The deployment of AI-controlled drones that can make autonomous decisions about whether to kill human targets is moving closer to reality, The New York Times reports.

Lethal autonomous weapons, that can select targets using AI, are being developed by countries including the US, China, and Israel.

Several governments are lobbying the UN for a binding resolution restricting the use of AI killer drones, but the US is among a group of nations — which also includes Russia, Australia, and Israel — who are resisting any such move, favoring a non-binding resolution instead, The Times claims.

IDF releases footage of the latest Israeli Air Force airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

#BREAKING Israel has arrested the director of Shifa hospital, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, and have taken him to an interrogation.

Japanese politician, Akiko Oishi, speaks up for Palestine at Japan’s House of Representatives:

If this is not a genocide, what is?

If this is not changing the status quo by force, what is it?

Is America's hypocrisy your justice? Then never talk about justice again.

Former Obama administration official Stuart Seldowitz has been arrested after video shows Islamophobic language spewed at food vendor.

Stuart Seldowitz, 64, was arrested Wednesday on preliminary charges of hate crime/stalking, second-degree aggravated harassment, stalking causing fear, and stalking at employment, according to the NYPD.

In the videos posted online this month, Seldowitz mocks Islam, taunts the man about his citizenship status, accuses him of supporting Hamas and references the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

“You support killing little children,” Seldowitz says to the vendor in one video. The vendor retorts, “You kill children, not me.”

Seldowitz replies, “If we killed 4,000 Palestinian children, you know what? It wasn’t enough!”

Hollywood star Jenna Ortaga, who has 40 million followers on Instagram, posted a link on her profile to donate to the Gaza relief campaign.

Ortega also terminated her contract after her friend Melisa Barrera was fired from the cast of Scream 7 for supporting Palestine.

The curse of being photographed or filmed with Soleimani claims another victim.

Video of the late son (Abbas Mohammed Raad) of Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad who was killed last night by Israeli airstrike with Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.

Israeli ambassador to the UN officially reprimanded by China as he was going on a tirade against a woman invited to the UN.

"Please show some respect at least".

Dr. Osama Al-Ghazali Harb, one of the biggest symbols and advocates of normalization with Israel in Egypt, apologizes to Egypt, Palestine and the nation for his support for normalization:

I say that I apologize for my good opinion of the Israelis, who revealed a hateful, criminal, racist spirit.

I apologize to the martyrs of Gaza, and to every Palestinian child, woman, and man. I apologize!

WSJ: The era of total U.S. submarine dominance over China is ending

China’s rapid advancements in submarine technology and detection capabilities are challenging the US’s long-established dominance in undersea warfare and posing a threat to its crucial submarine operations in the Pacific.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that recent developments indicate a narrowing gap in submarine capabilities between the two rivals, with significant implications for US military planning including for a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

In one example, a new Chinese nuclear-powered attack submarine was recently observed with a pump-jet propulsion system, a noise-reducing technology previously seen only on the latest US submarines, the WSJ reports says.

Satellite images have also revealed larger hull sections at China’s submarine manufacturing base at Huludao, suggesting increased production capabilities.

The WSJ says that China has enhanced its ability to detect enemy submarines, constructing an underwater sensor network known as the “Underwater Great Wall” in strategic regions like the South China Sea and near Guam.

The report suggests that the sonar network, improved patrol aircraft and helicopters equipped to collect sonar information have significantly bolstered China’s submarine detection capabilities.

American political scientist and activist Norman Finkelstein:

A Photo from Ursula von der Leyne's Family Album

"My Sweet Granny Didn't Wash Her Hand for a Month after This Precious Occasion"

Israeli Finance Ministry estimates the war is costing the economy around $270 million every day, will come with a fiscal price tag estimated at 180 billion shekels ($48 billion) in 2023-2024, according to Leader Capital Markets, a financial advisory powerhouse in Israel.

#BREAKING Türkiye arrests two suspects for spying on behalf of Israeli intelligence.

#BREAKING Qatar says truce in Gaza to start on Friday at 7 a.m.

Houthis dancing on the Israeli-owned ship Galaxy Leader they had captured in the Red Sea.

Hamas armed wing spokesman Abu Ubaida:

We call for escalation of confrontation with Israel on all resistance fronts.

Hamas armed wing spokesman Abu Obaida:

If the enemy's aggression continues, the losses they have suffered are nothing compared to the losses they will suffer.

In Dublin, the capital of Ireland, people took to the streets after an Algerian national attacked 3 children and 2 adults with a knife in the city center.

There are violent clashes between police and protesters who set fire to vehicles at many points.

Irish police chief blames the unrest on a "lunatic, hooligan faction", while the justice minister says a "thuggish and manipulative element" was using the earlier incident to "wreak havoc".

Police earlier said a 5-year-old girl was in emergency care after five people were injured in a knife attack in the city centre.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked China for more information on "clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia" reportedly spreading among children in the north of the country.

Reports by non-state media say paediatric hospitals in parts of China are overwhelmed with sick children.

Chinese authorities have attributed a spike in flu-like illnesses this winter to the lifting of Covid measures.

The WHO is urging people in China to take measures to reduce transmission.

China says that the current wave of respiratory illness is due to known viral and bacterial pathogens.

Israeli troops watch the explosion of a building in the Gaza Strip... but suddenly another IDF soldier appears in the potential destruction zone.

Video of tests of a new Russian drone bomber capable of dropping up to 5 ammunition with a total weight of up to 3.5 kilograms.

In the footage, the drops on targets at the training ground are carried out from a height of 120 meters.