Reuters

Lax security left the Treasury's computer system for tracking overseas threats to America's financial system vulnerable to hackers, according to a government audit prepared in late 2014 and obtained by Reuters, an exclusive report says.

In remarks that will be seen as admonishing critics of the accord, Rouhani said in a televised speech: “Now they are scrutinizing one by one the terms of the deal reached inVienna and the UN Security Council’s resolution 2231.

Staffan de Mistura, citing local sources, said the Syrian military had dropped a large number of barrel bombs on Zabadani "causing unprecedented levels of destruction and many deaths among the civilian population".

Neither her husband, nor George Clooney, Michelle Obama, Oprah or Al Gore would come close to challenging Hillary Clinton’s polling dominance for the Democratic presidential nomination.

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday permanently blocked a North Dakota law that banned most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks after conception.

The White House does not plan to change President Barack Obama's itinerary for his trip to Kenya later this week despite disclosure of the presidential plane's Nairobi arrival and departure times.

The surprise move comes amid a deepening crackdown on civil society in China.

The bomb attack, blamed on Islamic State, in Suruc, near the Syrian border, targeted a group of mostly university-age activists.

Officials say the talks will cover cooperation with Saudi Arabia in areas like missile defense and cyber and maritime security.

Xie Hui ran the Xinjiang prison system from 2010 until his promotion in 2013 to be a vice head of the Xinjiang public security bureau.

Beijing described Japan 's annual defense review as misleading and malicious.

Defense lawyers in the trial of two Myanmar men accused of killing two British backpackers on a Thai resort island last year said on Wednesday they would focus on the reliability of crucial DNA evidence.

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) shares slumped nearly 7 percent in after-hours trading as its fourth-quarter revenue forecast fell short of estimates and it missed some targets for iPhone sales.

Asian stocks got off to a bumpy start on Wednesday after earnings dragged down U.S. equities, while the dollar edged away from highs hit earlier this week.

The U.S. government imposed sanctions on three leaders of the militant group Hezbollah and a businessman in Lebanon, saying they were key players in the group's military operations in Syria.

AT&T is close to wrapping up its deal to buy DirecTV (DTV.O) as U.S. telecom and antitrust regulators signaled a green light for the $48.5 billion merger that would create the country's largest pay-TV company.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has until Wednesday night to get the measures adopted in the assembly.

North Korea is also heavily sanctioned by the U.S., the EU and the U.N. for procuring equipment for its ongoing nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

The Xinhua report did not mention a reason for the attack.

The move is the most public sign yet of international cooperation on a case that has jailed heads of major Brazilian engineering groups.

Gold prices plunged over 4 percent to five-year lows Monday as a sudden bout of selling across Shanghai and New York markets during the illiquid early Asian trading hours triggered a mini flash crash, deepening bullion's biggest rout in years.

Amateur golf players are not eligible to win British Open prize money.

The country secured a 7.16 billion euro bridge financing from the European Financial Stability Mechanism (EFSM) last week.

The site's editor said it was "a blatant attempt to censor our exposures of major corruption."

The Athens Stock Exchange closed on June 29 when Greece shut its banks and imposed capital controls to ward off a collapse.

The incident occurred near the border with Sinaloa state, the home of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

The "Alliance for Progress and Renewal" opposes the German government's agreement to financial rescues for Greece and other euro zone countries.

Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain needs to confront the ideology of extremism by promoting British values and challenge "ludicrous conspiracy theories" of groups such as the Islamic State.

Invading Islamist fighters considered a local Sufi veneration for the tombs as idolatrous and hacked them to pieces.