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March 21, 2019
Facebook admits storing passwords in plain text
SAN FRANCISCO, California —Facebook on Thursday admitted that millions of passwords were stored in plain text on its internal servers, a security slip that left them readable by the social networking giant’s employees.“To be clear, these passwords were never visible to anyone outside of Facebook and we have found no evidence to date that anyone internally abused or improperly accessed them,” vice president of engineering, security, and privacy Pedro Canahuati ...
March 21, 2019
Dozens dead as ferry sinks in north Iraq
MOSUL, Iraq — A ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in the former militant stronghold of Mosul on Thursday, leaving more than 70 people dead in Iraq’s worst accident in years.There was an outpouring of grief among residents who only recently resumed festivities on the banks of the Tigris after the northern city’s recapture from Daesh (the so-called IS).The vessel was packed with ...
March 21, 2019
10 dead in Egypt chemical plant blast
CAIRO — At least 10 people were killed Thursday in an explosion at a chemical plant in Ain Sokhna on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, security and medical sources said.Two medics said that 10 bodies had been received at a morgue in Suez.Families of victims gathered outside the morgue, an AFP stringer at the site said.Officials have not confirmed a final toll or the location of the blast.Local media have reported ...
March 21, 2019
Dozens dead as ferry sinks in north Iraq
MOSUL, Iraq — A ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul on Thursday, leaving more than 70 people dead in Iraq’s worst accident in years.The accident sparked an outpouring of grief among residents who only recently resumed festivities on the banks of the Tigris after the northern city’s recapture from the Islamic State group.The vessel was packed ...
March 21, 2019
Bashir cuts jail term for violations to state of emergency
KHARTOUM — Sudanese President Omar Bashir has cut the maximum jail term for violating the country’s state of emergency from 10 years to six months as protesters staged rallies against his rule on Thursday.Deadly protests have rocked Sudan since December, and Bashir imposed a nationwide state of emergency on Feb. 22 to quell the demonstrations seen as the biggest challenge to his three-decade rule.Bashir had initially announced that any violations ...
March 21, 2019
Brazil’s ex-President Michel Temer arrested in ‘Car Wash’ probe
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil’s ex-president Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday, an official said, as part of a sprawling anti-corruption probe that has already claimed dozens of political and corporate scalps.Police arrested Temer, the 78-year-old predecessor of current far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, in Sao Paulo, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office in Rio de Janeiro said.Former mines and energy minister Moreira Franco was also detained along with ...
March 21, 2019
UK police probe attacks on five mosques in Birmingham
LONDON — A sledgehammer-wielding man was seen smashing windows at two mosques in Britain’s second city Birmingham and three more have been similarly vandalized overnight, the police said on Thursday.Counterterrorism officers are investigating attacks on the mosques in different areas in the central English city, West Midlands Police said in a statement.The force added the incidents were “being treated as linked”.“We don’t know the motive for last night’s attacks,” said ...
March 21, 2019
Kremlin accuses US of stoking tensions by flying bombers near its borders
MOSCOW — The Kremlin on Thursday complained that flights by US nuclear-capable B-52 strategic bombers across the Baltic Sea near Russia’s borders were creating tensions in the region, but Washington said they were needed to deter potential adversaries.Russia’s Defense Ministry said earlier on Thursday that it had scrambled two Sukhoi SU-27 fighter jets to intercept a US B-52 strategic bomber which radar systems indicated was flying towards Russia’s borders, albeit ...
March 21, 2019
Facing pressure from US sanctions, Iran’s leader slams Western powers
DUBAI — Iran is determined to boost its defense capabilities despite mounting pressure from the United States and its allies to curb its ballistic missile program, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday.“We need to take Iran to a point that enemy understand that they cannot threaten Iran ... America’s sanctions will make Iran self-sufficient,” Khamenei said in a speech broadcast live on state TV.President Donald Trump withdrew the ...
March 21, 2019
Pakistan court jails Czech model to 8 years for drug trafficking
LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani court sentenced a Czech national to over eight years in prison, more than a year after being arrested in the eastern city of Lahore for trafficking eight and a half kilograms of heroin.Tereza Hluskova — a 22-year-old model — has denied the charges and announced plans to file an appeal against the decision following the court’s decision on Wednesday.“We will file an appeal against the ...
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