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Fears grow over Jihadist cyber threat
Jan29

Fears grow over Jihadist cyber threat

LILLE, France: Jihadists have yet to shut down a power grid, paralyse a transport network or banking system or take over a key industrial site from afar, but experts say the threat of such a cyber attack should be taken seriously. Analysts fear that while extremist groups may not have the necessary skills themselves, they could hire someone else...

France, Germany concerned about Trump’s moves to limit refugees
Jan29

France, Germany concerned about Trump’s moves to limit refugees

PARIS: France, Germany and Luxembourg voiced disquiet on Saturday over US President Donald Trump’s decision to limit immigration and refugees from some Muslim countries, with Berlin and Paris also reaffirming a firm line on Russian sanctions. Speaking at a joint news conference in Paris with his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel, French...

Putin call a ‘significant start’ to better US-Russia ties: White House
Jan29

Putin call a ‘significant start’ to better US-Russia ties: White House

WASHINGTON, Jan 28, 2017 (AFP) – President Donald Trumps White House hailed Saturday his call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin as a significant start to better ties between Washington and Moscow, whose relations have plunged to lows not seen since the Cold War.During the hour-long conversation, which the White House billed as a...

France´s Hollande warns Trump against protectionism
Jan29

France´s Hollande warns Trump against protectionism

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande on Saturday warned US President Donald Trump against taking a protectionist approach, which he said would have economic and political consequences “In an unstable and uncertain world, turning inward would be a dead-end,” Hollande told Trump in their first official telephone conversation,...

Putin and Trump agree to try to rebuild U.S.-Russia ties, cooperate in Syria
Jan29

Putin and Trump agree to try to rebuild U.S.-Russia ties, cooperate in Syria

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump agreed to try to rebuild US- Russia ties and to cooperate in Syria, the Kremlin said on Saturday, after the two men spoke for the first time since Trump’s inauguration. US-Russia relations hit a post-Cold War low under the Barack Obama administration and Trump has made...

Trump plays down talk of lifting Russia sanctions
Jan28

Trump plays down talk of lifting Russia sanctions

US President Donald Trump on Friday played down talk that he might quickly lift sanctions on Russia, as he stepped onto the global stage alongside Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May. Britain is a strong supporter of maintaining international pressure on Moscow over its intervention in Ukraine, and Trump took a cautious line at their first...

By migrants for migrants: The new faces of Italian media
Jan28

By migrants for migrants: The new faces of Italian media

LONDON: Kilap Gueye and Abdellatif Yakoubou arrived in Italy at two very different moments in history. Gueye left Senegal and reached Sardinia in the early 2000s, where he established himself as a teacher and writer. Yakoubou, from Benin, landed on the island in 2014, at the start of what became Europe’s biggest migrant crisis since World...

Mattis assures European counterparts over Nato
Jan28

Mattis assures European counterparts over Nato

WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary James Mattis has assured European counterparts about Washington’s commitment to Nato, officials said on Friday, as President Donald Trump plans to speak to the leaders of France, Germany and Russia. Mattis spoke by phone to the defense ministers of France, Germany and Israel on Thursday, Pentagon spokesman...

Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in fresh clashes
Jan28

Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in fresh clashes

KIEV: Two Ukrainian soldiers were on Friday reported killed in an upsurge of fighting in the country’s rebel east, as international monitors said “little has changed” to halt violence despite a supposed truce. Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said the two servicemen were killed over the past day as...

Trump signs executive orders to weed out ‘extremist Muslims’
Jan28

Trump signs executive orders to weed out ‘extremist Muslims’

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed a sweeping new executive order Friday to suspend refugee arrivals and impose tough new controls on travelers from seven Muslim countries. Making good on one of his most controversial campaign promises, and to the horror of human rights groups, Trump said he was making America safe from “radical...