SEOUL: South Korea’s spy agency said North Korean hackers were behind attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges this year in which some 7.6 billion won ($6.99 million) worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The cyber attacks attributed to North Korean hackers also included the leaking of personal information from 36,000 accounts from the […]
Some Canada firms could move to US amid NAFTA worries: survey
OTTAWA: Around six percent of Canadian firms could move part of their operations to the United States amid uncertainty over the future of the NAFTA trade pact, the nation’s export credit agency said on Friday. The semi-annual forecast by Export Development Canada reflects the challenges posed by the more isolationist approach to trade of US […]
Bitcoin hits new record high as warnings grow louder
LONDON: Bitcoin blasted to another all-time high of almost $18,000 on the Bitstamp exchange on Friday, up 9 percent on the day, as warnings grew over the risks of investing in the highly volatile and speculative instrument. The cryptocurrency’s staggering recent price rises — more than 1,700 percent since the start of the year — […]
Judiciary not part of any ‘plan’: CJP
LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday categorically stated that there was neither any pressure on judiciary nor it was part of any ‘bigger plan’ in giving verdicts in the high-profile cases. “All organs of the state are integrated and linked with democracy. If there is no democracy then we will have […]
Islamic State: What happened to all the foreign fighters?
An estimated 40,000 people traveled from around the world to take up arms for the Islamic State group as it occupied territory in Syria and Iraq and declared a caliphate in 2014. A few hundred are believed to still be fighting as IS struggles to survive, having lost most of its territory to campaigns by […]
Austria’s Sebastian Kurz, the world’s youngest leader in waiting
“Whizz-kid”, “Basti Fantasti” and “Messiah” are just some of the monikers given to Austrian conservative Sebastian Kurz, set to become the world’s youngest leader at just 31. His People’s Party (OeVP), revamped by Kurz as a more hardline “movement”, agreed late on Friday a coalition deal with the far-right that will see him sworn in […]
Pakistan mourns deadliest attack in country’s history three years on
The portraits of the martyrs were displayed on roads in Peshawar Cantonment and other parts of the provincial capital to pay tributes to them. An event was held at the Army Public School and College in Peshawar in memory of the martyrs. Parents of the APS martyrs, Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Nazir Ahmad Butt, […]
Rahul Gandhi extends family grip on India’s Congress party
India’s Rahul Gandhi took over Saturday as president of the main opposition Congress, becoming the sixth member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to head the party that has ruled the country for much of its independent history. Fireworks erupted over the party headquarters in New Delhi drowning out the voice of his mother Sonia Gandhi as […]
Australian PM future safeguarded in crucial Sydney by-election
SYDNEY: Australia’s conservative coalition government regained its razor-thin parliamentary majority on Saturday after inner Sydney voters re-elected a former professional tennis player in a special poll triggered by a constitutional crisis. The Liberal Party victory in the blue-ribbon Sydney seat of Bennelong is a much-needed relief for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, whose leadership has been […]
Alleged slave trade may lead to int’l intervention in Libya
TRIPOLI: A recent CNN report about markets of African migrant slave has drown regional and international criticism, which might eventually lead to the international community intervening in Libya to protect the rights of stranded migrants. “The migration of Africans through Libya cannot be eradicated. It can only be managed and its negative effects can be […]