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French conservative favourite Fillon says Russia poses no security threat
PARIS Former prime minister Francois Fillon, favourite to become the French centre-right's candidate for president in an election next year, said on Monday that Russia did not constitute a security threat and it was "completely stupid" to push it away.
Hackers target ATMs across Europe as cyber threat grows
Cyber criminals have remotely attacked cash machines in more than a dozen countries across Europe this year, using malicious software that forces machines to spit out cash, according to Russian cyber security firm Group IB.
Hackers target ATMs across Europe as cyber threat grows
Cyber criminals have remotely attacked cash machines in more than a dozen countries across Europe this year, using malicious software that forces machines to spit out cash, according to Russian cyber security firm Group IB.
Russia's Zaripova stripped of London steeplechase gold medal
ZURICH Russia's Yuliya Zaripova has been stripped of the gold medal she won in the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 London Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday.
UPDATE 1-Doping-Russia's Zaripova stripped of London steeplechase gold medal
ZURICH, Nov 21 Russia's Yuliya Zaripova has been stripped of the gold medal she won in the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 London Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday.
Russian tycoon could take control of Turkcell: source
ISTANBUL Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman could take control of Turkcell after fellow shareholder Cukurova failed to declare an intent to buy a disputed 13.2 percent stake by a court deadline, a source close to the matter said on Monday.
UPDATE 1-Russian tycoon could take control of Turkcell -source
ISTANBUL, Nov 21 Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman could take control of Turkcell after fellow shareholder Cukurova failed to declare an intent to buy a disputed 13.2 percent stake by a court deadline, a source close to the matter said on Monday.
China says would consider Turkish membership of security bloc
BEIJING China said on Monday it was willing to consider any application from NATO-member Turkey to join a Russian and Chinese-led security bloc, after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said his country could join.
Obama offers bleak assessment of situation in Syria
LIMA U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that chaos in Syria could persist for "quite some time" and that Russian and Iranian support for President Bashar al-Assad's air campaign had emboldened the Syrian leader's crackdown on rebels. | Video
Japan ex-minister warns resolving isles row with Russia not easy
TOKYO A potential ruling party rival to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned on Monday against excessive optimism over a breakthrough in a decades-old territorial row with Moscow when Abe meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Japan next month.
U.N. says nearly one million Syrians besieged; U.S. names, shames commanders
UNITED NATIONS The number of besieged Syrians has more than doubled over the past year to nearly one million, the United Nations aid chief told the Security Council on Monday, as the United States named 13 Syrian military commanders it accused of killing civilians.
