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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Iran's Oil Ministry, already battling stringent economic sanctions aimed at throttling the country's oil exports, is having to fight on another front: cyberattacks...Iranian media reported the ministry was forced to disconnect key oil facilities,...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
Israelis headed to beaches, national parks, nature reserves and military bases Thursday as the nation celebrated its 64th Independence Day. In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu , President Shimon Peres and armed forces chief Gen.
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| 1 year ago
Barak told an audience at Air Force House in Herzliya on Thursday, Israel's Independence Day, that a nuclear Iran would launch a regional nuclear arms race and would embolden Iranian proxies that attack Israel, Israel Radio reported. The Obama...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Despite conflicting statements from top Israeli officials on Iran's nuclear program, the threat of war remains high...Russia Today: President Obama has put forward an ultimatum for Iran: either make progress with negotiators or face consequences,...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
But I'm not a literary critic and the prime minister expressed his opinion on the matter," he said. In a speech last week to mark the Nazi Holocaust, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "People who refuse to see the Iranian threat have learned...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Iran is busy acquiring the technical know-how to launch a potentially crippling cyber-attack on the United States and its allies, experts told a congressional hearing on Thursday, urging the US to step up its defensive measures. "Over the past three...
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NewKerala
| 1 year ago
In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister S...Krishna said "the government of India implements its obligations under the UN Security Council Resolution on Iran". Stating that India in "bound by UN sanctions" on Iran, he said...
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China News
| 1 year ago
Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesman Geng Yansheng on Thursday refuted reports that China and the United States will hold a joint cyber military exercise in May. Geng denied the reports at a regular monthly press briefing, saying that these claims were...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Share This Story Lt General Benny Gantz told Haaretz that while he is preparing for action against Iran should it ever be deemed necessary he did not believe that Iran would "go the extra mile" in turning its nuclear technology to military purposes.
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| 1 year ago
Israelis watch Yom Haatzmaut fireworks in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, April 25, 2012. (Photo: Reuters) Israeli Nobel winner Daniel Schechtman talks to David Horowitz of the Times of Israel about how he sees education as key to a successful future for...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 1 year ago
Japan 's customs-cleared crude imports from Iran fell 6.3 percent in March from a year ago, ahead of a sharp drop expected in April and May due to difficulty in doing business with the Islamic Republic amid tighter Western sanctions. The drop last...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
April 26, 2012 Security professionals in both the U.S. government and in private industry have long feared the prospect of a cyberwar with China or Russia, two states capable of launching destructive attacks on the computer networks that control...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
The White House has given the Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon broader authority to carry out drone strikes in Yemen against terrorists who imperil the United States, reflecting rising concerns about the country as a safe haven for Al...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
Updated Iran is finding ways around international sanctions meant to pressure its leaders to abandon its nuclear aspirations, even as evidence mounts that sanctions are hurting the Iranian people, analysts say. Sponsored Links "It's definitely having...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Graphic Iran's nuclear matrix Gallery Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have repeatedly stressed that they do not think sanctions and diplomacy will persuade Iran to halt a nuclear program they describe as a military one, and they warn that...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
Iran "is going step by step to the place where it will be able to decide whether to manufacture a nuclear bomb," Chief of Staff Lt...Benny Gantz told Israel's Haaretz newspaper in Wednesday editions. "It hasn't yet decided whether to go the extra...
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Mail and Guardian
| 1 year ago
MTN, the R255-billion Johannesburg-listed cellphone giant, is in danger of being whacked with sanctions by the United States for its telecommunication activities in Iran and Syria. United States President Barack Obama issued an executive order this...
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
Israel's military chief has signaled a softening of his country's line on Iran, saying that he does not believe Iran will decide to produce an atomic bomb and describing its leadership as "very rational". In the interview published on Wednesday in...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
Kurdish rebels killed four members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards in an attack in the west of the country, the Iranian news agency Mehr said on Wednesday. Iranian security forces have been on the offensive against the rebels in mountainous...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Iran may not pursue the development of nuclear weapons, said the leader of Israel 's military. In an interview with Israel 's Haaretz newspaper, Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz, the chief of general staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said that...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Iran and major nations have a "historic opportunity" to settle their decade-old nuclear dispute, but requiring the Islamic state to stop higher-grade uranium enrichment would be discriminatory, Tehran's former chief nuclear negotiator said. Hossein...
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The Tribune
| 1 year ago
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,810 US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,810 As of Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at least 1,810 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001,...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
Source Beijing: North Korea has almost completed preparations for a third nuclear test, a senior source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing told Reuters, which will draw further international condemnation following a failed rocket launch if it...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
The Iranian oil ministry said on Tuesday its IT systems had suffered no lasting damage from a suspected cyber attack, but its experts would require two or three days to investigate and address the impact of the virus. The virus hit the internet and...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Iran has been forced to take emergency action to protect its main oil terminal and other parts of its energy infrastructure after they came under a fresh wave of cyber-attacks. Reports on semi-official news agencies said that the oil terminal, on...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 1 year ago
Sudanese war planes bombed a market in the capital of South Sudan's oil-producing Unity State on Monday, residents and officials said, an attack the southern army called a declaration of war. AFP) The European Union turned its sights on the Assad...
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NOW Lebanon
| 1 year ago
Iran on Tuesday warned that new US sanctions targeting its access to surveillance technology were "negative" and could adversely affect its crucial talks next month with world powers over Tehran's nuclear program. "We consider any kind of sanction as...
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Israel National News
| 1 year ago
Holocaust Museum, Obama said the human-rights situation in the two countries is sad and getting worse.
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-04-24 01:53 PM The United States unveiled new sanctions against major telecom firms in Syria and Iran for recording cellphone calls, monitoring Internet traffic...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
Panetta dismisses Iran claims on copying US drone AFP 16 mins ago US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta (L) greets a Colombian soldier of the special forces during a visit to Tolemaida military base in Melgar, Tolima department, Colombia, on April 23,...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
He continued, When faced with a regime that threatens global security and denies the Holocaust and threatens to destroy Israel, the United States will do everything in our power to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Obama also said that,...
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Newyork Times
| 1 year ago
Iran disconnected several of its main Persian Gulf oil terminals from the Internet on Monday, local news media reported, as technicians were struggling to contain what they said was an intensifying cyberattack on the Oil Ministry and its affiliates.
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
Iran disconnected several of its main Persian Gulf oil terminals from the Internet on Monday, local news media reported, as technicians were struggling to contain what they said was an intensifying cyberattack on the Oil Ministry and its affiliates.
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
President Obama Monday targets technology and social media used for human-rights abuses in Iran and Syria. The order, signed Sunday, and other actions taken demonstrate the United States recognizes "we need to be doing everything we can to prevent...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
With online attacks against government servers becoming more frequent, President Obama has signed orders that will lay a foundation for how far military leaders can go in employing cyber attacks against nations worldwide in acts of espionage...The...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
When an attack on Iran's nuclear program is debated in public, the main focus is on the Iranian response. Quite obviously, the day or week following an attack would be more difficult than the day or week following any hypothetical day on which such...
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Haaretz
| 1 year ago
Israel denied on Monday that it had gained access to air bases in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, which borders its foe Iran. "Such reports are from the sphere of science fiction and do not correspond with the truth," Israeli Foreign...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama unveiled sanctions on Monday against those who help Syria and Iran track dissidents through cell phones and computers and said he would keep adding pressure on both governments to prevent mass atrocities. In a somber speech at...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Iranian President Ahmadinejad listens to the head of state-owned National Iranian Oil Company, Jashnsaz in a oil plant (Reuters) Hackers attacked and took down Iran's oil ministry website and affiliated sites, local media reported. The websites,...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
Iran is investigating a suspected cyber attack on its main oil export terminal and on the Oil Ministry itself, Iranian industry sources said on Monday...The virus, which is likely to be compared to the Stuxnet computer worm which reportedly affected...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
One is a new executive order that will allow U.S. officials to impose sanctions on foreign governments that use modern technology, such as cell phones and the Internet, to abuse human rights -- an action aimed specifically at Iran and Syria. Iran and...
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Jerusalem Post
| 1 year ago
US president set to announce freeze of US assets linked to people found to have aided satellite, computer, phone network monitoring in Syria, Iran; Iranian Oil Ministry reportedly hit by cyber attack. US President Barack Obama will announce sanctions...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Iranian oil terminal 'offline' after 'malware attack' Iran has been forced to disconnect key oil facilities after suffering a malware attack on Sunday, say reports. The computer virus is believed to have hit the internal computer systems at Iran's...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
Iranian authorities are investigating a suspected cyber attack on Iran's main oil export terminal, Iranian industry sources said on Monday. The virus struck late on Sunday, affecting the main Internet and communications systems of Iran's Oil Ministry...
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Xtra News
| 1 year ago
A voracious virus attack has hit computers running key parts of Iran's oil sector, forcing authorities to unplug its main oil export terminal from the Internet and to set up a cyber crisis team, according to reports on Monday. The Mehr news agency...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Iran (AP) — Iran has disconnected its oil ministry and its main crude export terminal from the Internet to avoid being attacked by computer malware, a semiofficial news agency reported on Monday.
Mehr said an export terminal in Kharg...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
reports AFP 3 mins ago John Bumgarner, a cyber warfare expert who is chief technology officer of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, holds a notebook computer while posing for a portrait in Charlotte. A cyber warfare expert claims he has linked the...
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Alternet
| 1 year ago
Covert operations are nothing new in American history, but it could be argued that during the past decade they have moved from being a relatively minor arrow in the national security quiver to being the cutting edge of American power...But these...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
The air force commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards , Brig...Amir Ali Hajizadeh, suggested in remarks to the country's semiofficial news agency that Iran had or would soon reverse-engineer the aircraft, known as the RQ-170 Sentinel, though...
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Scoop
| 1 year ago
And Israel More Likely To Attack Iran Than The Other Way Around, Facts Indicate Just looking at the facts, it appears far more likely that the U.S. will attack Iran again than Iran would attack the U.S. or Israel, America's Middle East pawn. I say...
