appearances at the performing arts center after the board voted to add The Traitor’s name to the institution., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading