NEW DELHI (Reuters) – International payments network SWIFT said on Saturday it had signed an agreement with Bangladesh’s central bank to help it rebuild its infrastructure after hackers used it to steal $81 million in 2016 in the world’s biggest cyber heist. Unidentified hackers, suspected to be from North Korea, carried out the heist by breaching Bangladesh Bank’s systems and […]

The United Nations in South Sudan says 311 child soldiers have been released from armed groups in the war-torn country. More than 300 child soldiers have been released from armed groups in South Sudan, the United Nations has announced. The 311 children, including 87 girls, will now begin reintegrating into their communities, the UN mission in the country (UNMISS) said […]

The attack, which killed at least 19 people, took place at a fish market close to Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria. Three bombers have killed at least 19 people, as well as themselves, in an attack on a fish market in northeastern Nigeria, according to authorities. Another 70 people were wounded when the attackers detonated their explosives on Friday evening about 20km from […]

A man from Coventry says he and his wife have been left with only £1 a day to live on after applying for Universal Credit . The struggling couple are now having to rely on donations made to the city’s foodbank to feed themselves for the first time in their lives. A complex application process and a lack of central […]

Similar ‘anti-Sharia’ bills are being considered in several states across the United States. A spate of bills in state legislatures across the United States have been decried by civil rights groups as Islamophobic.  Most recently, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington, DC-based Muslim civil rights group, has called on Idaho’s Senate to vote against a bill recently passed […]

JUPITER, Fla. — Most 2020 Democratic presidential candidates quickly joined the call for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign following the discovery of a racist photo in his medical school yearbook more than 30 years ago. Northam apologized twice Friday after the photo surfaced and said Saturday he would remain in office despite widespread calls for him to step down. […]

CARACAS (Reuters) – An active Venezuelan general called on the armed forces to rebel against President Nicolas Maduro and to recognize the opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim chief as pressure at home and abroad grows on the head of state to step down. In a video circulating on Twitter on Saturday, General Francisco Yanez of the air force’s high […]

Snowball fight turns into a riot near West Virginia University Students threw glass bottles and rocks at police who attempted to break up a crowd of almost 900 people playing in the snow. Police officers were called to an area near the campus of West Virginia University Friday to break up a snow day party that turned rowdy. Morgantown Police […]

CARACAS (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi investment firm Noor Capital said on Friday that it bought 3 tonnes of gold on Jan. 21 from Venezuela’s central bank, at a time when President Nicolas Maduro is seeking to keep his crisis-stricken government solvent. Noor Capital said in a statement it would refrain from further transactions until Venezuela’s situation stabilizes and its purchase […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – International payments network SWIFT said on Saturday it had signed an agreement with Bangladesh’s central bank to help it rebuild its infrastructure after hackers used it to steal $81 million in 2016 in the world’s biggest cyber heist. Unidentified hackers, suspected to be from North Korea, carried out the heist by breaching Bangladesh Bank’s systems and […]