Hackers stole $6m from Russian bank using SWIFT

Unknown hackers stole 339.5 million roubles ($6 million) from a Russian bank last year in an attack using the SWIFT international
16 February 2018

MSF reveals cases after Oxfam scam

A scandal over sexual abuse in the foreign aid industry that began with Oxfam spread on Wednesday, as French group Doctors
15 February 2018

Ultra-processed foods linked to cancer: study

Scientists yesterday suggested a link between cancer and "ultra-processed" foods such as cookies, fizzy drinks and sugary cereals,
15 February 2018

UK blames Russia

Britain yesterday accused the Russian military of being behind last year's "NotPetya" cyber-attack, which started in Ukraine and Russia
15 February 2018

Bangladesh mission in London urges action against attackers

Bangladesh High Commission in London urges the British government to take legal action against the people who were behind the attack on the mission office last week.
15 February 2018

Prince Henrik of Denmark dies

Prince Henrik, the French-born husband of Denmark's Queen Margrethe, has died at age 83, ending a half-century struggle to win the
14 February 2018

Guatemala arrests ex-president

Guatemalan authorities on Tuesday arrested former president Alvaro Colom on corruption charges, along with 10 members of his 2008-
14 February 2018

Boris Johnson seeks to allay Brexit fears

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson yesterday called for Britain to completely throw off EU rules and to view Brexit as an opportunity, while
14 February 2018

France threatens strikes if chem attacks proven

France will launch strikes if proof emerges that the Syrian regime has used banned chemical weapons against its civilians, President
14 February 2018

Assange loses UK legal bid again

WikiLeaks founder Assange yesterday lost his legal battle to overturn a British arrest warrant against him, leaving him in the Ecuador's
13 February 2018

Ice on sensors 'caused Russia plane crash'

Russian experts probing the weekend plane crash outside Moscow which killed 71 people said the accident may have been caused by ice
13 February 2018

London airport closed after WWII bomb found

London City Airport was closed yesterday as military experts worked to remove a World War II bomb found in the neighbouring dock. The
12 February 2018

EU warns charities after Oxfam scandal

The EU yesterday ordered Oxfam to explain itself over a 2011 prostitution scandal in Haiti, warning charities that the bloc would cut their
12 February 2018

Investigators brave deep snow in hunt for clues

Rescuers yesterday searched through deep snow for body parts and debris after a Russian passenger plane crashed near Moscow
12 February 2018

Saudi gives up control of Brussels mosque

Saudi Arabia has agreed to give up control of Belgium's largest mosque in a sign that it is trying to shed its reputation as a global
12 February 2018

UK warns charities after Oxfam scam

The British Government yesterday said it is warning all charities that receive UK aid to step up efforts to tackle sexual misconduct among
11 February 2018

All 71 onboard Russian plane killed in crash: Transport prosecutor's office

All 71 people onboard a Russian plane which crashed on Sunday were killed, Reuters reports quoting the office of Russia’s transport prosecutor.
11 February 2018

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves home for Italy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves country for Rome on a four-day official visit to Italy and Vatican City.
11 February 2018

A fifth of UK House staff report sexual harassment

Around one in five people employed at the British parliament have experienced or witnessed sexual harassment at work during the
8 February 2018

Merkel under fire from own ranks

Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) partners faced a chorus of scepticism yesterday as allies and opponents
8 February 2018