U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed that Russian President Vladimir Putin extend the Black Sea grain deal in return for adding a Russian agricultural bank’s unit to the SWIFT payment network, Reuters reported citing sources. The deal, which allows Ukraine … Read More
India on Thursday approved in principle the purchase of 26 French marine Rafale jets and three Scorpene-class submarines, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be guest of honour at the Bastille Day parade in Paris. New Delhi‘s Defence … Read More
WASHINGTON/LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) – Chinese state-linked hackers since May have secretly accessed email accounts at around 25 organizations, including at least two U.S. government agencies, Microsoft (MSFT.O) and U.S. officials said on Wednesday. The United States detected a breach … Read More
On Monday, Russia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issued a statement calling for a “a peaceful solution” to the dispute over the Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunbs islands “in accordance with international law.” Iran on Wednesday summoned … Read More
Fake ad lowered price of BMW 5-series sedan for sale in Kyiv, Palo Alto Networks says Hackers believed to be working on behalf of Russia’s foreign intelligence agency have targeted diplomats in nearly two dozen embassies in Ukraine by trying … Read More
SHENZHEN, China, July 12 (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies is plotting a return to the 5G smartphone industry by the end of this year, according to research firms, signalling a comeback after a U.S. ban on equipment sales decimated its … Read More
Six people, including three children, were recently killed in a knife attack in China’s southeastern Guangdong province. What happened: On Monday, a 25-year-old man surnamed surnamed Wu entered a kindergarten in Lianjiang county at about 7:40 a.m. local time as … Read More
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to support Sweden’s bid to join Nato, the military alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg has said. At a briefing, he said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would forward Sweden’s bid to the Turkish parliament … Read More
LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Jeremy Hunt has set out proposals to unlock at least 50 billion pounds ($64 billion) in investments to bolster London as a competitive global financial centre. The so-called Mansion House Reforms come … Read More
‘The suspect conducted surveillance of military facilities and seaports,’ Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński says. Poland’s intelligence services have detained a man accused of spying for Russia, Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński said Monday. “The suspect conducted surveillance of military facilities … Read More