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You surf the internet daily, but are you safe? Read our guide to online security You may not be aware that computer hackers can access your social media and email account easily. It’s important that you watch your settings  Communication today is all about networking, more than 80 per cent of which is online. The […]

Newly installed French president Emmanuel Macron unveiled his first government on Wednesday with the left, the right, the centre and ecologists all represented in his first government.  Macron unveils first centrist government featuring figures from left and right and a famous ecologist Photo: AFP . The government is also balanced between men and women Macron’s […]

Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump had not divulged any secrets during a meeting in Washington with Russian officials and offered to prove it by supplying Congress with a transcript. But a leading US Republican politician said he would have little faith in any notes Putin might supply. Russian President Vladimir […]

In a speech delivered at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Tokyo on May 17, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), Admiral Harry Harris, called for deeper trilateral cooperation between the United States, South Korea, and Japan to address North Korea’s recent military actions and provocations. Image Credit: Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs The U.S. […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi government forces recaptured on Wednesday al-Rifaie district, a major area held by the Islamic State where intense battles have been running to retake the region. The Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell said the army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service took over the district completely and raised the Iraqi flags above its buildings. Iraqi soldiers […]

Between cajoling, threats and actual punishments, Homeland Security has managed to drastically cut the number of countries that habitually refuse to take back immigrants whom the U.S. is trying to deport, officials said Tuesday, notching an early immigration success for President Trump. The number of recalcitrant countries has dropped from 20 to 12 over the […]

South Korea’s state-run cybersecurity agency said Wednesday that 14 companies have been struck by the crippling ransomware “WannaCry” so far, which has been emerging as one of the biggest threats to global cybersecurity. Ransomware refers to malware that locks up files on a computer with encryption until the victims pay a certain amount of money […]

S. President Donald Trump’s preference for bilateral partnerships rather than multinational trade agreements may be the beginning of a new era for the economic relations between the U.S. and Turkey. Economic relations are expected to be discussed during the bilateral meeting to be held between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump in […]

JEDDAH – Foreign doctors constituted 66.5 percent of 42,768 doctors working at public hospitals according to a 2016 survey. There are a total of 28,464 expatriate doctors while Saudis numbered 14,304. The survey, which was published by local media, showed that the number of male and female nurses totaled 101,256. Saudis account for about 57.5 […]

France’s new President Emmanuel Macron secured backing on Monday from key ally Chancellor Angela Merkel for his bid to shake up the EU, despite scepticism in Berlin over his proposed reforms. Travelling to the German capital to meet the veteran leader in his first official trip abroad, Macron used the opportunity to call for a […]