2015-11-06 Cybersecurity Market Growing with Increased Hacking
The global cybersecurity market is expected to grow 121 percent in the next five years, says a new study. The size of the industry will grow from $77 billion in…
2015-11-06 Sprint Signs Telecommunications Deal in Cuba
Sprint has become the first United States-based telecommunications company to provide direct roaming mobile phone service to foreigners in Cuba. The deal was announced Monday in Havana, the Cuban capital.…
2015-11-05 Group Urges Cameroon Government to Close 1,000 Hospitals
The National Medical Council in Cameroon is calling on government officials to close 1,000 hospitals it says are operating illegally. The council says the hospitals do not have enough trained…
2015-11-05 Pakistan Victims Call for Help from Rubble Using Mobile Phones
Workers at a collapsed Pakistani factory begged for rescue and called for help on mobile phones Thursday. One of the trapped workers told a Pakistani television station the roof collapsed.…
2015-11-04 Islamic State Called More Brutal Than Taliban
Some Afghans say militants claiming to represent the Islamic State group are to blame for the worst incidents of brutality they have ever seen. The militants recently took control of…
2015-11-04 Iraqi Politician Ahmad Chalabi Dies
Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi, 71, has died in Baghdad. Chalabi influenced American lawmakers and presidential advisers to invade Iraq and overthrow the Saddam Hussein government in 1998. Chalabi lived in…
2015-11-04 Erdogan’s Party Winner in Turkish Elections
Turkish elections on Sunday returned a majority to the Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. AKP is Turkey’s socially conservative party. It claimed nearly…
2015-11-03 US: Heat Flash Detected at Time of Russian Plane Crash
United States officials said Tuesday a U.S. military satellite detected a heat flash before a Russian airplane crashed over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The Metrojet A-321 crash happened on October 31,…
2015-11-03 Major World Sports Championships Decided
Two world championships were decided this weekend on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In England, the Rugby World Cup was decided. In New York, the baseball season saw its…
2015-11-03 Angry Men Win Friends and Influence While Angry Women Lose
Angry men appear to gain influence in a group, but angry women lose influence, according to a new study. Researchers from Arizona State University (ASU) published their findings in the…
2015-11-03 US ‘Advisors’ to Syria Frustrates Anti-Assad Rebels
Tensions and frustrations were high as the United States said it would send forces into Northern Syria to fight Islamic State. The frustration came from the Free Syrian Army (FSA),…
2015-11-03 World Will Be Watching Myanmar’s Elections
Myanmar will hold elections November 8. It will be the first general election in 25 years for the country, also known as Burma. A nominally civilian government took power in…
2015-11-02 Officials Say ‘External Reasons’ Brought Plane Down
Technical failure and human error did not cause Flight 7K9268 to crash, say senior officials at Metrojet. But if they do know what caused the crash, they are not saying.…
2015-11-02 Hemp on Trial in Malawi
In Malawi, the government has approved plans to grow industrial hemp for export on a trial or temporary basis. The government’s decision followed years of heated debate. The proposal continues…
2015-11-01 Vietnam Shoots to YouTube’s Top 10 Countries
The country of Vietnam is among YouTube’s top 10 foreign markets. It has become a major test area in Asia. YouTube announced the ranking at a Ho Minh City event…