An unprecedented 'ransomware' cyberattack that has already hit tens of thousands of victims in 150 countries could wreak even more havoc Monday as people return to their desks and power up their...
Emmanuel Macron has promised to restore France's global standing, as he was inaugurated as the country's youngest president at the age of 39. At an elaborate ceremony at the Élysée Palace in Paris, the BBC reported that the...
Friday's cyber-attack has affected more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries, Europol chief Rob Wainwright says. Wainright told the BBC the act was "unprecedented in its scale" and warned more people could find themselves affected on...
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has invited faithful in St Peter's Square to join him in silent prayer for each one's own mother, including those in Heaven. Greeting tourists and Romans on Sunday from a window overlooking the square,...
A security researcher in the United Kingdom (UK) is being hailed as an accidental hero after he unexpectedly halted the spread of the malicious ransomware that has affected hundreds of organisations across the Globe. The 22-year-old man says he was...
LONDON (AP): The worldwide cyberextortion attack has prompted Microsoft to take the unusual step of making security fixes available for older Windows system. Before this, Microsoft had made fixes for older systems, such as 2001's Windows XP,...
WASHINGTON (AP):Piece by piece, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe undermined recent White House explanations about the firing of FBI Director James Comey during testimony before a Senate committee yesterday.Since President Donald Trump's surprise...
Senate panel seeks Flynn documents in Russia probeWASHINGTON (AP):The Senate intelligence committee subpoenaed former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn for documents related to the panel's investigation into Russia's election meddling....
SALT LAKE CITY (AP):The Mormon church, the biggest sponsor of Boy Scout troops in the United States, announced on Thursday it is pulling as many as 185,000 older youngsters from the organisation as...
New Zealand has set itself an environmental goal so ambitious it's been compared to putting a man on the moon: ridding the entire nation of every last rat, opossum and stoat.The idea is to give a second chance to the distinctive birds that once...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Piece by piece, during testimony before a Senate committee Thursday, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe undermined recent White House explanations about the firing of director James Comey. Since President Donald...
WASHINGTON (AP):Three US officials say fired FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers that he asked the Justice Department for more money for the bureau's investigation into Russia's election meddling.President Donald Trump fired Comey on Tuesday.The...
VILNIUS (AP):US defence officials said a long-range Patriot missile battery may be deployed to the Baltic region later this year as part of a military exercise. The move, if finalised, would...
JOHANNESBURG (AP):A species belonging to the human family tree, whose remnants were first discovered in a South African cave in 2013 lived several hundred thousand years ago, indicating that the creature...
RICHLAND, Washington (AP):The collapse of a tunnel containing radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear weapons complex underscored what critics have long been saying: that the toxic remnants...
SEOUL (AP):Some of the key policies of Moon Jae-in, who is set to be South Korea's next president after his main rivals conceded following Tuesday's election:Engagement with NorthA former aide of...
With an emotional signoff, Israel's longest-running TV news programme has run its last episode after a sudden cancellation following a political battle with the prime minister.The state-run...
JOHANNESBURG (AP):Africa is experiencing higher levels of poverty than previously thought because decades of economic growth have only benefited a small wealthy elite, says a report released by the British aid...
WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey yesterday, saying it was necessary to restore "public trust and confidence" in the nation's top law-enforcement agency following several tumultuous months."The FBI is one...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) James Comey, saying it was necessary to restore "public trust and confidence" in the nation's top law...
JOHANNESBURG (AP):South African police have fired rubber bullets at rioters in a poor Johannesburg neighbourhood who are demanding housing and other government services.The violence erupted yesterday in...
PARIS (AP):It will be a short honeymoon for French President-elect Emmanuel Macron.France's youngest president, who takes office on Sunday, faces the daunting task of reuniting a troubled, divided nation riven...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP):Several human rights groups and think tanks in Brazil are launching a campaign aimed at drastically reducing homicides in Latin America's largest nation.Brazil overall has more murders annually...
SEOUL (AP):Creating jobs, ending corruption and boosting stubbornly low birth rates should be high on a to-do list for South Korea's next president after a campaign mostly dominated by security and foreign policy issues.There's concern that the...
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP):A challenge to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban appears to hinge on whether a federal appeals court agrees that the Republican's past anti-Muslim...
