Source: independent.co.ukMuslim hackers have attackedIsis¡¯spropaganda network and published a list of almost 2,000 subscribers¡¯ email addresses in the latest blow to the online ¡°caliphate¡±.After numerous cyber attacks and official takedowns targetingitsAmaq ¡°news agency¡±, Isis issued a message on Friday night claiming it had increased security.¡°In response to recent events, we have imposed more stringent security measures on our systems,¡± said the email in Arabic.¡°We can now handle emai

Source: reuters.comGreece will distribute 1.4 billion euros ($1.63 billion) as a social dividend to pensioners and others hit hard by the country¡¯s austerity programs, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday.The money is available because the country has beaten its 2017 bailout target for a primary surplus - which excludes debt servicing costs - of 1.75 percent of gross economic output, he said.Tsipras came to power in 2015 promising to end austerity but was later forced to sign up to a ne

Source: cba.caMore than 15,000 scientists around the world haveissued a global warning: there needs tobe changein order to save Earth.It comes 25 years after the first noticein 1992 when a mere 1,500 scientists issued a similar warning.This new cautioning ¡ª which gained popularity on Twitter with #ScientistsWarningToHumanity¡ª garnered more than 15,000 signatures.William Ripple of Oregon State University's College of Forestry, who started the campaign, said that he came across the 1992 warn

Source: bbc.comThe Myanmar army has released the results of an internal investigation in which it exonerates itself of blame regarding the Rohingya crisis.It denies killing any Rohingya people, burning their villages, raping women and girls, and stealing possessions.The assertions contradict evidence seen by BBC correspondents of a crisis the United Nations has called a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.Amnesty International said the army's report was an attempted whitewash.The human righ

Source: qz.comIt took70 years, but the European Union finally signed a pact today (Nov. 13) agreeing to integrate military funding, weapons development, and deployment of European defenses.In a way, creating a unified mega army.US president¡¯s Donald Trump¡¯sfrequent accusationsthat EU countries do not pay enough into NATO has been one catalyst for them move forward with a unified plan for military cooperation.The other is that it could legitimately diminish the bloc¡¯s dependence on US military

Source: foxnews.comAfter falling out with Benjamin Netanyahu as a junior member of the Cabinet last year, Avi Gabbay is now a leading candidate to replace the scandal-plagued prime minister.Buoyed by a rags-to-riches personal story and a centrist worldview that appeals to Israel's traditional swing voters, Gabbay has led the opposition Labor Party to a big bump in the polls.But the 50-year-old former telecom executive has his sights set on more than just victory at the ballot box:He wants to

Source: theguardian.comThe globe¡¯s richest 1% own half the world¡¯s wealth, according to a new report highlighting the growing gap between the super-rich and everyone else.The world¡¯s richest people have seen their share of the globe¡¯s totalwealth increase from 42.5%at the height of the 2008 financial crisis to 50.1% in 2017, or $140tn (¡ê106tn), according to Credit Suisse¡¯s global wealth report published on Tuesday.¡°The share of the top 1% has been on an upward path ever since [the crisis]

Source: foxnews.comAn Indian adventurer dodged terrorists in the barren desert to stake ownership to a strip of land between Sudan and Egypt that neither country has claimed.SyashDixit, a computer coder from Indore, India, undertook a perilous six-hour drive and declared himself king of the Kingdom of Dixit in Bir Tawil.An 800-square miletractthat Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings said in a 2011 article was there for the taking if anyone was up to the challenge.The land is believed to be the largest a

A military officer read out a statement on national TV early on WednesdaySource: bbc.comZimbabwe's military has read out a statement after taking over the national broadcaster, ZBC, saying it has taken action to target criminals.However, it said this was not a military takeover of government and President Robert Mugabe was safe.Heavy gunfire and artillery were heard in northern suburbs of the capital, Harare, early on Wednesday.Zimbabwe's envoy to South Africa, Isaac Moyo, earlier dismis

abcnews.comU.S. prosecutors leveled charges Thursday against the billionaire founder of an opioid medication maker that has faced increasing scrutiny over allegations of pushing prescriptions of powerful painkillers amid a drug epidemic that is claiming thousands of lives each year.The case naming Kapoor follows indictments against the company's former CEO and other executives and managers on allegations that they provided kickbacks to doctors to prescribe a potent opioid called Subsys.In th