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Amber Rudd: viewers of online terrorist material face 15 years in jail   Alan Travis Tightening of law around viewing terrorist material is response to increasing frequency of UK attacks. People who repeatedly view terrorist content online...

Trump ousts Tillerson, names Pompeo as secretary of state   The US president says he is replacing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, and has tapped Gina Haspel to head the intelligence...

Global powers welcome historic Korean summit   From Washington to Beijing, world leaders and governments praised Friday's historic inter-Korean summit, urging rival Koreas to step into more dialogue. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un (L) and South Korea's...

Japanese capital holds first North Korean missile attack drill   People in Japan had a scare last week when the public broadcaster mistakenly issued a missile launch alert. But Tokyo officials are not taking any chances—they...

Austria deploys police, troops for immigration exercise on border   The drill is part of the right-wing government's efforts to discourage migrants from setting off to find a home in central Europe. Policemen attend an exercise to...

The oil and gas industry must take cybersecurity seriously By Elizabeth Matsangou The very nature of the oil, gas and petrochemical industry means it is exceptionally vulnerable to attack, making robust cybersecurity a matter of life...

Google fires employee behind anti-diversity memo   Google engineer James Damore caused a furore with an internal memo that suggested men naturally do tech better than women. Internet giant Google has fired the male engineer at the...

Major fire breaks out at hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, patients evacuated     PATIENTS, some wheeled out in their sick beds, have been evacuated after a huge fire broke out in an Istanbul hospital. A HUGE fire has...

Europe swelters in record heatwave   Heatstroke kills three people in Spain as the most severe heatwave grips the continent with temperatures touching a scorching 45 degrees Celsius in some areas. Tourists cool off at a fountain...

Magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south and central Mexico   A powerful earthquake shook south and central Mexico on Friday, causing people to flee buildings and office towers in the country's capital, and setting off quake alert...