Chinese cyber attacks on Taiwan government becoming harder to detect: source
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Cyber attacks from China on Taiwan’s government computers are becoming more difficult to detect, a source close to government discussions said, as hackers increasingly use online platforms such as search engines to break into systems…
Pakistani Taliban leader killed in air strike in Afghanistan near border
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a U.S.-Afghan air strike in Afghanistan, a senior Afghan Defence Ministry official said on Friday, a killing likely to ease tension between the United Sta…
Arab forces poised to take airport of Yemen’s main port city
ADEN (Reuters) – Forces from an alliance of Arab states fought their way to the outskirts of the airport in Yemen’s main port city on Friday, as the Eid holiday saw a battle the United Nations fears could trigger a famine imperilling millions of lives….
Knife attacker sentenced to life by a Finnish court
HELSINKI (Reuters) – A Finnish court sentenced Abderrahman Bouanane, a failed Moroccan asylum seeker, to life in prison on Friday for stabbing two women to death and wounding eight other people last year in the Nordic country’s first militant Islamist …
North Korean film on Kim’s Singapore trip reveals new focus on economy
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has produced a film on leader Kim Jong Un’s summit meeting with President Donald Trump this week, feeding, as one would expect, a fervid cult of personality but also seemingly highlighting his dream of economic development…
Boris Becker claims diplomatic immunity to fend off bankruptcy case
LONDON (Reuters) – Former tennis champion Boris Becker has claimed diplomatic immunity from bankruptcy proceedings against him by taking up a role with the Central African Republic as a sports envoy.
Pakistan Taliban leader killed in strike in Afghanistan near Pakistan border, Afghan official says
KABUL (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah was killed in a U.S. air strike near the border with Afghanistan on Thursday, a senior Afghan Defence Ministry official told Reuters on Friday.
Syrian army bombards rebels in flashpoint southwest region
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and its allies bombarded rebels in the southwestern Deraa region on Friday, killing at least six people, a war monitor said, in a region widely seen as a potential flashpoint for further escalation in the conflict.
As trade war with China looms, U.S. readies second wave of duties
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has nearly completed a second list of tariffs on $100 billion in Chinese goods, as President Donald Trump prepares to enact an initial round of duties that is expected to trigger an in-kind response from…
UK to use ‘Brexit dividend’ to boost health spending by 4 billion pounds: Daily Telegraph
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will increase spending on Britain’s state-run National Health Service (NHS) by 4 billion pounds ($5.30 billion) a year, funded by borrowing, income tax and a “Brexit dividend”, the Daily Telegraph newspaper…
