Lebanese security agency turns smartphone into selfie spycam: researchers
Lebanon’s intelligence service may have turned the smartphones of thousands of targeted individuals into cyber-spying machines in one of the first known examples of large-scale state hacking of phones rather…
Social media companies accelerate removals of online hate speech: EU
Social media companies Facebook , Twitter and Google’s YouTube have greatly accelerated their removals of online hate speech, reviewing over two thirds of complaints within 24 hours, new EU figures…
Pope lands in Peru as president seeks help in political crisis
Pope Francis has arrived in Peru, as the Andean nation’s president appealed to him to help put the country back on track after a political crisis nearly ousted him from…
S.Korea considering shutting down all virtual currency exchanges
South Korean policymakers have joined the global chorus of virtual-coin critics, saying Seoul is considering shutting down domestic virtual currency exchanges as the new breed of market exposes users to…
US senators rip Trump over his attacks on the media
Republican US Senator Jeff Flake has castigated President Donald Trump for his attacks on the media, saying Trump had embraced the despotic language of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and…
US police comb through filthy California home where starving siblings found
Investigators have in the United States have conducted an exhaustive search of the foul-smelling, filthy tract home east of Los Angeles where a California couple are accused of keeping captive…
Brazilians rush to get yellow fever vaccinations amid fatal cases
Brazilians have lined up for hours to get yellow fever vaccinations in Brazil’s largest states, alarmed by the increase in the number of fatal cases of infection and a warning…
Russia says N.Korea summit undermines UN, aggravates situation
Russia has hit out at a US-led effort to increase international pressure on North Korea, saying it is making the situation worse and undermining the United Nations. Twenty nations hosted…
Vietnam oil executives apologise to Communist Party in corruption trial
Vietnamese executives on trial for losses at a scandal-hit state oil firm have used their final statement in court to apologise to the ruling Communist Party, media said, as Vietnam’s…
Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong jailed a second time for 2014 protest
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, 21, has been sentenced to a second jail term of three months for what a judge described as his “leading” role during some of…
