White House blames Russia for ‘NotPetya’ cyber attack
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday blamed Russia for the devastating ‘NotPetya’ cyber attack last year, joining the British government in condemning Moscow for unleashing a virus that crippled parts of Ukraine’s infrastructure an…
U.S. blames Russia for last year’s crippling ‘NotPetya’ cyber attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday publicly blamed Russia for carrying out the so-called NotPetya cyber attack last year that crippled government and business computers in Ukraine before spreading around the world.
Prominent Egyptian Islamist critic remanded for 15 days
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s state security prosecutor on Thursday remanded for questioning a former Islamist presidential candidate who was detained over alleged contacts with the banned Muslim Brotherhood, state news agency MENA said.
‘Do you fear me?’: Venezuela’s Maduro vows to gatecrash regional summit
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s unpopular socialist president Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday his right-wing Latin American counterparts showed intolerance by trying to exclude him from an upcoming summit in Lima – and he vowed to go anyway.
‘Do you fear me?’: Venezuela’s Maduro threatens to gatecrash regional summit
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s unpopular socialist president Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday his right-wing Latin American counterparts showed intolerance by trying to exclude him from an upcoming summit in Lima and he vowed to go anyway.
No ‘bloody nose’ plan for North Korea: U.S. official, senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The senior U.S. diplomat for Asia, Susan Thornton, said on Thursday she understood the Trump administration had no strategy for a so-called bloody nose strike on North Korea, but Pyongyang would be forced to give up its nuclear w…
Russian toll in Syria battle was 300 killed and wounded: sources
MOSCOW (Reuters) – About 300 men working for a Kremlin-linked Russian private military firm were either killed or injured in Syria last week, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
On eve of investigation, Vatican says pope meets sex abuse victims often
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis regularly meets with victims of sexual abuse, the Vatican said on Thursday, a disclosure that follows intense criticism of his defense of a Chilean bishop accused of covering up abuse.
Germany wants fast judicial process for journalist held in Turkey
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany wants a fast and fair judicial process that secures the release of a German-Turkish journalist jailed in Turkey a year ago, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
Billionaire businessman Mendoza rules out Venezuela election bid – sources
VALENCIA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Billionaire businessman Lorenzo Mendoza has ruled out challenging Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in the upcoming election despite multiple calls for him to stand, sources from his company’s workforce said on Thursd…
