U.S. Attorney General William Barr, December 10, 2019. Mark Wilson | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice said it dismantled an extensive cyber campaign used by overseas terrorist organizations to fund its operations and seized $ 2 million from more than 300 cryptocurrency accounts in what it described …
Read More »Taiwan to increase defense spending as China details combat drills
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan on Thursday unveiled an increase of T $ 42.1 billion ($ 1.4 billion) in planned spending on defense next year, as China announced details of its latest battlefield near the democratic island. FILE PHOTO: A CM-11 Brave Tiger tank burns during the live fire Han Kuang …
Read More »String of smaller blasts went for a massive explosion of Beirut: Israeli seismologist
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The explosion of the port of Beirut was preceded by a series of explosions, the last of which was a burning of fireworks that apparently set a warehouse full of ammonium nitrate, an Israeli seismological and ammunition expert said on Thursday. Boaz Hayoun, of the Tamar Group …
Read More »North Korea’s nuclear reactor site threatened by recent flooding, says US think tank
SEOUL (Reuters) – Satellite images suggest that recent floods in North Korea may have linked harmful pump houses to the country’s main nuclear facility, a U.S. think tank said on Thursday. A view from the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center shows flooding along the banks of the Kuryong River in …
Read More »Pompeo says he warned Lavrov against offering bounties to U.S. soldiers
PHOTO PHOTO: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hold a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, USA, December 10, 2019. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he had warned his Russian …
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