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US intelligence agencies have placed cyber attacks from foreign governments and criminals at the top of their list of threats to the country. Online assaults would increasingly undermine US economic competitiveness and

CROWDS of people are gathering in central Moscow to honour opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday. He was due to lead an opposition march on Sunday but his

A Palestinian court on Sunday postponed its verdict in the trial of exiled Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan, who is being tried in absentia on corruption charges, an AFP correspondent reported. The ruling,

THE UN children’s agency said Sunday it fears hundreds of boys were kidnapped last month in the northeast of South Sudan, raising suspicions that the abductors were from a pro-government militia. Last

INDIAN’S ruling Hindu nationalist party was Sunday sworn into government in the country’s only Muslim-majority state for the first time after an historic power-sharing deal with a bitter regional rival. Narendra Modi

THE Malian government signed a peace agreement with some northern armed groups on Sunday but the main Tuareg rebel alliance asked for more time to consult its grassroots. The deal, hammered out

HUNDRENS of runners have competed in Hong Kong’s first inner-city ultramarathon, despite organisers describing it as “quite boring”. The 50km (31 mile) HK Ultramarathon saw competitors cover the same stretch of road

INDIAN PM Narendra Modi’s government has unveiled a business-friendly budget aimed at attracting greater investment for the economy. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced an unprecedented corporate tax cut, in the government’s first

EGYPT’S Supreme Court has ruled part of an election law unconstitutional, possibly delaying parliamentary polls which begin this month. The ruling referred to sections of the law on division of electoral districts.

GERMAN Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Sunday Greece’s new hard-left government needs “a bit of time” but is committed to implementing necessary reforms to resolve its debt crisis. “The new Greek government