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According to a recent report, a group of Chinese researchers has allegedly finished “ the first long-distance quantum secure direct communication .” This could significantly advance the technology that allows the sending of messages that are totally “safe from eavesdropping.” In a paper published on Oct. 22, the team of researchers wrote that the information traveled 2.7 kilometers via a quantum channel. This breakthrough is important because once it’s verified, it can be “a critical step forward in the pursuit of communication” that no longer needs end-to-end encryption and can never be “secretly intercepted by a third party.” (Related:  Could your coffee maker be a weapon of mass destruction? “Smart” appliances could become a national security risk .) While the current best encryption standards are almost impossible to crack, “nearly secure” still isn’t “secure.” They can still be broken if one has access to adequate computing power, like when Alan Turing’...

Click to see the full-size image On Thursday, the Palestinian armed group al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades announced in an official statement that is fighters fired several rockets from Gaza strip on Israeli settlements north of it. The statement was released by al-Nasser Salah al-Deen news agency “al-Buraq”. The armed group stressed that this is only the first response to  Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital  and warned that more will follow. Click to see the full-size image The Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades rocket attack is likely coordinated with the Hamas Movement. The al-Nasser Brigades are one of the main allies of Hamas in Gaza Strip. The Israeli Army confirmed that at least two rockets targeted the settlements of Hof Ashkelon and Sha’ar HaNegev north of Gaza Strip in southern Israel. Several Israel sources claimed that the Israeli anti-rocket system “Iron Dome” successfully intersected the rockets. However, the Israeli Army di...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said during a televised speech on Thursday, that Hezbollah supports  the Palestinian Hamas Movement call for a “new Intifada” against Israel in Palestine . The Intifada was declared in protest to a decision of US president Donald Trump to recognize the city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Nasrallah called on the Arab League and the Islamic world to provide a political, media, financial and even military support for the Palestinian people so they can launch the “new Intifada” against Israel. “The most important response would be a Palestinian uprising and an Islamic summit that would declare Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Palestine … We support the call for a new Palestinian intifada [uprising] and escalating the resistance which is the biggest, most important and gravest response to the American decision,” Nasrallah said during his speech, according to the Lebanese Naharnet TV. Moreover, Nasrallah questioned the fate of...

The Indian Army’s official statement has said the UAV was on a training mission and lost contact across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Sikkim area. According to  Republic World , an Indian English-language media outlet, The defense ministry said the Indian border security personnel, as per standard protocol, immediately alerted their Chinese counterparts to locate the UAV and they later reverted with its location. “An Indian UAV which was on a regular training mission inside the Indian territory lost contact with the ground control due to some technical problem and crossed over (to) the LAC in the Sikkim Sector,” the defense ministry said in a statement. On the other hand,  China’s defense ministry said in a statement the Indian UAV had crashed in “recent days” but the ministry did not give specifics.. Zhang Shuili, a military official in China’s western battle zone command, said in the ministry statement, “This action by India vio...