A suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, claimed the lives of 31 people and injured at least 169 others on Friday, February 6, 2026, according to The Associated Press (Source 2). The attack, a rare occurrence in the capital, unfolded during Friday prayers, prompting officials to respond to the scene.
The bombing, which occurred in Islamabad, prompted immediate responses from police and residents who were seen transporting the wounded to nearby hospitals, as depicted in television footage and social media images (Source 2). This incident comes as the Pakistani government, allied with the West, grapples with a surge in militant attacks across the country (Source 2).
In other news, a vulnerability was discovered in Temporal's ExecuteMultiOperation endpoint (CVE-2025-14986), identified by Mav Levin, a founding security researcher at depthfirst (Source 1). This identity-binding bug allowed authorization for one namespace to be passed in an outer request, potentially compromising security. Levin, who researches at depthfirst, highlighted the dangers of bundled APIs, stating that "Bundling introduces complexity, and complexity is where the bugs hide" (Source 1).
Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been issuing health alerts less frequently since President Trump returned to office, raising concerns among doctors and public health authorities (Source 3). This decrease in alerts has left doctors feeling "flying blind," according to Rob Stein, as reported on All Things Considered (Source 3).
In scientific news, a correction was issued to an article published on January 28, 2026, in Nature, regarding environmentally driven immune imprinting (Source 4). The images presented as Extended Data Figs. 8 and 9 were interchanged in the initial publication, and the corrected versions have been updated in the HTML and PDF versions (Source 4).
Finally, a study revealed that oil- and gas-producing regions in the continental United States are emitting up to five times more methane than companies are reporting to government regulators (Source 5). This information was gathered using a "super-sniffer" aeroplane, highlighting the hidden emissions from oil fields (Source 5).
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