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  • Encrypting ransomware Petya attacks computers worldwide — Kaspersky Lab

    Date: 2017-06-27 17:59:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:6871261

    MOSCOW, June 27 (MENA) - Kaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Head Costin Raiu wrote in his Tweeter account that the encrypting virus Petya that attacked the computers of Russian oil major Rosneft on Tuesday has affected a large number of ....

  • Syrian president visits Russian Aerospace Forces base Hmeymim

    Date: 2017-06-27 17:35:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:6871243

    MOSCOW, June 27 (MENA) - Syrian President Bashar Assad visited the Russian Aerospace Forces' base Hmeymim in the Syrian province of Latakia. Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov met Assad at the base, Sputnik reported. Later in ....

  • Britain’s largest ever warship vulnerable for cyber attacks

    Date: 2017-06-27 17:22:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:48 - ID:6871240

    LONDON, June 27 (MENA) – A report said on Tuesday that fears have been raised that Britain’s largest ever warship could be vulnerable to cyber attacks after it emerged it appears to be running the outdated Microsoft Windows XP. As HMS Queen ....

  • Washington says Syrian battlefield to get more complicated after Raqqa - report

    Date: 2017-06-27 17:08:05 GMT - Germany - World - SN:47 - ID:6871255

    MUNICH, Germany, June 27 (MENA) - As the fight against the Daesh moves beyond its de facto capital in Raqqa, the Pentagon is readying itself for an increasingly complex battlefield in northern Syria, where US-backed forces, pro-Syrian government ....

  • Russia accuses US of provocation over Syria chemical-attack warning

    Date: 2017-06-27 16:38:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:6871224

    MOSCOW, June 27 (MENA) - A senior Russian lawmaker on Tuesday dismissed the White House's warning about a potential chemical weapons attack in Syria as a "provocation." According to Fox News, Frants Klintsevich, first deputy chairman of the ....

  • Pentagon: 'active preparations' by Syria for chemical attack

    Date: 2017-06-27 15:57:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:6871159

    WASHINGTON, June 27 (MENA) - The Pentagon said it detected "active preparations" by Syria for a chemical weapons attack, giving weight to a White House statement hours earlier that the Syrian government would "pay a heavy price" if it carried out ....

  • Hackers strike across Europe - report

    Date: 2017-06-27 15:39:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:6871158

    LONDON, June 27 (MENA) - Major firms, airports and government departments in Ukraine have been struck by a massive cyber attack which began to spread across Europe. In Ukraine, government departments, the central bank, a state-run aircraft ....

  • Lavrov and Gabriel discuss Syrian settlement, Minsk agreements on Wednesday

    Date: 2017-06-27 14:43:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:6871078

    MOSCOW, June 27, (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel will discuss at their meeting on Wednesday combating international terrorism along with Minsk agreements and the peace process in Syria, the ....

  • Over 8,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean in 48 hours

    Date: 2017-06-27 14:14:18 GMT - Italy - World - SN:39 - ID:6871073

    ROME, June 27 (MENA) - More than 8,000 migrants have been rescued in waters off Libya during the past 48 hours in difficult weather conditions, Italy's coastguard said. "On Monday, we rescued about 5,000 people from four large boats, one smaller ....

  • Ukrainian serviceman killed in car bomb

    Date: 2017-06-27 10:06:43 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:20 - ID:6870690

    KIEV, June 27 (MENA) - Ukrainian Police said in a statement that the driver of a luxury car was killed instantly as the vehicle blew up at a Kiev intersection Tuesday morning, Russia Today reported. Local media sources said that two persons were ....

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