London: Humans should embrace the change smart machines offer society, says former chess world champion Garry Kasparov, reports BBC. In a speech at Def Con in Las Vegas he said the rise of artificially intelligent machines would not be a huge threat to humanity. However, he said, there was likely to…

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump ousted his beleaguered chief of staff Reince Priebus on Friday, replacing him with Homeland Security Secretary and…

Caracas: Despite four months of deadly protests and the threat of U.S. sanctions, Venezuela on Saturday found itself 24 hours away from a consolidation of government power that appeared certain to drag the OPEC nation deeper into a crisis that has entire neighborhoods battling police and paramilitaries…

RAQA: As Islamic State group fighters steadily lose chunks of their Syrian bastion Raqa to a US-backed force, the jihadists are ramping up the ferocity of their counter-attacks, reports AFP. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) first broke into Raqa in early June and have advanced in a pincer-like motion…

NAIROBI: Unknown gunmen attacked the home of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday, less than two weeks before the country votes in high-stakes polls, two security sources told AFP. Ruto was not home during the attack that left one officer from the elite police General Service Unit (GSU)…

HAMBURG: The suspect who killed a man with a knife in Hamburg supermarket was a known Islamist, German officials said Saturday, adding that his motives remained unclear as he also suffered from psychological problems, reports AFP. Identified as a 26-year-old man of Palestinian origin, he had arrived…

HANOI: Eight people were killed Saturday after a fire ripped through a small cake factory in a suburb of Vietnam's capital Hanoi, an official said, reports AFP. The flames erupted on Saturday morning, trapping workers inside the factory in Hoai Duc district, according to state media. "Eight…

TAIPEI: Taiwan came to a standstill on Saturday with power knocked out for part of the island as it braced for its first typhoon of the year, reports…