Russia, China step up cybercriminal recruitment, warns Microsoft

Russia, China and North Korea are becoming more aggressive and sophisticated in their recruitment of cybercriminals to steal money, gain intelligence and sway elections, Microsoft said in a threat report released Tuesday. Such hackers are not just stealing data, corporate vice president of customer security Tom Burt wrote in the Microsoft Digital Defense Report. They […]

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Indian FM lands in rare visit to Pakistan for SCO summit: state tv

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, state TV showed, the first top Delhi diplomat to visit in nearly a decade. PTV showed images of Jaishankar being greeted by Pakistani officials on the runway after his plane touched down near the capital Islamabad just before […]

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New lawsuits against Sean Combs allege sex assault, including of minor

Music mogul Sean Combs is facing a batch of new lawsuits including one alleging he molested a minor, the legal team behind the filings announced Monday. The federal civil complaints filed in Manhattan were filed anonymously, two by women named as Jane Does and four by men identified as John Does. The allegations in them […]

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Trudeau slams India as tensions soar over Sikh separatist’s murder

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India Monday of making a “fundamental error,” as an escalating row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil last year saw both countries expel each other’s ambassadors. A grave Trudeau branded New Delhi’s actions as “unacceptable” during a press conference in Ottawa on the diplomatic expulsions, […]

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Iran says ‘no grounds’ for indirect talks with US

Iran sees “no grounds” for indirect talks with the United States via Oman, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Monday, citing the conditions in the war-torn region. “Currently we don’t see any ground for these talks, until we can get past the current crisis,” Araghchi told reporters in Muscat, adding the process had been halted “due […]

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China says launches military drills around Taiwan 

China on Monday launched military drills around Taiwan, Beijing’s defence ministry said, sending planes and ships to encircle the self-ruled island. The exercises, dubbed Joint Sword-2024B, “test the joint operations capabilities of the theater command’s troops”, Beijing said.

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North Korea says ordered border army to be ready to shoot

North Korea said Sunday it had ordered military units deployed near the border with South Korea to be prepared to shoot after claiming the South had sent unmanned drones carrying propaganda leaflets to Pyongyang. Relations between the two Koreas are at a low point, with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un declaring South Korea to […]

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Ukrainian deputy energy minister arrested for bribery

A Ukrainian deputy energy minister accused of taking a bribe worth half a million dollars has been arrested along with three alleged accomplices, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service said on Monday.…