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Facebook’s bait and switch will see WhatsApp sharing private information that goes significantly beyond names and profile pictures with Facebook and other subsidiaries. Phone numbers, address books, status updates, and even detailed data on the type of phone they’re using will be fed to the Facebook hive-mind.  And woe betide …

“Authoritarian forces consistently attempt to violate the existing norms-based order,” Tsai said. “Taiwan has been at the receiving end of such military threats on a daily basis.” The president was speaking at a security forum in Taipei, and did not explicitly refer to the country’s longtime nemesis, China. He also …

In a statement made to reporters, acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced that President Donald Trump has ordered that the number of US forces in Afghanistan be sharply reduced from 4,500 to 2,500 by January 15, 2021. Miller also noted that US forces in Iraq would be reduced from …

The new facility has an improved chance of survivability in an attack, including a nuclear strike, ensuring that Russia remains in control of its armed forces, the president said on Wednesday. This metric is crucial for nuclear deterrence, ensuring a retaliatory strike is launched in response to a decapitating first move and thus …

“Baku is glad that the long-term Karabakh conflict is coming to an end,” Aliyev said in the early hours of Tuesday local time (2300 GMT Monday). The agreement is in the interest of both Azerbaijan and Armenia and will lead to a lasting peace and end to bloodshed, he added. …

When Australia’s elite SAS soldiers would raid villages in Afghanistan, they brought terror and death with them, a report seen by Melbourne newspaper The Age alleges. The special forces “would take the men and boys to these guest houses and interrogate them, meaning tie them up and torture them,” the …

Armed forces personnel “have gained control of the ship,” the UK Defense Ministry confirmed late on Sunday, adding that “seven individuals” were detained in the operation. The vessel’s crew are reported to be “safe and well,” according to Reuters. Earlier, the British police and coastguard were deployed to deal with …

The military said that multiple Chinese aircraft flew across the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait and into the island’s air defense identification zone on Friday and Saturday. In response, Taiwan had to scramble jets to intercept, according to the military in Taipei, which had “clearly defined” procedures for the island’s first …

In Minsk, where the second night, protests are due to the fact that the Central election Commission of Belarus declared victory in the presidential election of Alexander Lukashenko with the result 80,08% of the vote, demonstrators, security forces throw Molotov cocktails and fireworks. On the road lay a homemade “hedgehogs” …

Security forces in Minsk have opened fire on protesters on the streets situated near the shopping center “Crown”. Local newspaper “Nasha Niva” reported that hurt their journalist Natalya Lubnevsky. “On Calvary on demonstrators opened fire. It was completely unmotivated, people just stood there, occasionally chanted slogans […]. At the scene …