Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu is in Budapest Tuesday for talks with Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, who hopes the visit will silence critics accusing him of leading an anti-Semitic crusade against US billionaire George Soros. It brings together two rightwingers enamoured of US President Donald Trump and with a disdain for the left-leaning liberal global order … Read more
President Donald Trump has vowed to improve cyber attack defense, but security experts meeting this week say a fractious domestic and international political landscape could hamstring efforts to improve internet security. As the White House mulls an executive order on cybersecurity to combat an epidemic of data breaches and hacks, participants at the annual RSA … Read more
The Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh wielded a potent mix of brute force and mysticism to keep citizens in a permanent state of fear, a legacy that lingers. Whether a poor farmer or government minister, nobody could feel safe during Jammeh’s 22-year rule. Now, weeks after the paranoid autocrat was chased from power in the … Read more
The Obama administration has blacklisted five prominent Russians, just 11 days before he leaves office. Chief federal investigator Alexander Bastrykin and two men wanted in the UK for the murder of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko are among them. The sanctions come amid worsening ties, including claims Russia ran a cyber campaign to influence the US … Read more
The Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Akwasi Osei, has advocated decriminalising suicide in the country. He said rather than punishing victims who attempted suicide, families and communities should help them to recover from their challenges. Dr Osei, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, was speaking at a forum on suicide in … Read more