
Moscow confirms ministry website attack after US hacker claim
Moscow (AFP) Oct 23, 2016 - Russia's foreign ministry on Sunday said an old version of its website had been attacked after a US hacker claimed he broke in and posted a mocking message.
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Moscow (AFP) Oct 23, 2016 - Russia's foreign ministry on Sunday said an old version of its website had been attacked after a US hacker claimed he broke in and posted a mocking message.
Oct 23, 2016

Rome (UPI) Oct 23, 2016 - Italy's Leonardo has unveiled a new armored vehicle in its Centauro product line - the Centauro II, which features a 120mm gun and digital systems.
Oct 23, 2016

Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Oct 23, 2016 - US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter arrived in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan on Sunday to review the ongoing military offensive to retake the jihadist bastion of Mosul.
Oct 23, 2016

San Francisco (AFP) Oct 23, 2016 - Silicon Valley, the hub of the US tech industry, is traditionally a Democratic political stronghold.
Oct 23, 2016

Aden (AFP) Oct 23, 2016 - The pro-government Arab coalition Sunday stepped up air strikes on Iran-backed rebels in Yemen and clashes raged on the ground as warring parties ignored a UN call to renew a fragile ceasefire.
Oct 23, 2016

Brussels (AFP) Oct 23, 2016 - Belgium's Wallonia region on Sunday dealt a fresh blow to a proposed EU-Canada trade deal, rejecting a 24-hour ultimatum from the bloc to end its objection to the agreement.
Oct 23, 2016

Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2016 - The collapse of free trade talks between Canada and the European Union Friday is yet another sign of increasingly stiff resistance to economic globalization.
Oct 23, 2016

Beijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2016 - The leaders of the world's most powerful political party gather in Beijing on Monday for a conclave that could change the course of Chinese history.
Oct 23, 2016

Havana (AFP) Oct 23, 2016 - Colombia's government and Marxist FARC rebels on Saturday started talks on how to retool a peace deal, rejected in a referendum last month, that would end Latin America's longest civil war.
Oct 23, 2016

Aleppo, Syria (AFP) Oct 23, 2016 - Clashes and air strikes shook the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday, leaving three civilians dead as heavy fighting resumed after the end of a three-day ceasefire declared by government ally Russia.
Oct 23, 2016

Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Oct 23, 2016 - Iraqi forces battled Sunday through booby-traps, sniper fire and suicide car bombs to tighten the noose around Mosul, while also hunting Islamic State group jihadists behind attacks elsewhere in the country.
Oct 23, 2016

Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2016 - China has slammed the US for sailing a warship near disputed territory in the South China Sea, saying the move was a serious illegal act and deliberately provocative.
Oct 22, 2016

San Francisco (AFP) Oct 22, 2016 - Cyber attacks pounded the underpinnings of the internet Friday, crippling Twitter, Netflix and other major websites with the help of once-dumb devices made smart with online connections.
Oct 22, 2016

Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Oct 22, 2016 - Security forces battled for a second day Saturday with Islamic State group gunmen who infiltrated Kirkuk in a brazen raid that rattled Iraq as it ramped up an offensive to retake Mosul.
Oct 22, 2016

Baghdad (AFP) Oct 22, 2016 - Iraq's parliament on Saturday voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol, in a surprise move likely to anger some minorities but also to please influential religious parties.
Oct 22, 2016

Qayyarah, Iraq (AFP) Oct 22, 2016 - Toxic fumes released when jihadists torched a sulphur plant near Mosul have killed two Iraqi civilians, made many ill and forced US troops at a nearby base to wear masks.
Oct 22, 2016