Day: June 5, 2019

IS claims deadly attack in Egypt’s Sinai: Propaganda arm

11:23 pm June 5, 2019

Beirut: The Islamic State group claimed an attack that killed eight Egyptian policemen in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, as the country marked the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr. “Islamic State fighters this morning launched two simultaneous attacks on two police checkpoints in the city of El-Arish,” said a statement released by the jihadist group’s propaganda wing, […]

Ghaziabad assault case: Twitter India MD gets relief, no coercive action, says Karnataka HC

Russia effort in 2016 US election was ‘vast,’ ‘professional’

11:13 pm June 5, 2019

Washington: Russia’s efforts to sow misinformation on Twitter ahead of the 2016 US election was more extensive and professional than earlier believed, security researchers said Wednesday. A report by the security firm Symantec said some of the accounts linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency dated back as far as 2014 and that the manipulation effort involved a vast effort that included both automated […]

Senators seek to block Trump’s arms sales to Saudis

10:52 pm June 5, 2019

Washington: Senators across the political spectrum on Wednesday moved to block President Donald Trump’s plan to sell $8.1 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies as US lawmakers’ frustration with the kingdom soars. The Trump administration last month said it would use emergency powers to defy Congress and provide munitions, aircraft maintenance and other military components to Saudi Arabia along with the United […]

Hungary tourist boat disaster death toll climbs to 13

10:45 pm June 5, 2019

Budapest: Hungarian police said Wednesday the bodies of two more South Korean tourists had been found after the sinking of a sightseeing vessel in Budapest last week, raising the toll to 13 killed with 15 people still missing. The vessel, the Mermaid, was carrying mainly South Korean tourists when it overturned and sank within seconds after a May […]

Production resumes at world’s biggest Nutella plant

10:11 pm June 5, 2019

Paris: Workers at the world’s biggest Nutella factory have removed picket lines and are back at work after production was brought to a near standstill for more than a week over a dispute on salaries. Ferrero, the owner of the hugely popular hazelnut and chocolate spread, said Wednesday that access to the factory was reopened overnight and […]