February 24, 2015 - Page 12

RESEARCHERS have identified a fresh threat to the way consumers interact with websites, this time from software designed to block advertisements. PrivDog has been found to compromise a layer of the internet

AUSTRALIA is investigating 44 allegations of sexual abuse of asylum seekers in detention centres. Immigration official Ken Douglas told a senate committee that some of these cases involve children but could not

INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo says foreign nations should not interfere in his country’s right to use the death penalty. He is under pressure from the leaders of Australia, Brazil and France, whose

GREECE has submitted a list of reform proposals to its bailout creditors, the European Commission says. The list was received “on time”, a spokesman tweeted. The measures include combating tax evasion and

SOUTH Korea and the US have announced that their annual military drills will begin on 2 March – a move that will anger Pyongyang. The exercises, called Key Resolve and Foal Eagle,

THERE needs to be a “cultural shift” in the way victims of crime in England and Wales are treated, a panel of criminal justice experts has said. The group, set up by

THE UK offshore oil and gas industry has reported its worst annual performance for four decades. Industry body Oil & Gas UK said falling oil prices and rising costs meant the sector

KENYA’S High Court has thrown out key aspects of a tough new anti-terrorism law after a legal challenge by the opposition. Eight clauses were annulled, including those which curbed media freedom and

SIR Malcolm Rifkind, the Conservative MP in the “cash for access” row, is facing more pressure to step down as chair of Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee. One of his predecessors, Kim