WASHINGTON,(MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Files released by the mysterious hacker Shadow Brokers suggested Friday the US National Security Agency had penetrated the SWIFT banking network and monitored a number of Middle East banks. The files, according to computer security analysts, also showed the NSA had found and exploited numerous vulnerabilities in a range of Microsoft Windows […]
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Hacked files suggest NSA penetrated SWIFT, Mideast banks
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Student killed in Venezuela protests: prosecutors
CARACAS, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – A 19-year-old student died Tuesday after he was shot during clashes between Venezuelan police and demonstrators, prosecutors said, the second death in a week at violent protests against President Nicolas Maduro. Daniel Queliz was shot in the neck as police broke up protesters who want to remove Maduro from office over […]
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Colombia forces struggle to root out coca
LLORENTE, Colombia, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Colombian forces sent to rip green coca plants from the earth to end a trade fueling violence complain the crops are being replanted as fast as they can destroy them. Colombia is ranked by the United Nations as the world’s biggest producer of coca — the raw material for cocaine […]
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Thai junta to lift political party ban for 2018 polls
BANGKOK, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Thailand’s junta chief on Wednesday said he plans to lift the ban on political party gatherings before next year’s elections, although he declined to put a date on polls or state when the restrictions will be lifted. The military seized power in 2014 ushering in Thailand’s most autocratic government in a […]
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5 Sudanese troops killed in Yemen: army
KHARTOUM, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – The Sudanese army said on Tuesday that five of its troops have been killed while fighting for the coalition against Huthi rebels in Yemen. The army did not specify when the troops were killed, but Sudan has deployed hundreds of soldiers as part of the coalition that is fighting the rebels. […]
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Ancient poo shows Antarctic penguins’ volcanic past
WELLINGTON, (MILLAT ONLINE/APP/AFP) – Analysis of ancient penguin guano has revealed that volcanic eruptions, not climate change, almost wiped out an Antarctic sea bird colony three times, researchers have found. There has long been speculation linking fluctuations in penguin populations over recent decades to climate change, but scientists studying a colony of gentoo penguins in […]