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Biden wants to 'free Iran' Forgetting how World Saw Shameful US Afghanistan withdrawal & Abandoning Allies for Taliban to Hunt Down. 

After having declared their steadfast support of the Biden administration's Russia-sanctions strategy, and in a major departure from its declared position in February 2022, the Dutch government issues 91 waivers from sanctions against…

- Though DHS shuttered its controversial Disinformation Governance Board, a strategic document reveals the underlying work is ongoing. - DHS plans to target inaccurate information on “the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efficacy…

Amidst the growing tension between the US and Saudi Arabia over the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war, the world's top oil producer has conveyed its interest to join the BRICS Bloc. The move is regarded by Chinese experts as a blow to Washington's…

One Russian official has hinted that commercial satellites used to aid Ukraine in the latter’s fight against Russia’s invasion could be targeted for retaliation.At a Wednesday meeting of the United Nations First Committee, which…

- It is not certain if the call was to prevent a nuclear confrontation that can devastate humanity and the planet. - Democrats are anticipating significant losses in the upcoming Mid-Term Election that would result in the Democrats losing…

British Ministry of Defence has warned of recruitment schemes headhunting former British military pilots to train members of the Chinese army.British warning pertains to the rising US China tensions over Taiwan which hit an old time…

"These attacks are the tip of the iceberg of more Geo-Poli-Cyber™ attacks to come on many US targets, including critical national infrastructures, if the war continues and a politically negotiated ceasefire is not reached very soon." warned…

A group of anti-Iranian government hackers going by the name of “Edalate Ali” (Justice of Ali) has claimed responsibility for hacking and interrupting a state-run TV channel’s live broadcast on Saturday.It is worth noting that the…

The Chinese Foreign Ministry pointed the finger at the U.S. for the bombing of the Nord Stream gas lines, recalling U.S. President Joe Biden's words in which he threatened to end Nord Stream if Russian forces crossed Ukraine's border.…

Azerbaijani forces shelled Armenia's territory on Tuesday in a large-scale attack that killed at least 49 Armenian soldiers and fueled fears of even broader hostilities. "There were no clear indicators that a new war was on the brink of…

Opinion Editorial by Prof Jeffrey Sacks.The world is on the edge of nuclear catastrophe in no small part because of the failure of Western political leaders to be forthright about the causes of the escalating global conflicts. The…

Networking giant Cisco confirms being hacked as a ransomware group publishes a partial list of files it claims to have exfiltrated from the tech giant.On the same day that the Yanluowang ransomware group published a partial list of…

On Thursday, August 11, the Latvian Parliament, Saeima, issued a statement in which Russian violence against civilians was recognized as terrorism and Russia as a country supporting terrorism.In the statement, Saeima called on the…

Personal mobile of PM Boris Johnson may have been infected by Pegasus. Personal details his staff in 10 Downing Street are compromised and are posted on a Russian social media site after suspected cyber hack. It comes as Foreign Office…

In an unprecedented turn of events, members of the billionaire Sackler family who control Purdue Pharma have agreed to pay as much as $6 billion in a controversial settlement with state governments for the family’s role in fueling the US…

For more than a decade, Lebanon’s central bank charged commercial banks in the country commissions when they bought government securities without making clear that the bulk of those commissions went to a company controlled by the brother of…

Will any scrutiny or sanctions against the state of Israel or its government members materialise for their complicity in these illegal spying activities?Fact I: No Pegasus license sale can take place without the Israeli government…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and UAE were hit by a serious and unprecedented cyber-attack.The names of Saudi Intelligence officers as well as their ID, organization, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd names, their new and old numbers, date of birth,…

The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is putting new export limits on two Israeli hacker-for-hire companies—including the well-known spyware company NSO Group, the parent company of the notorious Pegasus spyware—saying their tools…

Facebook Inc. announced today that it is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing growing societal concerns about the use of such technology. "I believe this is another…

Damning Covid-19 report by a cross-party committee of MPs says 'serious errors and delays' in pandemic response cost lives and lists catastrophic failures of preparation and planning in the UK government's handling of the covid-19 pandemic.

AP News - Two years ago, Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to trade and sell maids in the Mideast. After publicly promising to crack down, Facebook…

India’s supreme court has ordered an inquiry by an independent committee into the question of whether the government used the Israeli Pegasus surveillance software for illegal spying.In making their decision, Indian Judges criticised…

By Khaled Fattal, Survivability News Publisher's Corner.

Today,  in an unprecedented turn of events, France has recalled its US ambassador.It appears that "America First" at any cost, never left the White House. This is despite Biden, a Democrat, replaced Trump, the Republican who won the job…

It is understandable if your enemies talk you down and say you are no longer a super power especially if your mighty superiority was soundly defeated by a militia with no air force and troops who march in flip flops. But, it is all together…

Some of the world's largest companies as well as some governments have been warned by Microsoft that intruders could have the ability to read, change or even delete their main databases.

The leaked British Foreign Office documents described in this investigation first surfaced in December 2020 but which got largely ignored by western media. Survivability News decided to bring it back to light today as Lebanon’s economic and…

By Thomas L. Friedman, Opinion Columnist As I watch events in Afghanistan unfold, I find myself trying to ignore all the commentary and longing instead to interview three people: President Lyndon Johnson, Chinese President Xi…

By Zhou Bo . Mr. Zhou was a senior colonel in the People’s Liberation Army from 2003 to 2020 and is an expert on the Chinese Army’s strategic thinking on international security. The speed and scope of the Taliban’s takeover in…

By Owei Lakemfa, former secretary general of African workers,  human rights activist, journalist and author.AFGHANISTAN is in chaos. There are videos of Afghans clinging to aircraft taking off and dropping to earth. The dominant media…

President Biden and the U.S. Administration must think Americans and people all over the world are stupid - why were millions of US Dollars, earned by American tax payers, allowed to fall in Taliban hands?

For decades, the American political class has intervened relentlessly and recklessly in countries whose people they hold in contempt. And once again they are being aided by America’s credulous mass media, which is uniformly blaming the…

A secret terrorist watchlist with 1.9 million records, including classified "no-fly" records was exposed on the internet. The list was left accessible on an Elasticsearch cluster that had no password on it. Millions of people on…