Hezbollah confirmed its head of military operations, Ibrahim Aqil, was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on a southern Beirut neighborhood. Lebanon's health ministry said at least 12 people were killed and dozens more were wounded.
The big picture: The strike in Beirut is further escalating the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, riskingan all-out war.
The Chinese government is running another broad campaign to hack as many American organizations as possible — heightening the threat across critical infrastructure.
Why it matters: The new hacking campaign suggests China could hold more expansive power to turn off key U.S. infrastructure than previously thought.
The Biden administration is highly concerned Israel's finance minister will cut Palestinian banks off from the Israeli financial system next month and cause an economic collapse in the occupied West Bank, two U.S. officials told Axios.
Why it matters: The crash of the Palestinian banking system could bring down the Palestinian Authority, creating a power vacuum that could throw the West Bank into chaos and exacerbate the conflict in the region.
Former President Trump said at a D.C. event on combating antisemitism that "any Jewish person" who votes for Vice President Kamala Harris "should have their head examined."
The big picture: Trump received a warm reception at the "Fighting Antisemitism in America" event, but he was accused outside of the summit of "dangerous antisemitism" for saying "if I don't win this election," then "the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss."
Earth will have a second moon orbiting the planet when it grabs a tiny astroid in its gravitational pull later this month, according to a new study.
The big picture: The "mini-moon" will be around from Sept. 29 until Nov. 25, following a horseshoe path before returning to its home in an asteroid belt orbiting the sun, per the study, published in the September edition of the The Research Notes of the AAS journal.
A foundation that promotes the legacy of the late-Holocaust writer Elie Wiesel says it's "scary" that a former aide of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul allegedly removed language from statements mentioning the Chinese government's repression of ethnic Uyghurs.
The big picture: Elisha Wiesel, son of Elie Wiesel, tells Axios that any removal of language talking about the genocide of Uyghurs is inhumane and echoes other efforts in history to erase genocide.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz met on Thursday with the families of Americans held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, a Harris-Walz campaign official told Axios.
Why it matters: The first meeting between Walz and the families takes place as negotiations are deadlocked for a deal to release the hostages and establish a ceasefire in Gaza and escalating conflict in the region threats an agreement altogether.
1. Venezuelan authorities arrested a U.S.citizen yesterday for allegedly taking photos of military stations and other state entities.
The suspect, who has not been identified, is one of four U.S. citizens arrested in Venezuela this month amid a crackdown on dissent.
Roughly 2,000 Venezuelans have been arrested in the last month as Maduro's regime seeks to repress protests against his claims that he won a third term in the July 28 elections.
Edmundo González, who is recognized by the U.S. and other nations as the winner, said yesterday that he was made to sign under duress a letter in which he "admitted" Maduro was the winner. González is in Spain as a political refugee.
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Hispanic and Native American victims of the world's first atomic test will press House members next week for compensation for the generations of health problems the Trinity Test and uranium mining caused their families.
Why it matters: A federal law that awards financial reparations to people who lived downwind of nuclear testing sites expired on June 7, and people in New Mexico near the Trinity Test site were never included.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has postponed his visit to Israel planned for early next weekdue to the escalation in fighting on the Israeli-Lebanese border, two Israeli officials briefed on the matter told Axios.
Why it matters: The Biden administration is highly concerned that the fighting on the Israeli-Lebanese border is escalating into an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a televised speech on Thursday called Israel's remote detonations of pagers and Walkie-Talkiesin Lebanon "a declaration of war" and said Israel will receive "a just punishment" for its actions.
Why it matters: Nasrallah's speech was his first reaction to the clandestine Israeli attack, which killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 3,300.
Elon Musk's X became available to many users in Brazil on Wednesday after an update to the social media site's communications network inadvertently bypassed a ban imposed by the country's top judge last month.
The big picture: Reuters notes that some Brazilian users who flocked back to the site thought Musk had sought to circumvent Justice Alexandre de Moraes' ruling prohibiting X in Latin America's largest nation, but the site's global government affairs team said that its return was "inadvertent."
