UK, Netherlands accuse Russia of hacking, including chemical weapons watchdog
Britain and the Netherlands accused Russia of running a global campaign of cyber attacks to undermine Western democracies, including what the Dutch government described as an attempt to hack into the U.N. chemical weapons watchdog.
Ukraine, Hungary expel consuls as passport row deepens
Ukraine and Hungary announced tit-for-tat expulsions of each other’s diplomats on Thursday, the latest in a series of spats between the neighbors that threatens to set back Kiev’s aspirations for European Union and NATO membership.
Top EU officials deplore Russian cyber attack on chemical weapons body
The European Union’s top officials expressed serious concern on Thursday about a cyber attack carried out against the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague by Russia’s military intelligence service.
UK says Russian hacking proves Moscow behind Salisbury attack
Russia’s attempts to hack into the OPCW chemicals weapons watchdog as it investigated the Salisbury nerve agent attack showed without doubt who was behind the poisoning, British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday.
Lights, TVs back on in Indonesia quake city, but fate of thousands unknown
Electricity was restored and shops began reopening in Indonesia’s quake and tsunami stricken city of Palu on Thursday, but the fate of many thousands of people in outlying districts remained unknown nearly a week after the disaster struck.
Russia calls Dutch chemical weapons watchdog hacking claims absurd: RIA
A source at Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that Dutch allegations about an alleged Russian attempt to hack the chemical weapons watchdog were absurd, the RIA news agency reported.
Protest erupts in southern Russia over land swap deal with Chechnya
Thousands of people took to the streets of the southern Russian region of Ingushetia on Thursday to protest against what they said was an unfair land swap deal with the neighboring Russian region of Chechnya.
As Cameroon votes, thousands are silenced by violence
It was the nine corpses left by the roadside after a gunfight that made Honrne Waba flee her village in Northwest Cameroon in May and hide in the bush.
Man at center of Nobel scandal appeals rape verdict, Swedish newspaper reports
Jean-Claude Arnault, the man at the center of a scandal that rocked the academy which awards the Nobel Prize for literature, has appealed against a conviction for rape that grew out of the scandal, media reported on Thursday.
Blast at Egypt fuel depot kills one, injures others: sources
One person was killed and at least three others injured in a blast at a fuel depot on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on Thursday, security sources and al-Ahram state owned newspaper said.
