Daily Archives: 26. August 2016


26.08.2016 - 18:13 [ Zeit ]

Polen: Merkel wirbt für das EU-Gefühl

Als zentrale Punkte nannte Merkel Sicherheit, Migration und Wohlstand. In der Verteidigungspolitik und für die äußere Sicherheit könne mehr getan werden, sagte sie, ohne näher darauf einzugehen. Bei der inneren Sicherheit gehe es auch um Terrorbekämpfung.

26.08.2016 - 16:49 [ Al-Masdar News ]

[Video] Massive Syrian Army reinforcements pour in Aleppo

An entire Syrian Arab Army unit from the Republican Guard’s 800th Regiment arrived in Aleppo City on Thursday morning to help their comrades retake the ground they lost in the south.

According to an Al-Masdar correspondent in Aleppo City, the 800th Regiment was redeployed to Aleppo City from the Qalamoun Mountains in western Damascus.

26.08.2016 - 16:49 [ New York Times ]

Rebels, Civilians Evacuating Long-Besieged Damascus Suburb

The surrender of Daraya, which became an early symbol of the nascent uprising against President Bashar Assad, marks a success for his government, removing a persistent threat only a few miles from his seat of power. It provides a further boost for the Syrian army as it fights opposition forces for control over Aleppo, Syria‘s largest city.

26.08.2016 - 16:18 [ Bloomberg ]

Iraq Seeks Formal Deal With Kurds to Protect New Oil Exports

The central government in Baghdad has been locked in a dispute with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government in the north of Iraq since 2014, when the Kurds began selling their oil independently. In March, Iraq’s state-run North Oil Co. stopped using its only export route, the KRG’s pipeline to Turkey, for crude it pumped in Kirkuk province. The Oil Ministry ordered a restoration of these exports last week.

26.08.2016 - 15:59 [ Techdirt ]

To The NSA, The Word ‚Security‘ Is Synonymous With ‚Gaping, Unpatched Holes In US Developers‘ Software‘

A former Defense Intelligence Agency officer has taken to LinkedIn to point out to all of us griping about the broken Vulnerability Equities Process — exposed by hackers holding NSA zero-days — have it all wrong. Michael Tanji says the NSA isn‘t here to protect developers from malicious attacks. It never was and it‘s never going to be.

26.08.2016 - 15:45 [ teleSUR ]

WhatsApp to Share Phone Numbers with Facebook

WhatsApp said users could choose not to share their phone number by unchecking the “share my account info” within the application‘s account settings.

26.08.2016 - 15:36 [ Granma ]

Ecuador weiter dem Schutz von Assange verpflichtet

Die Regierung Ecuadors wiederholte ihre Verpflichtung, das Leben des australischen Programmierers zu schützen, der seit über vier Jahren in der diplomatischen Vertretung Quitos in London Asyl genießt