AFP, SEOUL: North Korean hackers managed to steal thousands of records from private firms and state agencies in the South including defence industry information and files from Korean Air, Seoul police said Monday. The hacking originated from 16 servers based in the North’s capital Pyongyang, police…

AFP, ORLANDO: People close to the gunman behind the attack on a gay nightclub in Florida that left 50 dead, paint a picture of a violent and prejudiced…

AFP, BAGHDAD: A suicide attack carried out by Islamic State group fighters killed at least five members of the Iraqi security forces on Monday in the city of Ramadi, army officers said. The Iraqi army earlier this year regained control of Ramadi, the capital of the country’s vast Anbar province,…

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have killed five Kurdish rebels near the country’s northwestern border with Iraq, an official statement said Monday. “A team of five from the PJAK terrorist splinter group... has been identified and destroyed in the Sardasht region”…

AFP, ROME: Pope Francis on Monday hit out at the “brazen” free circulation of arms worldwide, a day after a gunman used an assault rifle to kill 50 people in an Orlando gay nightclub. On a visit to the headquarters of the World Food Programme (WFP), the pontiff contrasted the ease of obtaining…

AFP, WASHINGTON: The head of a prominent US Muslim advocacy group Sunday strongly condemned the nightclub massacre in Florida, calling members of the Islamic State group an “aberration” amid allegations the gunman was inspired by the jihadists. Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council…