Cyber security researchers have found evidence they say could link North Korea with the WannaCry cyber attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide, as global authorities…
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France’s new President Emmanuel Macron secured backing on Monday from key ally German Chancellor Angela Merkel for his bid to shake up the European Union, despite skepticism in Berlin over his…
InternationalEmbattled US President Donald Trump faced explosive allegations that he divulged top secret intelligence to Russian diplomats in the Oval Office, a charge the White House scrambled to rebut on…
InternationalAt least one person has died in renewed violence in Venezuela, as thousands of opponents of President Nicolas Maduro staged sit-ins and roadblocks across the country in a seventh week of anti-…
InternationalA Palestinian fisherman has been killed after the Israeli Navy opened fire on a vessel it accused of breaching the blockade north of Gaza Strip.
InternationalAfter software vulnerabilities exploited and leaked by the NSA were used by cyber criminals to infect as many as 200,000 Windows PCs with ransomware over the last three days, Microsoft has…
InternationalOn his first full day in office, French President Emmanuel Macron appointed a conservative lawmaker, Edouard Philippe, as his prime minister.
"The president of the republic has appointed…
InternationalFor the second time in a week, the US government lawyers will try to persuade a federal appeals court to reinstate US President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban and once again, they can expect…
InternationalPalestinian hunger-strike leader Marwan Barghouti has denied the authenticity of a video purportedly showing him eating secretly in his prison cell, his lawyer said. Barghouti, along with 1,500…
InternationalGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel dealt a devastating blow to her main rival on Sunday, four months before national elections, when early results showed her party securing a strong win in a regional…
InternationalNorth Korea said on Monday it had successfully tested a new type of rocket in its latest missile launch, as analysts said it showed an unprecedented range that brought US bases in the Pacific…
InternationalThe global “ransomware” cyber attack hit computers at 600 locations in Japan, but appeared to cause no major problems as people in the country started their workday on Monday, even as the…
InternationalThe US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces plan to significantly expand the de facto autonomous region they administer in northern Syria once they liberate Raqqa, raising questions as to whether these…
InternationalHeavy gunfire erupted on Monday in Ivory Coast’s two largest cities Abidjan and Bouake, witnesses said, as the military pressed an operation aimed at ending a four-day nationwide army mutiny over…
InternationalUS lawmakers on Sunday called on President Donald Trump to turn over any tapes of conversations with fired FBI chief James Comey, potentially setting up a showdown with the White House as…
InternationalAuthorities in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a, controlled by the Houthi movement, have declared a state of emergency after an outbreak of cholera, which has killed dozens of people.
InternationalIraqi forces have pushed deeper into the last pocket of Mosul controlled by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, as the battle for the city approaches an end after seven months of…
InternationalThe cyber attack that spread malicious software around the world, shutting down networks at hospitals, banks and government agencies, was thwarted by a young British researcher and an inexpensive…
InternationalEmmanuel Macron became France’s youngest-ever president on Sunday, promising at his inauguration to restore the country’s lost confidence and pledging to relaunch the flagging European Union.
InternationalMore than 2,000 Tunisians marched in the country’s capital protesting a proposed amnesty bill that would see businessmen accused of corruption under ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali …
InternationalFour civilians have been killed after rebel forces in eastern Ukraine fired artillery rounds on the government-held town of Avdiyivka, the Kiev-appointed head of Donetsk region said. The Ukrainian…
InternationalNorth Korea has fired a long-range ballistic missile, South Korea’s military said, days after a new leader took office in Seoul pledging to engage in dialogue with Pyongyang.
The missile…
InternationalVoters in Germany’s most populous state are going to the polls in an election with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party hoping to deal a crushing blow to her main rival four months before national…
InternationalVenezuelans in cars and on motorcycles, bikes and horseback have clogged roads in the latest protests in more than a month of nationwide marches against President Nicolas Maduro.
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InternationalItaly has expelled a Tunisian citizen suspected of having been in contact with the man who killed 12 people by driving a truck through a Christmas market in Berlin last year, the interior ministry…
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