‘People would have died’: Inside the FBI’s Halloween takedown that exposed a global terror network
EXCLUSIVE: The FBI thwarted a massive terror attack in October that prevented the killing of countless Americans and exposed a global terror network through their investigative strategy that led to “some of the most impactful arrests” in the counterterrorism program in recent years. Fox News Digital sat down Thursday for an exclusive interview with FBI Director Kash Patel, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and a senior agent official with direct involvement in counterterrorism cases. THWARTED MICHIGAN HALLOWEEN TERROR PLOT HAD CONNECTION TO ISIS, FOX NEWS LEARNS The potential terror attack was set to take place in Michigan ahead of Halloween weekend and allegedly had a connection to ISIS, the FBI said. The FBI arrested multiple suspects accused of plotting the terror attack. “The arrests that happened in Detroit, Newark, and Seattle represent one of the most deadly plots faced by the FBI in recent memory,” the agent told Fox News Digital. “Those eight arrests, and ones that have happened around the world are some of the most impactful arrests that have happened in the counterterrorism program in recent years.” Two men have been charged in federal court — Mohamed Ali and Majed Mahmoud, both from Dearborn, Michigan. The charges involve transferring firearms and ammunition and conspiring or attempting to do so, knowing they would be used to commit and support terrorism and providing material support to ISIS. The government alleges five individuals were involved in the plot, including one minor. BROTHER OF SUSPECTED HOMEGROWN TERRORIST ARRESTED AS HALLOWEEN PLOT EXPANDS TO MORE STATES Patel told Fox News Digital that the FBI “arrested the people who were the overt actors immediately, while constantly surveilling the people in New Jersey and Seattle.” “We arrested them in a coordinated fashion thereafter to take down the entire network,” Patel said, hitting back at critics. “If we were to do this the way the media wanted us to do it, we would have waited for them to kill Americans, and then arrest them.” Patel was referring to media reports critical of the FBI’s timeline that claimed investigators didn’t have enough details on whether the attack was actually imminent. EXCLUSIVE: FBI CONCLUDES TRUMP SHOOTER THOMAS CROOKS ACTED ALONE AFTER UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL INVESTIGATION “If we hadn’t moved, we would not have fleshed out the entire network that we now know spans the entire globe,” the agent told Fox News Digital. “There have been arrests overseas that have been directly related to the same plot, and that would not have happened had we prematurely executed those arrests.” The agent told Fox News Digital that he could not provide further details due to current prosecutions in the U.S. and Europe related to the potential attack. SUSPECTS IN FOILED HALLOWEEN TERROR PLOT PICTURED PRACTICING AT MICHIGAN GUN RANGE: FBI “People would have died. A lot of them. That’s a fact. A lot of people would have died,” Bongino told Fox News Digital. “And their work stopped it.” In October, the FBI executed search warrants on the homes of Ali and Mahmoud and a storage unit they allegedly shared, seizing multiple semiautomatic rifles, a shotgun, handguns, tactical gear and more than 1,600 rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition. Agents also recovered surveillance video showing Ali and other alleged conspirators at a Michigan gun range, where they are accused of practicing shooting in preparation for the foiled attack. According to an FBI affidavit, the conspirators allegedly drew inspiration from the Pulse shooting and the 2015 coordinated terror attacks in Paris, which killed 137 and injured more than 400. In Michigan, the suspects also sought advice from the father of a local “Islamic extremist ideologue,” according to the FBI affidavit, allegedly seeking religious approval for the plot. They also allegedly discussed choosing a date that would be celebrated by subsequent radical Islamic terrorists.
Trump speaks with Chinese President Xi, White House official confirms
President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping via phone on Monday, a White House official confirmed. The conversation included discussion of U.S.-Chinese relations, Taiwan, and Ukraine, according to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “President Xi outlined China’s principled position on the Taiwan question. He underscored that Taiwan’s return to China is an integral part of the post-war international order. China and the U.S. fought shoulder to shoulder against fascism and militarism,” the ministry said. This is a breaking news story. Check back here for updates.
UK prime minister suggests former Prince Andrew should testify in Epstein investigation
U.K. Prime Minister Kier Starmer suggested Monday that the former Prince Andrew should testify in the U.S. investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer made the comment to reporters while traveling to a G-20 summit in Johannesburg on Monday, though he declined to comment on the former prince’s case directly. “I don’t comment on his particular case,’’ Starmer said. “But as a general principle I’ve held for a very long time is that anybody who has got relevant information in relation to these kind of cases should give that evidence to those that need it.’’ Starmer’s comments come after the U.S. House Oversight Committee requested that the ex-royal, who is now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, submit to a transcribed interview regarding his long relationship with Epstein. He has so far ignored the request. EX-PRINCE ANDREW ‘VULNERABLE’ TO CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER LOSING ROYAL PROTECTION STATUS: EXPERTS Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the committee’s ranking Democrat, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., accused the disgraced royal of trying to “hide” from the investigation. “Our work will move forward with or without him, and we will hold anyone who was involved in these crimes accountable, no matter their wealth, status or political party,” they said in a statement released on Friday. “We will get justice for the survivors.” King Charles III formally removed the “Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew” in late October. PRINCE ANDREW BEING INVESTIGATED FOR ALLEGEDLY ASKING BODYGUARD TO GET ACCUSER’S PERSONAL INFORMATION: REPORT “His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence,” Buckingham Palace announced in a statement. “Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease, and he will move to alternative private accommodation.” The palace said the censures “are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.” Andrew announced Oct. 17 that he was relinquishing his Duke of York title after the publication of an unauthorized biography by British author Andrew Lownie, “Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York,” in August. Fox News’ Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
From Mojave to Beijing: how America quietly conceded the rare earth race
At the edge of California’s Mojave Desert, the Mountain Pass mine looks like any other stretch of dust and rock. But for decades, this lonely pit supplied the world with the rare-earth elements that make modern technology — and modern warfare — possible. In the 1980s, Mountain Pass was the beating heart of a quiet American advantage. The ore pulled from its depths yielded neodymium, lanthanum and cerium — metals that powered radar systems, early computer chips and the guidance of precision munitions. At its peak, the mine met nearly two-thirds of global demand. Then, almost overnight, it went silent. As environmental rules tightened and global prices collapsed under China’s state-subsidized production, the U.S. abandoned what had once been its mineral lifeline. Trucks stopped rolling. Processing plants rusted in the desert sun. And the world’s most powerful economy became dependent on a rival for the elements essential to its defense. CHINA’S RARE EARTH TECH OBSESSION ENSNARES US RESIDENT AS CCP LOOKS TO MAINTAIN STRANGLEHOLD “The Middle East has oil; China has rare earths,” former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping declared in 1987. Just as Arab nations turned oil wealth into global power, Beijing recognized the leverage it could gain by dominating the materials modern industry would only grow more dependent on. Four decades later, that foresight has paid off. China now controls roughly 70 percent of global rare-earth mining and nearly 90 percent of refining — the most strategic and profitable step in the chain. The U.S. didn’t just lose ground in mining — it handed Beijing the technology that made rare earths valuable in the first place. In the early 1990s, a General Motors subsidiary called Magnaquench was producing 85 percent of the magnets used in precision-guided missiles and other defense systems. When GM sold the company in 1995 to a consortium that included two Chinese entities, the consequences were immediate. Within a year, the entire product line had been replicated in China, and the U.S. had lost its magnet-making process almost overnight. Abigail Hunter, executive director of the Ambassador Alfred Hoffman Jr. Center for Critical Mineral Strategy at SAFE, said the sale represented more than a bad deal — it was a strategic surrender. “We were focused on the internet and globalization, not on where our materials were coming from,” she said. “Policy became episodic rather than strategic.” While Washington debated environmental rules and trade policy, China moved aggressively. “The United States had Mountain Pass and a few other capabilities tied to companies like GM,” said Wade Senti, president of Advanced Magnet Lab. “But our total capacity was under 2,000 metric tons a year. Meanwhile, China poured money into innovation, refining and manufacturing at a scale that far exceeded what we ever had.” By the early 2000s, the U.S. mining and refining base had collapsed. The technology migrated east along with the supply chain. Beijing not only mined the minerals but mastered the high-value steps that turned them into finished magnets — the core of everything from fighter jets to electric vehicles. “Between market forces and environmental restrictions … it’s certainly led to a constraint with extracting resources,” Senti said. Rare-earth elements now underpin nearly every modern weapons system. “They steer missiles, power radar and drive the night-vision goggles Marines wear in the field,” Hunter said. “If it moves, sees or communicates in today’s military, there’s probably a rare-earth element in it.” Washington’s complacency cracked this spring when Beijing briefly restricted exports of rare-earth products — a warning shot that rippled through supply chains from Detroit to the Pentagon. “When China required export licenses, some U.S. factory lines literally stopped,” Hunter said. “The administration scrambled to negotiate with Beijing and simultaneously rolled out emergency support for MP Materials, the operator of Mountain Pass.” That deal marked a turning point: for the first time, the federal government backed an entire supply chain — from mine to magnet — using every tool at its disposal. Grants, loans, price supports and guaranteed purchases were deployed to jump-start domestic production. CHINA’S TRADE WAR WEAPONS: RARE EARTH BAN AND US DEBT DUMP COULD CRIPPLE AMERICAN ECONOMY AND DEFENSE MP Materials, which resumed mining at Mountain Pass in 2018 and ramped up refining to record levels before the Pentagon deal, is now expanding its magnet manufacturing facility in Texas. Another U.S. manufacturer in South Carolina has also begun producing magnets. But rebuilding the ecosystem will take time. “It’s a ten-year project, not something we can do in a year,” Hunter said. “We’re starting to see progress, but we’re nowhere near self-sufficiency.” The Trump administration has put the U.S. on a wartime footing for decoupling with China, taking a 15 percent stake in MP Materials in an unprecedented arrangement and pushing a wave of international critical-minerals agreements meant to cut Beijing out of key supply chains. Over the past year, Washington has signed multi-billion dollar partnerships across five continents — including a $10 billion package of new projects announced this fall. A landmark framework with Australia commits both nations to co-invest roughly $1 billion each in rare-earth and battery-metal ventures, while parallel agreements with Japan and South Korea focus on securing non-Chinese refining and magnet production. The administration has also turned to Africa, signing deals with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to trace and develop mineral supply routes, and to Ukraine, where a 2025 reconstruction fund gives U.S. companies preferred access to future mining projects. Together, the web of pacts marks the most aggressive U.S. mineral diplomacy since the Cold War — a global race to control the elements that power modern weapons, vehicles and technology. Yet even as the U.S. forges alliances abroad, officials warn that true security will hinge on what happens at home. Under a 2027 mandate, the Pentagon must build a fully domestic rare-earth supply chain for defense production — from mine to magnet — that avoids Chinese inputs entirely. Meeting that goal will require more than foreign partnerships: it means breaking through America’s own permitting gridlock, financing
Mike Johnson says House GOP working full steam ahead on Trump’s ‘affordability agenda’
EXCLUSIVE: Making life more affordable for Americans will be a key part of House Republicans’ remaining agenda for this Congress, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Friday. In an interview with Fox News Digital, the leader of the House of Representatives acknowledged there was a “short amount of time” for lawmakers to be in D.C. before the end of this year but said they would be working toward a number of goals, including President Donald Trump‘s “affordability” agenda. “We have a lot of executive orders that we want to continue to codify through the end of the year. We’re still doing regulatory reform to end the Biden-era regulations. We did some of that this week,” Johnson said. “There’s a lot of initiatives left on the table, things for us to do and a short amount of time to do it in. But we’re really bullish about the ideas that we’re bringing forward over the next few weeks and in the coming months about reducing the cost of living.” DOUBLING DOWN: TOP HOUSE DEMOCRAT SAYS FOCUS ON HIGH PRICES ‘ABSOLUTELY GOING TO CONTINUE’ He said “affordability” was “the buzzword of the day.” “We have an affordability agenda, as the president has been touting, and we have to do that in earnest. Healthcare is part of that. But it’s just the costs across the board,” Johnson said. He blamed the previous Democratic administration’s policies for the high cost of living seen today, arguing former President Joe Biden approved policies that led to higher inflation. TRUMP FLIPS DEMS’ ‘AFFORDABILITY’ SCRIPT, TURNING BUZZWORD INTO MAGA MATERIAL AS MAMDANI VISIT LOOMS “We the people rightfully revolted against that, and gave us the power again in January. But the economy is a very complex thing, you don’t flip a switch and just change it all in one week. It takes a while,” Johnson said. The beginning of Biden’s term was marked by record-high inflation, but that eased somewhat as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic slowly subsided. Throughout his four years, however, the rise in consumer prices outpaced average wage growth, according to a Texas A&M University analysis. Republicans promised to lower the cost of living when they took over the levers of power in Washington earlier this year. Johnson said a hallmark of that was Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, since rebranded as the “working families’ tax cut.” SURVEY SAYS: ISSUE THAT HELPED TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS IN 2024 HURT THEM NOW “By the time we get into the first and second quarter of next year, as Treasury Secretary Bessent has said, we should have an economic boom because of all of these pieces will be coming into play. Taxes will be lower, no tax on tips and overtime, lower taxes on seniors. And then there’ll be more investment because we have all the pro-growth policies and tax policies that will allow the job creators, entrepreneurs, risk-takers, innovators to do what they do,” Johnson argued. “Everything I just described will happen in due time, and it will. So we’re very bullish about it.” Republicans are also expected to spend the next several weeks working on a healthcare package aimed at lowering sky-high premiums many Americans face, while also seeking to reform what they see as a badly flawed Obamacare system. Several House committees are also expected to advance legislation in the coming weeks focused on lowering energy costs, including fixing an outdated system for permitting new energy projects.
Trump says those against tariffs ‘serving hostile foreign interests,’ ‘full benefit’ yet to be seen
President Donald Trump suggested that the “full benefit” of tariffs has not yet been realized because their impact has been blunted by stockpiles of goods amassed to avoid paying the tariffs— but he suggested that those stockpiles are dwindling and the full force of his tariffs will soon take hold. “Despite the massive amount of money being made by the United States of America, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, as a direct result of Tariffs being charged to other countries, the full benefit of the Tariffs has not yet been calculated in that many of the buyers of goods and products, in order to avoid paying the Tariffs in the short term, ‘STOCK UP’ by purchasing far more inventory than they can use,” Trump declared in a Monday morning Truth Social post. “That heavy inventory purchase is now, however, wearing thin, and soon Tariffs will be paid on everything they apply to, without avoidance, and the amounts payable to the USA will SKYROCKET, over and above the already historic levels of dollars received,” he continued. TRUMP TRADE OFFICIAL SAYS $2K TARIFF PAYMENTS WON’T FUEL INFLATION AS REVENUES CLIMB Trump suggested that tariffs will bolster U.S. wealth and security. “These payments will be RECORD SETTING, and put our Nation on a new and unprecedented course. We are already the ‘hottest’ Country anywhere in the World, but this Tariff POWER will bring America National Security and Wealth the likes of which has never been seen before. Those opposing us are serving hostile foreign interests that are not aligned with the success, safety and prosperity of the USA. They couldn’t care less about us,” he wrote. But it appears that much of the public does not share the president’s enthusiasm for tariffs. FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS SAY WHITE HOUSE IS DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD ON ECONOMY A Fox News Poll of registered voters conducted earlier this month found that only 35% approve of how Trump is handling tariffs, while a whopping 63% disapprove. While 38% approve of his handling of the economy, 61% disapprove, according to the poll. TRUMP SAYS TARIFF-FUNDED DIVIDEND PAYMENTS FOR AMERICANS WILL BEGIN NEXT YEAR CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP On a question about whether the Trump administration’s economic policies have helped, hurt or not made much difference to them either way personally, the poll found that 46% indicated the administration’s economic policies have hurt them, while just 15% indicated that the policies have helped, and 39% indicated the policies have not made a difference. The poll was carried out Nov. 14-17, 2025, and included a sample of 1,005 registered voters nationwide, with a 3 percentage point margin of error.
Lawmakers demand changes to House censure rules after ‘playground nonsense’ embroils Congress
House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are erupting in frustration after a week full of political bomb-throwing via a congressional procedure that’s traditionally only saved for the most egregious of fouls. The last five days have marked the first week House lawmakers have all been in D.C. together since the 43-day government shutdown began on Oct. 1. And while most of them were anxious to get to work, the chamber was instead forced to reckon with a series of censure threats and forced House-wide votes on rebuking their colleagues via a mechanism called a privileged resolution. “This is ridiculous playground nonsense,” Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., said. “Personally, I’m tired of members of Congress using the chamber as their own personal playground to get attention. People have done some egregious things. But I’ve just had enough of this back and forth nonsense.” Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., called the slew of censures and privileged resolutions “the biggest load of bulls—” and called for the system to be reformed so that one lawmaker’s wishes were not enough to disrupt the entire House floor. NANCY MACE TO FORCE CENSURE VOTE AGAINST FELLOW HOUSE REPUBLICAN “I mean, if somebody warrants a censure and/or expulsion, it should truly be driven by the consensus of the body and not some individual going on their own crusade to get attention or make a name,” Lawler said. One lawmaker, granted anonymity to discuss the development, said they were even worried the tool could now be misused as an election ploy. “The majority could just [censure] anybody in a tight race. And you don’t want this process to become part of election games and s—” they said. Currently, any one lawmaker can introduce a censure resolution against another. Both Republicans and Democrats have also wielded a mechanism known as a “privileged resolution” three times this week to force an immediate vote on rebuking a colleague — out of five total threats to do so. It spurred conversations by House lawmakers on how to change those rules, including one bipartisan proposal that would raise the threshold to censure someone from a simple majority vote to 60% of the chamber. Some experts fear that change may do little to change the political incentives in place now, however. “Increasing the threshold is useful, but I don’t know that it will deter its use,” Jim Curry, professor of political science at the University of Utah, said. “You still get to have this moment of ‘I have brought a censure resolution against so-and-so, and the House will vote on it because I was brave.’ That doesn’t change that incentive for individual members of Congress to use it to grab headlines.” In its current state, lawmakers voiced concern that censures had been used primarily in a retaliatory manner. “Eye for an eye leaves everyone blind, and we shouldn’t use the House floor to litigate personal grievances, or even legitimate ones that should go through the proper due process,” Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., said. “If someone is found to have committed a violation, and they receive their day in court, or the equivalent of it, then they should be held accountable. But this rush to get a headline, I think it’s childish.” Lawmakers blamed a variety of motivations for the surge in House floor drama, from political angst to a desire for attention. Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital, “I think there’s a lot of pent-up frustration after the Democratic shutdown of over 40 days. And we all want to get moving on important issues, whether it be the cost of materials that went up during the Biden years, and, of course, how we handle this healthcare issue. And unfortunately, some people want to use some of these procedures to settle scores.” “Some of these folks are running for office and looking for footage to show their supporters or donors that they’re doing something, and some of the media has to own this as well, because you guys cover this stupid s—. It’s clickbait. It’s lame,” Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., said. DEMOCRAT FOUND TEXTING JEFFREY EPSTEIN FACES HOUSE CENSURE, COMMITTEE REMOVAL THREATS A handful of members said they believed the chamber would be better served by increased use of the House Ethics Committee, the body primarily charged with reviewing possible lawmaker misconduct. Committee Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., believes the Ethics Committee can help narrow down which censures are appropriate “so that they can get a clearer picture of the conduct and then be able to have a more informed opinion.” He said this week’s slew of censures “goes against the historical norm.” Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., who also sits on the Ethics Committee, noted that the chamber has other means to police behavior that fall somewhere between a censure and a full-blown Ethics Committee investigation. He added the speaker of the House could strip members of committee assignments. “The complaint about the ethics committee is we take too long and, OK, I get that. But I think part of what you’re hearing is that all these votes come to the floor and a lot of people don’t even know what the issue is or anything.” 4 HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTE WITH DEMS TO BLOCK RESOLUTION CENSURING ILHAN OMAR FOR CHARLIE KIRK COMMENTS Other members expressed frustration that the chamber had spent a significant amount of time on the censures, diverting time and attention away from more pressing legislative matters. “Issues of affordability are what I’m focused on. And so every time we were kind of veering off into other areas, it frustrates me that we’re not focusing on the issues that were elected to deal with,” Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., said. Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., said, “I think that we would all do a little bit better to focus on the broader issues that the American people want us to focus on.” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox Digital he would be open to reforms to the tool. “I’ve had members from across
Mamdani pledges NYC to remain sanctuary city after chummy Trump meeting
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani vowed to keep the city’s status as an immigration sanctuary city on Sunday, just days after his friendly meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House. Mamdani confirmed his stance on the issue during a speech at a church in the Bronx on Sunday, telling parishioners that he and Trump did not see eye-to-eye on the issue. “I shared with the president directly that New Yorkers want to follow the laws of our city, and the laws of our city say that, in our sanctuary city policies, city government can be in touch with the federal government on around 170 serious crimes. The concern comes from beyond those crimes, the many New Yorkers who are being arrested, they’re being detained, they’re being deported for the crime of making a regular court appearance.” “My focus as the next mayor of this city is going to be to protect immigrants who call this city their home,” he added. MAMDANI REVEALS WHICH DEM CITIES ARE ‘MODEL FOR HOW TO FIGHT’ TRUMP ADMIN IN NYC Reporters pressed Mamdani on the issue during a gaggle outside the church Sunday, but the mayor-elect declined to speculate about how Trump would react to his policies. “I’ll let the president speak for himself, but I did make very clear that our focus comes back to public safety, delivering for each and every New Yorker and knowing that there may be disagreements between the president and myself, and there will continue to be,” Mamdani said. “And I will always make the case for each and every person that calls this city home,” he added. DAVID MARCUS: MR. MAMDANI GOES TO WASHINGTON BETWEEN ROCK AND HARD PLACE Mamdani’s statements come after he and Trump appeared to forge a new path for their relationship as they found common ground on affordability issues and improving conditions in New York. Trump admitted that the two had more in common than he thought — despite their different views — and that he would be “cheering” for Mamdani as he leads the city. “I expect to be helping him, not hurting him — a big help,” Trump said Friday. Fox News’ Diana Stancy contributed to this report.
Malaysia says it will ban social media for under-16s from next year
Move comes as a growing number of countries are rolling out measures to limit children’s exposure to digital platforms. By Reuters Published On 24 Nov 202524 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Malaysia plans to ban social media for users under the age of 16 starting from next year, joining a growing list of countries choosing to limit access to digital platforms due to concerns about child safety. Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said on Sunday the government was reviewing mechanisms used to impose age restrictions for social media use in Australia and other nations, citing a need to protect youths from online harms such as cyberbullying, financial scams and child sexual abuse. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list “We hope by next year that social media platforms will comply with the government’s decision to bar those under the age of 16 from opening user accounts,” he told reporters, according to a video of his remarks posted online by local daily The Star. The effects of social media on children’s health and safety have become a growing global concern, with companies including TikTok, Snapchat, Google and Meta Platforms – the operator of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – facing lawsuits in the United States for their role in driving a mental health crisis. In Australia, social media platforms are poised to deactivate accounts registered to users younger than 16 next month, under a sweeping ban for teenagers that is being closely watched by regulators around the world. France, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Greece are also jointly testing a template for an age verification app. Malaysia’s neighbour Indonesia said in January it planned to set a minimum age for social media users, but later issued a less stringent regulation requiring tech platforms to filter negative content and impose stronger age verification measures. Advertisement Malaysia has put social media companies under greater scrutiny in recent years in response to what it claims to be a rise in harmful content, including online gambling and posts related to race, religion and royalty. Platforms and messaging services with more than eight million users in Malaysia are now required to obtain a license under a new regulation that came into effect in January. Adblock test (Why?)
Gunfire, explosions at paramilitary HQ in Pakistan’s Peshawar: Reports
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Gunmen, suicide bomber attacks the Federal Constabulary headquarters in Peshawar, media reports say. Published On 24 Nov 202524 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Gunmen and at least one suicide bomber have attacked a paramilitary force headquarters in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, according to media reports. The Dawn daily reported on Monday that the headquarters of the Federal Constabulary (FC) was “under attack” and that a suicide bomber had detonated their explosives at the gate to the complex. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list The daily cited police and security sources in Peshawar. It cited the sources as saying that three fighters had been killed and that security forces had cordoned off the area. It added that three FC officers were killed in the attack and that two others were wounded. The Reuters news agency reported that the complex was hit by two suicide bombers and that at least three people had been killed. “The first suicide bomber first carried out an attack on the main entrance of the constabulary, and the other one entered the compound,” a senior official who spoke on condition of anonymity was quoted as saying. “Law enforcement personnel, including the army and police, have cordoned off the area and are carefully handling the situation as we suspect there are some terrorists inside the headquarters,” the official added. The headquarters of the force is located in a crowded area, close to a military cantonment. Adblock test (Why?)