Philippines probes spate of brazen politician murders
MANILA: Philippine authorities were yesterday investigating the brazen killing of a vice mayor near Manila, the third deadly attack by…
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Insider attack kills US soldier in Afghanistan
KABUL: A US soldier was killed and two others wounded in an ‘apparent insider attack’ in southern Afghanistan on Saturday,…
As facial recognition use grows, so do privacy fears
WASHINGTON: The unique features of your face can allow you to unlock your new iPhone, access your bank account or…
Twitter rooting out fake accounts at record rate
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter has been suspending more than one million fake and dubious accounts per day, according to The Washington…
S. Korea women protest ‘spycam porn’ in mass rally
SEOUL: Tens of thousands of South Korean women on Saturday angrily urged the government to crack down on secretly-filmed spycam…
Pompeo brushes off North Korea ‘gangster’ tag, sanctions to stay
TOKYO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday shrugged off North Korean accusations of ‘gangster-like’ behaviour and said sanctions on Pyongyang…
‘I don’t know where to start’ – Rains devastate Japanese town
MIHARA, Japan: Masanori Hiramoto stood before his traditional home in the Japanese town of Mihara, speechless at the destruction caused by…
Four boys rescued from flooded Thai cave
Four boys among a group of 13 trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than a fortnight were rescued…