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According to a report from the Financial Times, Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Libra could launch in January. More interestingly, the Libra Association, the consortium created by Facebook, could scale back its ambitions once again. When it was first unveiled, the Libra cryptocurrency

After one man was snatched off the street for tracking protests online, he spent four years in custody and even now remains under close police watch.

South Korean lawmakers say intelligence officials briefed them on the North’s tough pandemic rules, including a Pyongyang lockdown and an execution of an official caught breaking restrictions. (Image credit: Jon Chol Jin/AP)

The scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was seen as the force behind Iran’s nuclear weapons program. News reports in Iran say he died after being attacked in a vehicle.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed by machine gun fire and explosives close to Tehran, according to Iranian state media. No one has yet claimed responsibility. (Image credit: Fars News Agency via AP)

Ride-hailing firms such as Ola and Uber can only draw a fee of up to 20% on ride fares in India, New Delhi said in guidelines on Friday, a new setback for the SoftBank-backed firms already struggling to improve their

Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Killed in Attack: Live Updates  The New York Times Iranian scientist tied to nuclear program assassinated; Tehran alleges Israeli involvement  Fox News Iran’s top nuclear scientist killed in apparent assassination, state media reports  CNN Iran’s Rouhani Declares

An Iranian scientist that Israel alleged led the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program until its disbanding in the early 2000s was killed in a targeted attack that saw gunmen use explosives and machine gun fire Friday, state television said. Iran’s

Hacker houses are making a comeback for entrepreneurs as remote work drags on. While founders are adapting to quarantine in style, a group of college women in their 20s aren’t waiting until they are done with undergraduate to plunge into

Diplomat in Riyadh says Saudis could use potential normalization as a ‘carrot’ with Biden to deflect from kingdom’s human rights record