The U.N. General Assembly is playing out this week beneath the shadow of widening global divisions, major wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, and the threat of an even larger conflict in the Middle East.
… Personal information for some 3,191 congressional staffers has been leaked across the dark web, according to new research from the internet security firm Proton being released today.
… House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Chairwoman Young Kim praised the latest “Quad” leaders summit of the U.S., Japan, Australia and India, saying it came “as the Chinese Communist Party continues its efforts to destabilize” the Indo-Pacific region.
… Sweden says Iran was behind thousands of text messages calling for revenge over Quran burnings.
… The International Criminal Court is being asked to investigate a crackdown on the political opposition in Tunisia, as well as claims of migrant abuse.
… Beijing says it will investigate the fashion giant PVH, whose brands include Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, over the company’s suspected boycott of products from the far western Xinjiang region, where the Chinese government is accused of genocide against local Uyghur Muslims.
… And Republicans on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce have now released their report on how American taxpayers and universities fund China’s advanced military and technological research. Threat Status reviewed the report prior to its release.