Germany allowed hackers ‘controlled’ access in cyber breach: lawmaker
BERLIN (Reuters) – German security officials allowed hackers “controlled” access to government networks in order to track possible culprits and their methods, a top interior ministry official said Thursday, as outraged lawmakers complained about being …
U.N. says Russia’s eastern Ghouta aid plan not enough
GENEVA (Reuters) – A Russian plan for a five-hour pause in fighting in Syria’s eastern Ghouta needs to be expanded to allow aid deliveries to enter and civilians and urgent medical cases to leave, United Nations officials said on Thursday.
Brazil’s Lula vows to ‘fight until he wins,’ says will be absolved: paper
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva believes he will be exonerated of corruption charges by the country’s Supreme Court and promises to “fight until he wins,” according to an interview with the Folha de Sao Paulo …
Putin, before election, unveils new nuclear weapons to counter West
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin unveiled an array of new nuclear weapons on Thursday, in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and not be intercepted.
‘Got a better idea?’ EU’s Tusk to ask May on Irish Brexit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Donald Tusk defended an EU plan to control Northern Ireland’s trade regulation after Brexit which has angered the British, saying he would ask Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday if she had any better idea.
U.N. says Russia must upgrade its Eastern Ghouta aid plan
GENEVA (Reuters) – A Russian plan for a five-hour pause in fighting in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta needs to be upgraded to allow aid deliveries and medical evacuations, which must not be linked to prisoner swaps, the United Nations officials told reporters …
Exclusive: U.S. mulls sanctions on Venezuela to put pressure on Maduro
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is considering sanctioning a Venezuelan military-run oil services company and restricting insurance coverage for Venezuelan oil shipments to ratchet up pressure on socialist President Nicolas Maduro, a U….
South Africa’s Ramaphosa says aims to resolve land issue ‘once and for all’
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday he wants talks on the thorny topic of land expropriation to avoid panic but aims to resolve the issue of racial disparities in property ownership “once and for all”.
Exclusive: Israel’s El Al seeks international help to access Saudi airspace
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel’s flag carrier El Al has asked an airline industry lobby group to help it access Saudi Arabian airspace, so it can compete with Air India’s [AIN.UL] planned route between India and Israel.
Putin: Moscow would regard nuclear attack on allies as attack on Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow would regard a nuclear attack on its allies as a nuclear attack on Russia itself and would immediately respond.
