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Israel’s High Court Rejects Ban on Red Cross Visits for Palestinian Prisoners

Members of the Red Cross in Gaza last year.

Beijing slaps travel ban on New Zealand MPs for ‘crossing red line’ with Taiwan visit

Four New Zealand lawmakers who were handed travel bans by Beijing for visiting Taiwan have been accused of crossing a “red line” by the Chinese embassy in Wellington. The ban – which covers mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau – was condemned by the New Zealand and Australian governments, which said they would lodge a formal protest. The party, which visited the island in early May, included three members of the ruling centre-right coalition – National MP Maureen Pugh, David Wilson from NZ...

Iran fires missiles at Israel after Beirut attack ‘crossed all red lines’

Iran fires missiles at Israel after Beirut attack ‘crossed all red lines’ Iran’s IRGC says the barrage of missiles is ‘a warning’ to Israel amid its ongoing siege of Lebanon. Iran fires missiles at Israel after it attacked Beirut Iran has launched a barrage of missiles towards Israel, after warnings from Tehran that Israel must halt its ongoing assault on southern Lebanon or face more attacks. Multiple rounds of strikes targeted Israel starting at about 10pm local time (19:00 GMT) on Sunday,...

Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DR Congo

Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DR Congo

Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DR Congo

Delays, red tape frustrate parents begging for school crossing

Loch Primary School parents frustrated by delays, red tape around school crossing Sat 6 Jun 2026 at 9:59am In short: Parents at a Gippsland primary school have fought for years to have safe road crossings and flashing signs installed near the school. A nine-year-old boy was struck by a car in late May while crossing the road to get to the school. The local council has plans for safety improvements around the school, which will be finished in mid-2027.

Israel must allow ICRC to visit Palestinians in prison, Supreme Court rules

Israel must allow ICRC to visit Palestinians in prison, Supreme Court rules Israel’s Supreme Court rejects government ban on prisoner visits, affirming Red Cross access under international law. Israel’s Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a government policy banning representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from visiting Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. The court ruled on Wednesday that by preventing the Red Cross from visiting prisoners, the...

Domain-Conditioned Safety in Frontier Computer-Using Agents: A 793-Episode Browser Benchmark, a Coding-Domain Cross-Reference, and a Reproducibility Audit of Recent Red-Teaming

arXiv:2606.05233v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent computer-using-agent (CUA) red-teaming papers report prompt-injection attack success rates (ASR) of 42-98%, but these headline numbers cluster on retired models and on the most-vulnerable model in each paper's panel. We ask whether those techniques, reproduced as hand-crafted templates, still work against current frontier CUAs.

Uganda Closes Border With Congo as Ebola Fears Rise

Red Cross workers moving the body of someone who may have died from Ebola, in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday.