Saturday, November 12, 2016

US Govt. Hackers Ready to Hit Back If Russia Tries to Disrupt Election and other top stories.

  • US Govt. Hackers Ready to Hit Back If Russia Tries to Disrupt Election

    U.S. military hackers have penetrated Russia's electric grid, telecommunications networks and the Kremlin's command systems, making them vulnerable to attack by secret American cyber weapons should the U.S. deem it necessary, according to a senior intelligence official and top-secret documents reviewed by NBC News. American officials have long said publicly that Russia, China and other nations have probed and left hidden malware on parts of U.S critical infrastructure, "preparing the battlef..
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  • Venezuelan Opposition Tries 'Birther' Tack Against President Nicolás Maduro

    Venezuelan Opposition Tries 'Birther' Tack Against President Nicolás Maduro
    CARACAS, Venezuela—Call it Venezuela’s own birther movement. Desperate to end 18 years of Socialist rule, Venezuela’s opposition movement is trying to undermine embattled President Nicolás Maduro by claiming he has Colombian citizenship. The opposition has tried everything to wrest power, from a coup attempt in 2002 to its effort this year to stage a recall referendum on Mr. Maduro. Some lawmakers in the opposition-controlled...
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  • Tens of thousands call on South Korea's president to quit

    Tens of thousands call on South Korea's president to quit
    SEOUL, South Korea — Tens of thousands of South Koreans poured into the streets of downtown Seoul on Saturday, using words including “treason” and “criminal” to demand that President Park Geun-hye step down amid an explosive political scandal. The protest, the largest anti-government demonstration in the capital in nearly a year, came a day after Park apologized on live television amid rising suspicion that she allowed a mysterious confidante to manipulate power from the shadows. Holding banner..
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  • Three US Military Trainers Killed in Jordan

    Three US Military Trainers Killed in Jordan
    AMMAN—Three American service members were shot and killed in a firefight that erupted while they were trying to enter a military air base in southern Jordan on Friday. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, it was unclear if it was an attack or a misunderstanding between two armed forces working under tense circumstances. If it was an intentional attack, it would be the latest incident in an escalation of violence this year...
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  • 'I Saw My Father Dying': A View From Aleppo's Government-Held Side

    'I Saw My Father Dying': A View From Aleppo's Government-Held Side
    “My wife and family are hiding in the bathroom,” he said.Even as Syria and Russia threatened an all-out assault on the rebel side of Aleppo, saying Friday was the last chance for people there to exit, they had been unable to put down a counteroffensive by a mix of Qaeda-linked and United States-backed insurgent groups. Three Qaeda-linked suicide bombers attacked a military position with explosive-packed personnel carriers on Thursday, military officials said, and mortar fire was raining on neig..
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  • Iraqi troops storm town south of Mosul

    Iraqi troops storm town south of Mosul
    The Iraqi air force provided air cover for the assault Saturday morning, according to Iraq's Joint Military Command. Iraqi troops are advancing from three fronts toward Hammam-al-Alil, about 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) south of Mosul, and have reached the College of Agriculture at its edge, a statement said.The boys are apparently being conscripted to fight on behalf of the terror group, Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the refugee agency, told a press briefing in Geneva, Switzerland.The long-a..
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  • Turkey orders arrest of nine newspaper staff, detains more pro-Kurdish off...

    Turkey orders arrest of nine newspaper staff, detains more pro-Kurdish off...
    ANKARA Turkish authorities ordered the formal arrest of nine staff members of a leading opposition newspaper on Saturday and detained more pro-Kurdish officials, widening an anti-terrorism probe that has drawn condemnation from the West.The arrests, a day after the co-leaders of the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) were jailed pending trial, are likely to spark more concern among Turkey's allies about President Tayyip Erdogan's intolerance of dissent.More than 110,000 off..
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  • Return of 100000 refugees, Morphou, on table at talks (2nd update)

    Return of 100000 refugees, Morphou, on table at talks (2nd update)
    PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday that among the Greek Cypriot side's positions on the territorial issue is the return of at least 100,000 refugees to the north, under Greek Cypriot administration. During a televised press conference, ahead ...
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