Section: Lebanon
Ukraine’s defence ministry says website hit by cyber attack
Ukraine’s defense ministry said Tuesday its website was down due to cyber attacks that appeared aimed at disrupting it giving updates on the pro-Russian separatist conflict in eastern regions. …read more Source: The Daily...
Merkel, Hollande Back Extension of Sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday they favour extending EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict, ahead of a Brussels summit where the issue will be discussed. Merkel said that given grave shortcomings in the Ukraine peace process, which has been marred by regular ceasefire...
Merkel says sanctions against Russia over Ukraine must be extended
NNA – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday sanctions against Russia over the crisis in eastern Ukraine would have to be extended because of a lack of progress in implementing the Minsk cea …read more Source: National News...
US, Russia, trade barbs at European security meeting
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) remained divided over the conflict in eastern Ukraine at the end of a two-day meeting in Hamburg, with the United States accusing Russia of blocking a resolution …read more Source: The Daily...
Western Countries Threats of New Russia Sanctions Groundless: Kremlin
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that the Western countries’ threats of imposing new sanctions on Russia over the situation in Syria are groundless. Moscow hopes that threats of imposing sanctions against Russia over the situation in Syria will not be implemented in practice, Peskov said. “The continuation of the sanctions...
Uncertainty over US position delays action on Ukraine peace deal: Germany
Uncertainty in Moscow and Kiev about what policies U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will adopt means there is little prospect of making much progress in implementing the Minsk cease-fire accord on Ukraine, Germany’s foreign minister said. …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO chief laments ‘serious’ security problems in Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says security problems are undermining peace efforts in eastern Ukraine, as a routinely violated cease-fire barely holds in the separatist Donbass region. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin Approves New Cyber-Security Doctrine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed off on a broad-ranging plan aimed at bolstering the country’s defenses against cyber attacks from abroad and cracking down on perceived foreign influence. The Kremlin’s new “information security doctrine” comes as attention has focused on the rise in state-sponsored hacking after the...
Russia Says OPEC, Non-OPEC Members to Meet Saturday in Vienna
Russia’s energy ministry said Tuesday that OPEC and non-OPEC members would meet in Vienna Saturday following a decision to cut global oil output. The ministry told AFP that Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak would be taking part in the meeting, which comes after Moscow said it was ready to reduce crude output by 300,000 barrels a day...
Russia’s Security Agency Warns about Cyber Attack on Russian Financial System
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday that it had received information about attempts of foreign intelligence services to launch large-scale cyber attacks against the country’s financial system from Monday. “The cyber attack is expected to be accompanied by a mass of provocative SMS messages and publications in social...
