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 Mukhtar Robow, the Shabaab leader known as Abu Mansoor, on the back of a motorcycle in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 2010. CreditAgence France-Presse/Getty Images Nairobi — During my first trip to Mogadishu, Somalia, on my last night in town, as I was packing up my things, someone unexpectedly knocked on my door. It was the hotel […]

 G7 finance ministers turned their focus Saturday to combating cyber crime in what Italy’s Pier Carlo Padoan described as an “unfortunately very timely” discussion. The ministers were expected to commit to stepping up international cooperation on the issue after a global onslaught that hit computer systems in nearly 100 countries on Friday. G7 finance ministers prior […]

Russian missile defense systems tracked the latest North Korean missile test, the Russian Defense Ministry said, adding that it landed some 500 kilometers from Russia and hadn’t posed a threat. Russia’s ballistic missile launch early warning system (SPRN) detected the launch form North Korea at about 08:30 GMT on Saturday, the ministry said. © Sergey […]

.Ivory Coast’s rebel soldiers apologise to presiden .Witnesses: Soldiers open fire in Ivory Coast town .I Coast hit by fresh protests in wake of mutiny Bouak – Hundreds of renegade soldiers blocked access to Ivory Coast’s second-largest city on Saturday after firing guns into the air throughout the night, according to an AFP journalist at […]

Japan is reportedly considering adopting the land-based version of the Aegis missile defense system over THAAD, citing the N. Korean missile threat. The system could potentially be used with Tomahawk missiles, making it a threat to Russia and China. Tokyo has ordered a feasibility study into adopting the Aegis Ashore system, government sources told the […]

North Korea launched a ballistic missile Sunday morning from a site near its border with China, South Korea’s military said, in its first military provocation since Moon Jae-in won South Korean presidency last week. The missile flew some 700 kilometers and landed in East Sea. The flight distance suggests a success of the missile test. […]

 KASPERSKY Lab has recorded more than 45,000 attacks of ransomware in 74 countries around the world as of Friday, mostly in Russia. The attack, boiling down to a computer virus that makes users’ computers useless unless a payment is made to those who hacked their system, has prompt wide alarm around the globe. “WANNACRY” The multinational […]

A fast-moving wave of cyber attacks that swept the globe Friday targeted German rail operator Deutsche Bahn. The software attacks exploited a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency and use a technique known as ransomware that locks users’ files unless they pay the attackers a designated sum in the virtual […]

possibility bilateral contact amid U.S. President Donald Trump having expressed his willingness to meet with the North’s leader. Choe Son-hui, director-general of the North America bureau chief of North Korea’s foreign ministry, told reporters at the Beijing Capital International Airport that her country “will hold dialogue under right conditions” with the U.S. administration. Director-general of […]

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 17 mummies in catacombs in Minya province, south of Cairo, the antiquities ministry announced on Saturday. “We found catacombs containing a number of mummies,” said Salah al-Kholi, a Cairo University professor of Egyptology who headed the mission that made the discovery in the Touna el-Gabal district of the province in central […]