UK academics have contributed to CGTRI-funded projects on topics including AI, cyber-security, covert communications systems and steganography, which means hiding a secret message or file inside an ordinary message or object. “This activity supports Ministry of State Security espionage, which poses a threat to UK national security,” MI5 said. The security alert said that many…

Capt Machchhar grew up in India’s Mumbai city, where his parents still live. He joined SpiceJet, an Indian airline, in 2011 before moving to Dubai eventually. He was an experienced pilot by 2022 when he joined Flydubai. He has more than 9,750 hours of flying experience, including more than 6,400 hours as pilot-in-command, according to…

Pakistan has conducted further air strikes on Afghanistan, killing nine civilians and injuring 11 others, the Taliban government said. Islamabad’s information ministry confirmed the strikes, which it said killed twenty-two militants. Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesman of the Afghan Taliban, said the strikes hit homes in the Kunar and Helmand provinces bordering Pakistan. Women and…