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Suspected Russian hackers exploit Windows vulnerability to attack targets such as NATO, Ukraine
Hackers, probably Russian, have exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber-intelligence firm iSight Partners. ISight said it did not know what data the hackers had found, but it suspected they...
World › Clashes erupt outside Ukraine’s parliament in Kiev
Clashes broke out Tuesday between demonstrators and police in front of Ukraine’s parliament in Kiev as deputies inside repeatedly voted down proposals to recognize a contentious World War II-era Ukrainian partisan group as national heroes. Thousands of Svoboda nationalist party supporters rallied earlier in the capital in celebration of...
Abe to promise Kiev coordination over Ukraine crisis
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Number of Russian troops in Ukraine conflict zone drastically declines
Military officials in Ukraine say there has been a reduction in the number of Russian soldiers at the heart of the fighting between government troops and separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. Russian personnel who had been in field camps in Ukraine have been returning to their home bases inside Russia, Ukrainian security spokesman Col. Andriy […]...
World › Ukraine leader sacks defense minister ahead of Russia talks
President Petro Poroshenko dismissed Ukraine’s third defense minister of the year Sunday in a surprise decision ahead of high-level talks with Moscow on bringing peace to the Western-backed former Soviet republic. Poroshenko’s official website said he would nominate a new defense chief on Monday after “accepting the...
Ukrainian president fires third defense minister this year
President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday dismissed Ukraine’s third defense minister since the March seizure by Russia of Crimea and the subsequent uprising by pro-Kremlin insurgents in the separatist east. The Western-backed leader’s official website said he would nominate a new defense chief on Monday after “accepting the resignation” of...
World › Putin to attend G20 summit in Australia
Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey confirmed Sunday Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 leaders’ summit in November, despite concerns about Russia’s actions in Ukraine in recent months. Australia’s confirmation that the Russian leader would attend the high-powered summit came after Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said he...
Ukraine, Russia chiefs to meet in bid to save truce
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday said he will meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week as Kiev reported rebel attacks have subsided, signaling the possibility of rescuing a truce in the six-month conflict. Pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian military in the eastern Donetsk region said they have agreed to a no-shooting...
World › Ukraine, Russia leaders to meet in a bid to rescue truce
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday said he will meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin next week as Kiev reported rebel attacks have subsided, signalling the possibility of rescuing a truce in the six-month conflict. Pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian military in the eastern Donetsk region said they have agreed to…...
World › One MH17 passenger had oxygen mask on
The body of one passenger of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was found wearing an oxygen mask, Dutch prosecutors said Thursday, raising questions about how much those on board knew about their fate when the plane plunged out of the sky above Eastern Ukraine in July. The passenger, an Australian, did… …read more Source: Japan...
