Cybersecurity professionals call for better education after data thefts and the Wannacry attack on NHS IT systems   Cybersecurity professionals are calling for better education and improved apprentice schemes after saying a shortfall of staff in the sector is leaving companies exposed to hacker attacks. According to a recent survey ...

The tech company says it takes the measures to prevent sudden shutdown of some devices   Apple has admitted that it takes some measures to slow down the performance of older phones. Primate Labs, a company that makes an app for measuring the speed of an iPhone’s processor, published data ...

Teenager has long history of confronting Israeli occupation soldiers   Occupied Jerusalem: Israelis call her “Shirley Temper” but to Palestinians she is a national hero for fearlessly standing up to Israeli occupation soldiers who raid and terrorise her village. Her real name is Ahed Tamimi. And a video of her ...

Quake comes five weeks after a major earthquake in the country killed at least 600 people   A large earthquake of magnitude 5.2 has struck Iran’s capital Tehran, according to state television. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The report said the quake hit just before 11.30pm Wednesday ...

News agency says arrests are attack on press freedom and US embassy says it is deeply concerned   The news agency Reuters has said it is “outraged” by the arrest of two of its journalists in Myanmar and accused officials of an attack against press freedoms. Wa Lone, 31, and ...

  MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin exhibited his growing diplomatic clout with a lightning tour through the Middle East on Monday, surprising Russian troops with his first visit to a Russian air base in Syria before skipping across the region to discuss bilateral ties in Cairo and Ankara. Along ...

Arab foreign ministers demanded the U.S. rescind President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, calling it a grave development that puts Washington on the same side as “occupation” and violates international law.   In a resolution issued Sunday long on rhetoric but short on concrete actions, the ...

His autocratic rule in Yemen delivered the country to chaos and himself to his death reportedly at the hands of a group he briefly supported   Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been killed aged 75, was the authoritarian President of Yemen who steered his impoverished Middle Eastern nation for more ...

Could Trump expect another warm welcome and traditional sword dance in Riyadh? Would the Saudis choose to buy all those billions of weapons from the US if it hands Jerusalem to the Israelis? Doubtful   Amid three catastrophic Middle East wars, it would be difficult to imagine anything more provocative, ...

Researchers say ‘source reefs’ could produce larvae and help repair damage by bleaching and starfish   A group of “source” reefs have been identified that could form the basis of a life support system for the Great Barrier Reef, helping repair damage by bleaching, starfish and other disturbances. Researchers from ...