Israeli military networks breached by hackers: researchers
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hackers have managed to penetrate computer networks associated with the Israeli military in an espionage campaign that skillfully packages existing attack software with trick emails, according to security researchers at Blue C…
In Labour’s Scottish bastion, nationalists prepare an upset
GLASGOW/LONDON (Reuters) – In Scotland’s biggest city, nationalists have triggered a once-in-a-century shift in political loyalties that could dash Labour leader Ed Miliband’s dreams of winning the May 7 election and thrust secessionist ‘kingmakers’ to…
Teenagers planned Australian terror attack for ANZAC centenary: police
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Teenagers inspired by the hardline Islamic State planned a major terrorism attack in the Australian city of Melbourne to mark the centenary next week of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli during World War One, police said on Saturday…
Colombia’s Santos calls for deadline on FARC peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday warned that the country’s patience with Marxist FARC rebels is wearing thin and that the peace process to end five decades of war must have a deadline.
Australian police arrest five teenagers over alleged terror plot
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian police arrested five teenagers in the country’s second-largest city on Saturday over an alleged terrorist plot to target police officers, authorities said.
Former president defiant as humanitarian toll mounts in Yemen war
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Friday he would not leave the country, dismissing reports in the Gulf Arab media that he was seeking a safe exit as Saudi Arabian war planes bomb troops loyal to him and their Houthi …
Car bomb kills three outside U.S. consulate in Iraq’s Kurdish capital
ERBIL (Reuters) – A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State killed three people on Friday outside the U.S. consulate in Erbil, in a relatively rare attack in the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
Colombia’s Santos calls for deadline on FARC peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday warned that the country’s patience with Marxist FARC rebels is wearing thin and that the peace process to end five decades of war must have a deadline.
Labour and Conservatives tied again ahead of UK election: YouGov poll
(Reuters) – With less than a month left to Britain’s May 7 election, Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives and opposition Labour party are tied at 34 percent, according to a YouGov poll for The Sun newspaper published on Friday.
Four British Navy members charged in Canada with sexual assault
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Four members of the British Navy were charged on Thursday with sexual assault in connection with an incident that took place in Nova Scotia on April 10, said a spokesman for the Canadian Department of National Defence.
