Hacker's chemical sabotage attempt on US water supply

US authorities say a hacker gained entry to the system controlling the water treatment plant of a Florida city of 15,000 and tried to taint the water supply with a caustic chemical.

US urges action "short of war" over oil tanker sabotage

The US ambassador to Saudi Arabia says Washington should take what he called “reasonable responses short of war” after it had determined who was behind attacks on oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.

Saudi Arabia owns two of the four oil tankers believed sabotaged off the UAE. Photo: supplied

Oil tanker sabotage stokes US-Iran tensions

Saudi Arabia says two of its oil tankers are among those attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, describing it as an attempt to undermine the security of crude supplies amid heightened US-Iranian tensions.