Indonesia MPs grill Facebook officials on data breaches
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A Facebook official apologised to Indonesian members of parliament on Tuesday during a five-hour grilling at a public hearing on issues ranging from the misuse of personal data to the oversight of content by the social media giant.
UK says nerve agent used to poison ex-Russian spy was in liquid form: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – The nerve agent used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter at his home in England last month was delivered in a liquid form, the BBC reported officials as saying.
Assad prepares to assault last rebel enclave near Damascus
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army began preparatory shelling for an assault on the last area outside its control near Damascus on Tuesday, a commander in the pro-government alliance said, building on its recent capture of the major suburb of eastern G…
Russia says preliminary cause of deadly mall fire was short circuit: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said on Tuesday that preliminary findings showed a deadly mall fire in the region of Kemerovo last month was caused by a short circuit, the RIA news agency reported, citing a ministry spokesman….
EU is a haven from world’s dangers, Macron tells Europeans
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron issued a call to Europeans on Tuesday not to retreat into nationalism but to build the European Union as a bulwark for liberal democracy against a disorderly and dangerous world.
Pigeons, winged warriors that helped Israel to victory 70 years ago
GIVAT BRENNER, Israel (Reuters) – The cooing of pigeons fills the air once again in a secluded dovecot that was once part of a top-secret communications project during Israel’s war with its Arab neighbors 70 years ago.
UK’s May apologizes to Caribbean countries over treatment of post-war migrants
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May apologized to representatives from 12 Caribbean countries on Tuesday over recent harsh treatment by immigration bureaucrats of people who arrived in Britain as children between the late 1940s and th…
Explainer: The state of Raul Castro’s economic reforms in Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – President Raul Castro’s efforts to modernize Cuba’s Soviet-style centrally planned economy have borne mixed results, with some initiatives moving forward, others stalled and still others either scuttled or yet to begin.
Turkey’s ruling party to discuss call for early election
ANKARA (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party will discuss the possibility of holding Turkey’s presidential election in August, more than a year earlier than planned, the government spokesman said on Wednesday, following a suggestion from its nation…
South Koreans may visit North again ahead of first summit in decade
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean security officials may visit North Korea to finalize details ahead for the first summit since 2007, where the South hopes the North will confirm a commitment to give up its nuclear programme, a South Korean official said …
